DEMAND PLANNER - MEMPHIS PLANT

JBS Usa - Memphis, TN

Full-time - Mid Level

Memphis, TN

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Demand Planner Specialist at JBS USA in Memphis, TN, plays a crucial role in managing the logistics, procurement, inventory, and accounting functions related to case ready meats delivery. This position requires a proactive individual who can effectively communicate with customers and manage their requests while ensuring that the supply chain operates smoothly. The Demand Planner Specialist will gather, validate, and interpret relevant data to maintain an accurate demand schedule, which is essential for meeting customer needs and optimizing inventory levels. In this role, the Demand Planner Specialist will be responsible for direct contact with customers, sourcing and procuring raw materials, and committing inventory against sales orders. They will review expiration reports to ensure that raw materials are consumed on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis and ensure that finished products are shipped accordingly. The specialist will also assist in managing inventory levels to meet customer demands while controlling costs, and will help manage costs from suppliers to the procurement system to ensure proper billing to stores. The position involves creating product bid sheets based on buyer projections, managing demand exceptions, and maximizing the accuracy and efficiency of the demand schedule. The Demand Planner Specialist will support supply and production planning by prioritizing inventory needs and establishing production plans based on customer requirements. They will oversee logistics from case ready facilities to distribution centers and track performance metrics related to supply chain and logistics. Additionally, the specialist will utilize ERP platforms and other analytical tools to conduct forecasts and track trends, ensuring proactive decision-making to mitigate potential shortages or excesses in raw materials and finished goods. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to communicate any activities affecting production schedules and to resolve daily issues related to material rejections and production changes.

Responsibilities

• Manage direct contact with customers and customer requests.
• Responsible for sourcing, procuring, and purchasing raw materials.
• Responsible for the commitment of inventory against sales orders.
• Review Expiration Reports to ensure all raw materials are being consumed FIFO.
• Ensure all Finished Product is being shipped using FIFO and that any excess product is being added to sales orders.
• Receives orders from buying team and customers, checks for accuracy, commits to inventory, and promises delivery date based on availability of materials, customer needs and production schedules.
• Assist in managing inventory levels which are sufficient to customer demands while controlling costs.
• Help manage cost from suppliers to Procurement system to ensure proper billing to stores.
• Manages proper inventory levels to support shelf-life expectations and control product freshness.
• Responsible for creating Product Bid Sheets for raw materials based on Buyer's projections.
• Manage demand exceptions related to out of compliance demand, forecast bias, and demand anomalies.
• Maximize accuracy and efficiency of the demand schedule by capitalizing on production efficiencies, minimizing downtime from changeovers, and pushing/pulling production to mirror buyer's adjustments and current demand.
• Support the Supply/Production planning through prioritizing inventory needs, new items forecasts, product phase out and special builds.
• Establishes production plans and priorities based on customer requirements.
• Oversee logistics of customer/supplier demands.
• Oversee logistics from case ready facilities to division distribution centers to conclude when product is received.
• Track performance of supply chain and logistics KPIs (inventory turns, fill rates, days of inventory outstanding, planned costs vs actual costs, etc.).
• Maintain and update demand forecast dates.
• Utilize ERP platform and other tools to conduct analysis for forecast and accuracy, tracking trends and shifts to make proactive decisions to mitigate any potential raw material buildup or finished goods shortages.
• Work with cross functional teams to ensure that any activity affecting the facility's ability to produce or complete a production schedule is communicated to the production staff management team, supply chain manager, and the facilities manager.
• Coordinates order changes in production scheduling, shipping, and receiving.
• Resolves daily problems about material rejections and production changes due to equipment breakdowns.

Requirements

• Excellent computer skills
• Flexibility to work weekends
• Must maintain a helpful and professional attitude and appearance
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 3 years of experience supply chain, operations, or logistics
• The ability to communicate effectively with management on all levels and be customer focused
• Excellent attention to detail, problem solving and critical thinking
• Ability to multi-task, work well under pressure, work with a team and be flexible with work schedule
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, and Access: A MUST
• Experience with Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools

Benefits

• Health care
• Life insurance
• 401 (K) plan