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Manager, Supply Planning

by Sofina Foods

Position Type: Full-time
Location: London, ON
Date Posted: Sep 23, 2022
Sofina Foods

Job Description

 

Manager, Supply Planning

 
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Director, Supply Planning, the Manager, has the responsibility to ensure the supply network will sustain the demand from the market in the most efficient way. The Manager, Supply Planning is responsible for analyzing and communicating network capacity constraints to the Supply Chain, Demand Planning team. This position will optimize supply to support commercial plan, incorporating capacity planning into the S&OP Process. This position will also establish the most effective supply network and planning strategy to ensure proper product availability and collaborate across the Supply Chain to deliver sustainable competitive advantage for the company, their customers and suppliers. You are a team player who can build strong relationships across all lines of business both internally and externally. You are comfortable supporting multiple high-priority tasks concurrently, challenging the status quo and seeking alternative perspectives, and you thrive in fast-paced, high-energy working environments. If this sounds like you, we would love to meet you.
 
Key Accountabilities:
• Ensure the supply network will sustain the demand from the market in the most efficient way;
• Plays a strategic role in the analysis and communication of production line capacity including decisions that need to be escalated;
• Understands and influences the planning parameters and assumptions i.e production cycle time, sequencing, volatility, optimizing inventory levels, changeovers, throughputs, stock-building, warehouse constraints;
• Manages Finished Foods (FG’s) stock policy using inventory models by stock holding location;
• Understands major customer requirements and works closely with supply chain counterparts to make improvements;
• Creates contingency plans and scenarios to support new product launches, product exits, line start up, etc.;
• Oversees creation of schedules, considers constraints e.g line capacity, labour, batch sizes, run rates, bottlenecks, planned downtime.

Requirements:
• Position is based either at London or Edmonton south location;
• University Degree in Business, Industrial Engineering or related field, preferred;
• Minimum 4-5 years’ experience in a supply chain role;
• Superior analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to travel as required.
Sofina Foods Inc. is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). Applicants are asked to make their needs/requirementsfor the purpose of accommodation under AODA, known to Human Resources when they are contacted for an interview.

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