Senior Analyst, Production & Inventory Planning
Hostess Brands, LLC

Job Info

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Your Opportunity as the Senior Analyst, Production & Inventory Planning

In this role you will be encouraged to share your diverse thoughts and ideas to drive continuous supply chain improvement and will be empowered to bring those ideas to life.

Location: Orrville, Corporate Offices

Work Arrangements: Hybrid, minimum of 30% in office expectations (approximately 6 days /month)

In this role you will:

• Manage all functions related to Centralized and/or Co-pack production planning: scheduling, capacity planning, & inventory control
  
• Develop weekly finite production schedules and support long-term production planning to meet inventory, customer service, and distribution goals
  
• Create finite, short-term (daily) production schedules for production; update schedules as necessary; participate in daily/weekly/monthly team calls for facilities
  
• Manage raw material inventory (MRP) as required for designated 3PL/co-pack locations
  
• Responsible for meeting customer service and supply chain objectives for multiple business areas
  
• Analyze and determine replenishment requirements to insure available inventory for sourced finished goods
  
• Support deployment planning based on demand planning splits to allocate available production to distribution centers for push distribution environments covering customer orders, inter-company orders, safety stock and forecast
  
• Act as single point of contact for customer service in identifying supply solution alternatives
  
• Analyze and determine rules for inventory and replenishment plans that meet company service standards while minimizing supply chain costs
  
• Facilitate the review and resolution of potential inventory shortages, aging issues and NPI reduction
  
• Identify root cause for product stock-outs
  
• Monitor inventory levels of sourced items and identify opportunities for inventory reduction
  
• Support supply planning manager with projects, inventory discussions, and analysis using system and off-line tools
  
• Ability to support manufacturing sites as needed
  
• The ability to plan multiple sites and provide backup for other planners/sites
  
• Other responsibilities as assigned
  

The Right Role for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
  
• 2 years of relevant supply chain experience with emphasis on one or all concentrations; Production Planning, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Operations, and/or Inventory management
  
• Strong software skills - Microsoft Office Excel, Power Point and Spotfire or similar reporting analytic tools
  
• Understanding of forecasting processes/methodology
  
• Excellent analytical skills & strong desire to identify improvement opportunities
  

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• System knowledge in IMI, PPS, Logility, Blue Yonder, Oracle Purchasing or other supply chain planning systems
  
• Project management experience or familiarity with project management concepts and principles
  
• Accuracy and attention to details, organizational abilities
  
• Out of the box problem solving skills
  
• Strong communication/relationship building skills
  
• Decision making skills
  
• Self-directed work style
  
• Ability to handle multiple tasks across various functional areas
  
• Ability to rapidly react to changing process/direction/initiatives/projects/etc. to meet deadlines
  

Learn more about working at Smucker:

• Our Total Rewards Benefits Program
  
• Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business
  
• Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
  

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