Material Planner

Material Planner

At Saputo, we bring good to the table by making high-quality products, investing in our people, and supporting communities around the world. As a top 10 global dairy processor, we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive, growth-driven work environment. Ready to bring your best?

The Material Planner ensures all packaging and ingredients are in place to enable operational and production continuity. Works with internal and external parties to ensure supply of materials is in place to satisfy production requirements.

This person should be able to deliver efficient, effective, and flexible solutions to meet production demand planning requirements. In addition, they will review consumption of packaging and ingredients in process orders to determine accuracy of BOM's and maintaining master data setups.

How You Will Make Contributions That Matter

• Responsible for creating purchase orders or stock transfers of packaging and ingredients for assigned locations. Creates stock transfers as required for sites with storage offsite.
• Executes MRP utilizing SAP and in accordance with standard business procedures and inventory policies.
• Responsible for maintaining master data and making adjustments (where needed) as per approved business processes.
• Ensures system generated pick lists function appropriately to direct staging of materials for production, to meet the production schedule.
• Monitors inventory movements of packaging and ingredients at a location for potential issues that will impact accuracy and timeliness of planning decisions.
• Responsible for escalating issues of inventory control that do not follow company processes, and / or will impact business.
• Reviews consumption of packaging and ingredients in process orders to determine accuracy and identifies for BOM correction if needed.
• Identifies potential material shortages and works with procurement to pursue missing materials. Escalates (potential) material shortage issues to Production Planner or Manager, Production Planner.
• Works cooperatively with planning community and other manufacturing locations.
• Monitor and escalate issues of potential material obsolescence.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

You Are Best Suited For The Role If You Have The Following Experience, Skills, And Qualifications

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Salary Range : $71,805 - $94,245

Salary offers will vary commensurate with experience, skills, and training.

In the USA, Saputo ranks among the top three cheese producers and is one of the top producers of extended shelf-life and cultured dairy products, with a portfolio of well-loved brands such as Stella, Frigo Cheese, Montchevre, Stella, and Treasure Cave. We also boast a strong foodservice presence, partnering with reputable chain restaurants and broadline distributors.

Whether your expertise lies in manufacturing, operations, supply chain, sales, quality assurance, or in any other function, your role is integral to our success. You will make contributions that matter, all while working alongside colleagues who genuinely care about your success and who will roll up their sleeves to help.