Master Planner Job in Hagerstown, Maryland Us
Master Planner
Berwick Offray is a leading provider of decorative ribbons, bows, gift wrap, gift bags and tissue. Our facility in Hagerstown, MD is currently recruiting for a Master Planner to join our team.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Responsible for all of the direct planning activities including the proper management of finished goods and supply inventories.
· Issue proper/timely orders to manufacturing to maintain sufficient inventory in relation to historical sales, forecast and customer order demand.
· Review and evaluate finished goods and supply inventories to support proper finished goods inventory levels. Issue requisitions to Purchasing as required.
· May develop and distribute weekly schedules.
· Monitor actual production and material consumption against schedule to include order coordination, capacity requirements, supply inventory analysis, etc. Investigate variances against schedules and alert management as deemed appropriate
· Develop projections on rolling 12-month basis and monitor actual requirements vs. projections.
· Participate in Corporate Inventory Performance Improvement initiatives.
· Communicate regularly with Purchasing, Customer Service, Marketing and Sales.
· Possibly some supervision of lower level planners (10% time requirement).
· Special projects, as necessary.
· All other duties as determined by the Planning Manager.
B.S. in Business, engineering or analytical field strongly preferred, or 2 – 4 yrs planning production in a textile environment experience will be considered in lieu of bachelor’s degree. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are a must. Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products, especially Excel is required. The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, professional rapport with internal and external customers and the ability to work in high-pressure environment with many priority shifts. Technical writing skills are a plus. Up to 5% travel required.
Excellent benefit package and competitive pay. Apply via monster.com for confidential consideration. For more information about Berwick Offray visit our website at www.berwickindustries.com. EOE