The Supply Chain Planner is responsible for production planning and deployment of inventory within the assigned product areas. This position requires use of analytical and quantitative methods to make sure inventory is deployed most effectively through the Supply Chain network to minimize redeployment, keep transportation costs low, and maximize customer order fulfillment.  The Supply Chain Planner will manage and execute a master plan and adhere to inventory management strategies to support the company market plans and financial goals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Supply Planning – Responsible for all aspects of the supply planning with contract manufactures and inventory investments for the assigned planning activities to achieve defined customer service strategies, inventory, and EBITDA objectives.
  • Owns material requirement planning (MRP) processes for all internally owned production facilities, ensuring alignment between demand signals and material availability.
  • Maintains accurate master data settings in SAP and performs regular data clean-up activities to ensure system integrity and reliable planning outputs.
  • Collaborates closely with stakeholders at three manufacturing sites to ensure adequate on-hand stock levels and optimize planning processes.
  • Drives best practices, standardized processes and continuous improvement initiatives across all three plants to enhance supply chain performance and alignment.

• Partners with the Demand Team to develop a balanced demand & supply plan and manage the planning trade-offs.
• Manages the integration of supply planning for new product launches with key stakeholders and manages the exit of discontinued items in the most efficient way (minimizing the cost of excess & obsolete inventory).

• • Manage the excess inventory process for assigned product groups.  Facilitate sale inventory to secondary accounts, transfer inventory to alternate DC’s to minimize excess, or to identify product to repack.
  • Master SAP to create purchase orders and stock transport orders daily and keep all data current and accurate at all times to ensure efficient inventory across the network
  • Provide recommendations to improve service, quality of work, and reduce costs through process or execution improvements
• Customer Focus – Achieve and maintain alignment in the supply chain between suppliers, Bumble Bee Foods, and the Customer
  • Works with Customer Service, Operations, QA, Technology, Sales, and Marketing to coordinate schedules and other supply chain activities where demand exceeds supply, during supply shortages, where event timing necessitates an inventory build, or where non-standard actions are required (i.e., pre-planning for special package features i.e. coupons, graphics or size changes) Ensures 98.5% order fulfillment to prevent stockouts or customer shortages

• Engage in weekly supply planning review meetings to document global supply for products managed and clearly communicate supply status

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree in business, or related field
• 3-5 years minimum experience required in a supply chain planning role
• Experience in relevant areas:  Supply chain, purchasing, forecasting, demand management inventory control, production scheduling, master scheduling, capacity management, materials management, or distribution resource planning
• Planning systems experience like ERP/DRP/MRP/MPS is preferred
• Strong mathematical skills, strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Broad range of computer skills – especially MS Excel and MS Office Suites
• Self-directed
• Project management skills.
• Ability to manage many details with a high level of accuracy
• Ability to establish timelines and meet deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Strong key stakeholder and relationship management skills
• Bilingual in English / Spanish is a plus

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The health, satisfaction and security of our team members and their families are important to us and an important part of reaching our organization’s goals. We offer a total rewards package that includes valuable competitive compensation and benefit plans. These programs reflect our commitment to attracting and retaining top talent. The compensation for this role includes a base salary and eligibility for an annual bonus based on company performance. All incentive plans are subject to change.

The pay range for this role is $70k – $90k annually.

*The compensation will be commensurate with the level of knowledge, education, skills, and experience applicable to the position.

We understand that each team member’s situation is unique, and so it is our intent to offer an overall benefits package that can be shaped and molded by each team member to fit their family’s needs. Our current benefits package, which is available to all full-time team members and their eligible dependents, includes:

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• HSA & FSA
• life insurance and disability insurance
• and other voluntary benefits

We also offer time-off benefits including:

• paid time-off
• sick-flex time
• 12 company paid holidays

The Inventory Analyst’s primary responsibility is to monitor and maintain accurate inventory levels between the Bumble Bee system and distribution center (DC) warehouse management systems (WMS).  The Inventory Analyst will also provide a supporting role for Supply Chain management to include Logistics financial reporting, DC invoices and inventory management for Co-Packers and Anova frozen business.

Responsibilities

• Continuous review of product inventories between Bumble Bee ERP system (SAP) and 7 Bumble Bee DC WMS systems at the plant, item, batch and quantity levels. Inventory valued in excess of $100 million
• Reconciliation of daily EDI errors, inventory, open orders, and pending in-transit reports for 7 Bumble Bee DCs and 6 Anova DCs
• Quarterly reconciliation of inventories for Anova frozen DC distribution network
• Independently act as liaison with distribution center contacts and internal supply chain departments to research and resolve inventory issues
• Process in SAP daily overage, short and damages (OS&D) for Bumble Bee and Anova inbound receiving
• Process in SAP manual goods issue for Co-Packers and Direct Container, and Direct Plant shipments
• Primary contact with DC Customer Success team on inventory and daily EDI issues
• Assist Logistics team in critical path analysis for trending inventory reconciliation issues within the DC network. This includes issue identification, data analysis, research with DC inventory teams, and recommendations of corrective actions
• Conduct daily oversight and management of Past Required Ship Date (Past RSD) reporting at Bumble Bee and Anova DCs in coordination with Transportation and Customer Success Teams
• Perform monthly DC product rotation audits and conduct DC follow up on potential mis-rotated inventory
• Assist with management of aging and hold inventories with Bumble Bee and Anova DCs, including tracking and management of QA and FDA hold inventories
• As needed assign general ledger coding and approve DC invoices for processing in SAP’s Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) system
• As needed maintain DC invoice spreadsheet and monthly logistics financial reports
• Process raw material receipts and adjustments, conducting annual reconciliation of Bumble Bee owned raw materials
• Provide operational support for Bumble Bee and Anova daily email correspondence, troubleshooting and issue resolution
• Miscellaneous analytical reporting projects focused on cost and operations efficiencies as assigned by manager

Qualifications and Skills Desired

• College degree; BA/BS in logistics, business, supply chain or equivalent business discipline a plus
• Strong analytical skills
• Able to work independently, problem solve, use initiative and adapt in a fast-paced environment
• Able to work with large data extracts, creating formats and formulas to obtain data based next step solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to function in a multi-task environment
• Computer literate: proficient in Excel (ex: able to use filters, pivot tables and V-Lookups to efficiently analyze and manipulate spreadsheet data). Experience with Power BI a plus.
• One to two years minimum experience in a supply chain discipline
• Preference for an inventory/accounting background
• Preference for a background using SAP
• This position is at an office desk, sedentary work

Compensation & Benefits

The health, satisfaction and security of our team members and their families are important to us and an important part of reaching our organization’s goals. We offer a total rewards package that includes valuable and competitive compensation and benefit plans. These programs reflect our commitment to attracting and retaining top talent. The compensation for this role includes base salary and eligibility for an annual bonus based on company performance. All incentive plans are subject to change.

The pay range for this role is $47,840 – $57,200 annually to be paid at an hourly rate.

*Compensation will match the level of knowledge, education, skills, and experience applicable to the position.

Our current benefits package, which is available to all full-time team members and their eligible dependents, includes:

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• HSA & FSA
• Life insurance and Disability Insurance
• and other voluntary benefits

We also offer time-off benefits including:

• paid time-off
• sick-flex time
• 12 company paid holidays