Associate Production Planner

Associate Production Planner

The Associate Production Planner supports production planning at Buffalo Trace Distillery; Supports production planning functions to ensure that the appropriate amount of inventory is held to meet customer service goals while minimizing carrying costs and improving production efficiencies; Ensure finished goods items are available for customer requested ship dates.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following :

Help to create a production plan to support forecasted demand

Communicate with and support production planning and distribution to ensure that all reasonable customer requests and expectations are met or exceeded

Monitor aging orders and work with distribution and logistics to ship these orders as quickly as possible and speed up revenue cycle

Help to manage inventory of produced and non-produced goods to support customer demand.

Qualifications / Requirements

Required Qualifications for Position :

Minimum 5 years successful work experience

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Strong analytical and technical skills

Strong planning and organizational skills

Working knowledge of MS Office Products (Word, Excel and Outlook)

Ability to project a professional image

Strong interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications for Position :

Undergraduate degree preferred

Experience in manufacturing software, such as ERP, MRP, MPS, WMS

APICS Certification or Six Sigma Certification

Experience in development of query programs on AS400 or similar proficiency

Experience in the alcohol beverage industry