About us:
At 1440 Foods, we're on a mission to energize people to unleash their full potential with a portfolio of great-tasting, high-protein snacks and supplements. Our brands Pure Protein®, Body Fortress®, MET-Rx®, and FITCrunch® make better nutrition accessible, enjoyable, and part of an active lifestyle.
As a fast-growing sports and active nutrition company, we are shaping the future of health and wellness in CPG. If you're looking to make a big impact in a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment, we'd love to have you on board!
Our Team:
**As a Supply Planner on the Planning Team within Supply Chain, you will be part of a team responsible for ensuring inventory availability to meet sales demands, while balancing safety stock, minimizing excess inventory, and meeting customer service requirements. You will work cross functionally in a fast-paced, exciting segment growing double digits annually. Our dynamic and collaborative culture will empower you to truly make your mark and grow your responsibilities. Your role is critical to ensure that sales & service targets can be met, supporting the growth of the business. The ideal candidate will be hands-on and work closely with demand planning, internal and external manufacturing partners, marketing, and the entire supply chain organization. **
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Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for development and maintenance of supply plan of assigned finished goods, considering shelf-life, while balancing network demands with supply capabilities to maintain target stock levels and support on time shipments to customers
- Act as the subject matter expert for tactical execution of offsite co-manufactured items, leading and participating in weekly internal and external meetings to provide and collect relevant updates
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and receive domestic inbound shipments of finished goods post-production into the warehouse
- Execute production & shipping schedules to ensure items are available to fulfill customer demand
- Communicate potential inventory or customer service gaps/risks and potential product spoilage/expiry risk to cross functional partners
- Proactively identify supply constraints and propose solutions to maintain high levels of service
- Partner with procurement and external production facilities to understand contracts, production restrictions or constraints, and available capacity
- Review forecast vs. actual order variation with Demand Planning to minimize expiry risk and out of stocks
- Prepare, analyze and execute monthly production forecasts for internal and external manufacturing partners
- Maintain target levels of inventory of finished goods in transit and at off-site facilities
- Participate in production problem solving and troubleshooting by collaborating with internal and external team members to achieve correct inventory results
- Execute what-if scenarios in the mid and long-term horizon to anticipate end to end planning capabilities required to satisfy demands
- Work with the Supply Chain to identify opportunities for improvement related to capacity planning, productivity, and plan attainment metrics through Continuous Improvement efforts as well as planning system parameters.
- Support execution of new product launches, corrugate displays, relabeling efforts and end of life phases
- Evolve and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures for supply planning processes
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree required in Business, Supply Chain, and/or Logistics
- Minimum of 1-3 years of combined experience in Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Procurement, Logistics, Operations or similar
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to effectively engage others as necessary to resolve issues required
- Excellent communication, organization and prioritization skills with a high commitment to meeting schedules
- Experience in fast moving consumer goods with complex supply chains and planning systems preferred
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is required (lookups & pivot tables required at a minimum)
- Knowledge of planning & ERP systems strongly preferred: John Galt Atlas, NetSuite
- Demonstrates urgency and takes responsibility for actions
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Results-driven mindset with a focus on meeting and exceeding goals
- Ability to adapt to a fast-changing environment