Job details - Title - Deployment Planner - Oakbrook IL or Florenceville NB - Company - McCain Foods USA Inc. - Job Description - McCain Foods (USA) has an opportunity for a Deployment Planner within our North American Supply Planning group. This position oversees product deployment and is responsible for the SKU level inventory at each Distribution Center and the fulfillment of customer orders for his/her respective SKUs. The incumbent interacts daily with Transportation, Warehousing, Customer Service, Supply Planning, Demand Planning and Distribution groups to ensure balance optimization between our service levels, inventory levels and supply chain costs. Resolves slow moving, aged, obsolete, dilution and discontinued SKUs. Enhances inventory recording accuracy and reporting, as well as leads inventory reduction projects. Works with various groups to support the resolution of customer shortages. This role reports to the Manager, Inventory Planning US. This position can be located either in our Oakbrook, IL office or our Florenceville-Bristol, NB office. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - Determine replenishment requirements for finished goods purchased from external suppliers. Place orders as needed. Provide monthly demand requirements, packaging changes, etc to external suppler.

• Determine deployment/redeployment of finished goods to manage Distribution Center Level Days of Supply by SKU and fulfillment of customer orders. - Accountable to achieve service level targets, ensure balanced inventory across the network, and minimize transportation costs
• Create Stock Transfer Orders to deploy inventory and build truckload/railroad orders to minimize freight costs. - Resolve any dispatch or delivery time issues with warehousing or transportation. - Identify and assist in resolving slow-moving, aged, obsolete and discontinued finished goods items at all assigned warehouse locations. - Maintain accurate inventories of hold product and assist in disposition within policy guidelines. Assist with product recall, stock withdrawals and stock traces. - Review and recommend forecast adjustments to Demand Planning based on day-to-day experience in inventory management of SKUs. Work with Demand Planning to stay ahead of sales trends to ensure forecast accuracy and prevent customer shortages. - Provide accurate and timely inventory or shortage information to Customer Service, Supply Planning and Distribution. - Work with Plant Operations, Plant Schedulers and Supply Planning to optimize customer service, inventory levels, and operational manufacturing efficiencies. - Daily, weekly & monthly Reports updated and prepared as required - Interface with Customer Service, Operations, Quality Control, Accounting, Distribution Planning, Demand Planning and Supply Planning - Other projects/duties as assigned or needed.EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Preferred for the ideal candidate: - Bachelors Degree (Engineering or Business) or equivalent experience in related field - 1- 5 years supply chain experience - Experience in food industry - Experience with SAP ECC, APO/SCM - Project management experience REQUIRED COMPETENCIES - Strong working competency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) - Exceptional analytical skills and ability to work with complex data - Detail oriented - Excellent problem solving, organization and planning skills - Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond quickly to changing requirements - Strong drive for results - Effective communication skills (both oral and written) with ability to interact with all levels of the organization - Ability to operate in an ambiguous, fast paced environment - Ability to make sound business decisions, and can accurately balance risks with business needs - Function - Supply Chain - Country - United States of America - State/Province/Region - Illinois - City/Town - Lisle