Planning and Purchasing Manager

Express Employment Professionals has partnered with a company in Terrell to fill a Planning and Purchasing Manager position!

1. DEMAND PLANNING & MANUFACTURING RESOURCES OPTIMIZATION

• a) With the collaborations of Sales, Marketing, Finance & Controlling create, validate, distribute, and publish a demand plan by item by week that aligns with financial goals for the company.
• b) With the collaborations of manufacturing, materials availability, and distribution develop and implement methods and procedures for optimum utilization of manufacturing facilities, processes, and warehousing and equipment.
• c) Develop and implement a forecast error rate at the Shipping point level/Material/route level

2. MASTER PRODUCTION PLANNING

• Develop finite and short to mid-range production plans, working closely with Demand Plan, Sales & Marketing, and manufacturing site leaders.
• Create, distribute, and coordinate the weekly finite schedule for all areas of the plant (Processing, Bottling, Packaging, Materials Requirements, and distribution)
• Determine monthly, weekly, and daily (as required) raw milk requirements for the facility by week/day and coordinate with site manufacturing leaders.
• Track and monitor all areas of the plant's adherence and attainment of such finite schedule and report any deviations to the appropriate parties.
• Work with the appropriate departments to ensure the completion of the finite schedule within the allowed time frames.
• Report any gross deviations that may have a customer service impact to the appropriate departments.
• Alert the team of any extraordinary production schedule requirements that could impact the availability of materials.

3. MATERIAL PURCHASING & REQUIREMENTS PLANNING

• Work with the appropriate outside vendors to secure Raw materials, ingredients, and packaging (including samples, and obtaining all necessary documentations for certifications)
• Work with vendors and through negotiations obtain the best prices and purchasing terms possible.
• Determine the requirements of packaging materials based on the demand and production schedules.

4. CO-MANUFACTURING

• a) Direct and supervise the co-manufacturing of outsourced materials activities, their standard costs, the adherence to these standards, materials utilization where applied, and information data availability among partners:

5. SPECIAL PROJECTS

• Participate in strategic special projects.
• Participate in Microsoft Business Central design teams
• Lead efforts to install standard processes for the Master Production Scheduling function.
• Forecast to Finished Goods implementation and participate in the development of a solid and integrated MRP system that will support current business and others in the future

Apply online, submit a resume to jobs.terrelltx@expresspros.com, or stop by our office located at 318 E Nash St, Terrell, TX 75160!