Supply Planner (S&OP) - remote

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly S&OP Supply Review for NA Food & Beverage and serve as a key connection point between Operations and Commercial teams to confirm supply feasibility and align on decisions.
• Develop and refresh inventory scenarios using capacity, lead times, yields, and material availability; identify constraints, quantify impacts (service, inventory, cost), and recommend mitigation actions.
• Partner with Production Planning, Manufacturing, QC, and Procurement to align the supply plan with capacity, labor, changeovers, quality release timelines, and material readiness.
• Manage short-term supply response: prioritize orders when constrained, recommend allocation strategies, and coordinate expedites or plan changes to protect customer commitments.
• Review and analyze supply plan changes (capacity, materials, inventory, lead times), identify risks/opportunities, and provide mitigation proposals and decision-ready recommendations.
• Own supply planning deliverables to convert the consensus forecast into an executable supply plan (e.g., production plan/MPS inputs, inventory targets & safety stock, and SKU/location constraint alignment).
• Integrate Giraffe Foods business into the NA F&B S&OP cadence, including Demand Review, Supply Review, capacity planning and CAPEX planning/spend visibility.
• Establish and maintain inventory policies (safety stock, reorder points, and target coverage) by SKU/location and recommend adjustments based on variability, lead time, and service objectives.
• Close collaboration with Customer Service, Production Planning, QC, Production and Logistics to drive efficient inventory level and on time delivery.
• Partner with Inventory Manager to identify risks of SLOBs and mitigate excess/obsolete inventory
• Support new item launches and customer onboarding from a supply planning perspective by confirming capacity/material readiness, setting initial inventory targets, and aligning production and lead times to meet customer requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team to drive the overall management and execution Supply Chain projects like Inventory Task Force, Safety stock, forecast improvement, and reporting.
• Prepare supply performance reporting and KPIs (e.g., service level/OTIF, schedule adherence, inventory health), identify root causes, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Support the Supply Chain and Operations teams in any relevant reporting needs

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain, or similar fields. Flavor and/or FMCG or related industry is an added advantage.
• 5+ years of experience within Demand Planning or Supply Chain Planning.
• 3+ years of experience with S&OP
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrated proficiency in supply planning concepts (MRP/MPS, capacity planning, lead times, inventory policies) with an understanding of financial and operational impacts.
• Self-motivated, strongly disciplined and ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and drive for excellence.
• Strong understanding of SAP and/or software related to supply planning/production planning is an added advantage.
• Experience with BI tools (MicroStrategy, Tableau) are preferred.
• Experience developing and managing SQL databases a plus (Alteryx, Access)

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