S&OP PLANNER

Are you interested in launching new and innovative products to the market? Changing the food and beverage industry? At DreamPak, we aspire to bring food and beverage innovations to the market and make consumers lives more efficient, simple and enjoyable. This singular focus has allowed us to expand from a single product contract manufacturing shop into a technology and innovation driven, vertically-integrated company serving a wide range of markets and categories.

The S&OP Planner/Scheduler is responsible for developing, coordinating, and maintaining an integrated production plan that aligns customer demand with manufacturing capacity, labor availability, material requirements, and inventory objectives. This position serves as the central planning resource connecting Sales, Customer Service, Operations, Purchasing, Warehouse, and Finance to ensure production schedules are achievable and customer commitments are met. The role establishes a disciplined, data-driven planning process that improves schedule attainment, reduces unplanned production changes, and optimizes inventory levels.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of production planning, scheduling, or supply chain experience in a multi-line manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing production schedules based on capacity, labor, equipment, and material constraints.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (MPS/MRP).
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience participating in or coordinating an S&OP process preferred.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Adhere to all Company policies, procedures, and rules.
• Promote a safety awareness and commitment at all times.
• Maintain confidentiality of information received, created, or processed.
• Consolidate customer orders, forecasts, and anticipated demand into a rolling production plan; work with Sales and Customer Service to validate requirements and communicate demand changes.
• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules across all manufacturing lines, translating customer demand into executable plans.
• Schedule and sequence production based on equipment capabilities, product specifications, labor, changeovers, and material availability to minimize downtime and unnecessary cleaning.
• Communicate schedule revisions and proactively develop recovery plans for scheduling conflicts.
• Evaluate capacity by line and process using demonstrated production rates; identify constraints in equipment, staffing, and maintenance, and assess the need for overtime, additional shifts, or alternate lines.
• Coordinate with Purchasing, Warehouse, and Operations to ensure raw materials, ingredients, and packaging are available to support the schedule; identify shortages and supply disruptions.
• Monitor inventory levels to improve inventory turns and reduce working capital.
• Coordinate the monthly Sales and Operations Planning process; consolidate demand, capacity, inventory, and supply constraints, and present gaps, risks, and recommendations to leadership.
• Track schedule attainment and root causes of missed commitments; partner with Operations and Continuous Improvement to improve sequencing, line utilization, and scheduling accuracy.
• Maintain accurate planning data and production standards within the ERP system.
• Influence decisions across departments and drive accountability for the planning process.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, Industrial Engineering, or related field preferred.