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Supply Planner

Are you looking for a rewarding career and not just a job? Ocean Spray is hiring for a Supply Chain Planner at its Wisconsin Rapids facility.

Why work for Ocean Spray?

Competitive pay
Benefits on day one (1) of employment
Bonus and incentive programs
Health and Wellness support
Employee recognition programs
Stable and essential employment

Ocean Spray is a vibrant agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 cranberry farmers in the United States, Canada, and Chile, who have helped preserve the family farming way of life for generations. The cooperative’s cranberries are currently featured in more than a thousand great-tasting, good-for-you products in over 100 countries worldwide. With more than 2,000 employees and nearly 20 receiving and processing facilities, Ocean Spray is committed to managing our business in a way that respects our communities, colleagues, and the environment.

The Supply Planner reports to the Area Supply Chain Manager and is responsible for finite scheduling, procurement of packaging components and ingredients to align with the finite production schedule for all manufacturing resources at the Wisconsin Rapids Ocean Spray Manufacturing facility.

Procures materials in adherence to OSC contracts.
Act liaison between plant and suppliers for packaging component and ingredient quality and/or performance issues.
Supports Plant team in managing changes to the production schedule.
Manages packaging component and ingredient inventory to meet JIT schedule and warehouse space limitations.
Define daily delivery schedule to align with production schedule and capabilities utilizing establish aligned plant capacities such as rates and calendars.
Works with plant staff to ensure planning system constraints are accurate and timely.
Coordinate the plant scheduling process to optimize the operation (changeovers, sequencing, sanitation, performance).
Identify material and planning conflicts that could result in compromised production runs and communicate immediately to the Operations team.
Manage materials to include the disposition process for obsolete materials, new product introductions, inventory turn targets, Days on Hand KPI, warehouse capacity analysis, material storage optimizations, FIFO, etc.
Attend daily scheduling/operations meetings.
Provide leadership to resources in inventory management, specifically material cycle counting and physical inventory planning.
Act as back up for Inventory Control Coordinator and Supply Planner counterpart
Expectation for cross functional work with counterparts at our Tomah plant, as well as experience in working with different levels of the organization (corp, external supplier relationships and other plants as applicable).
Ensure planning objectives are accomplished in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner according to specification.

Education:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
5 Years’ experience in manufacturing or plant supply chain.
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Understanding of inventory strategies.
Computer skills (MS Office).
ERP System (SAP).
Warehouse Management System (Red Prairie).

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Who We Are:

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.

Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike-we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

Grower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.
Sustainable Results – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.
Integrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other
Inclusive Teamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.