Planner, Production

POSITION SUMMARY STATEMENT:

The Production Planner will be responsible for maintaining and managing our production schedules for the specific product groups we produce in Winston-Salem. This position will organize purchase orders from our internal FG Planning team and develop a production plan that accomplishes service to the customer in the most efficient and cost-effective manner for the Production Team. This includes processing, issuing, and verifying purchase orders, sales orders, and work orders while identifying, navigating, and communicating challenges and threats to the production schedule.  This position will work closely with the FG Planning Group, Production Team, Purchasing Team, QA Team and Technical Operations.

 

DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: 

• Maintain the Master Production Schedule in Excel and in Quintiq (our production planning software)
• Accept, review, and manage purchase orders from TAKE.
• Create and release work orders to Production to fulfill purchase orders.
• Collaborate on component and raw material challenges with Purchasing, Quality, Inventory Control, etc.
• Identify threats to the production schedule and finding solutions to those threats.
• Review aged inventory and help identify solutions for usage.
• Participate in the review, maintenance and creation of departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

 

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Skills:

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment (being adaptable, flexible, and creative).

Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Solid mathematical skills and meticulous with details

Customer focused, both external and internal.

 

Experience:

Minimum of 3 years of experience in Production Planning required. OR Minimum of 3 years of Herbalife Production experience may be substituted for Production Planning experience.

Knowledge of Manufacturing, Quality Control, and Production Planning processes utilizing Oracle ERP or similar ERP system.

 

Education:

AS/AA degree in business or related field in Logistics, Supply Chain, Economics or Business Administration strongly preferred.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Economics or Business Administration strongly preferred.

AS/AA degree in business or related field preferred.

Operations or Supply Chain experience in a nutritional or pharmaceutical industry.

Proficiency in Oracle or similar Enterprise Resource Planning system.

5+ years of experience in a production planning and inventory control environment.

May substitute for specific production planning and inventory control experience as deemed appropriate.

Experience in a nutritional business or equivalent environment.

Experience in various vendor managed inventory programs within the Nutritional Supplement business.

 

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Herbalife offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees in the U.S. (limited to the 50 States and the District of Columbia), which includes Group Health Programs, other Voluntary Benefit Programs, and Paid Time Off. Group Health Programs include Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Basic Life/AD&D; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Other Voluntary Benefit Programs include a 401(k) plan, Wellness Incentive Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Supplemental Life/Critical Illness/Hospitalization/Accident Insurance, and Pet Insurance. Paid time off includes Company-observed U.S. Holidays, Floating Holidays, Vacation, Sick Time, a Volunteer Program, Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave, Bereavement Leave, Personal Leave and time off for voting.