Planning Specialist
Delta, BC
Full-time
We are looking for an accountable and driven planning specialist. The ideal candidate has an inquisitive and entrepreneurial mindset, challenges the status quo, and leverages data to drive efficiency and operational excellence. A top performer who wants to deliver a broad business impact, through their participation and contribution to the sales and supply chain team, to propel the entire organization forward.
The role will be reporting into our Planning Manager. This is an opportunity to start your career in a high growth and fast paced multinational company.
Responsibilities:
- Creates and maintains accurate production planning schedules according to demand goals
- Inputs and maintains accurate data in the production planning schedule throughout the entire process, while flagging issues to key stakeholders throughout the process (PO receipt to Customer received)
- In cooperation with the Inventory function, ensures that both packaging waste and biomass wastage are fully reconciled and categorized with root causes and corrective actions in place;
- In cooperation with the Warehousing function, ensures that each production order is covered by sufficient packaging materials and stamps;
- Provides data analysis and insights for our Planning Manager;
- Creates product allocations based on orders and inventory levels;
- Prepares job orders in timely manner for Supply Planner review
- Prepares inventory reconciliations at production run level for Inventory Specialist review
- Participate in the cycle-counting program and offer improvements as necessary
- Flags issues that prevents us from delivering goods in full / on time / with no documentation errors
We are looking for an outstanding Planning Specialist who wants to leave a tangible legacy:
- You are ready and willing to work in a Startup environment, where change is the only constant, processes need constant improvement, and no day is ever the same
- Possesses strong analytical skills and natural curiosity for continual improvements with a proven track record in delivering impactful improvement projects.
- Has worked within highly cross-functional teams and has excellent communication skills, verbal and written, and is highly organized, detail oriented and has a commitment to providing exceptional customer service.
- Possesses the “roll-up-your sleeves” attitude and strong personal ownership of work
- Be the sustainability champions for the packaging department and the cannabis sector
- Demonstrated capacity to manage multiple priorities, work in a high-pressure environment and deliver high-quality product under tight timelines
- Team player that truly believes they are successful when the organization is successful
- Troubleshoot reoccurring/chronic process problems
Requirements:
- Passion and interest for a high pace / high growth start-up environment
- 1+ years previous work experience within a Supply Chain Planning function. Knowledge of production planning, capacity planning and inventory management
- Expert knowledge of MS Office (particularly Excel)
- Knows how to achieve high quality results and drive deliverables from cross functional partners
- Previous cannabis or Liquor experience an advantage.
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