Posting Date

04/19/2024

Position Title

Location

Production Planner

Work Schedule

Company Overview

The Hanline Group is a food manufacturing, logistics and supply chain solution organization comprised of five different operating companies. Each company is dedicated to a specific value proposition within a certain industry. Together, these companies work with and assure continuity of supply for the nation’s most reputable food and supply chain outlets.

Division Overview

R.S. Hanline & Company Inc., founded in 1986 in Shelby, Ohio, is one of the nation’s largest and most trusted fresh produce suppliers delivering fresh-cut value added, specialty and locally grown products to some of the most reputable food service, retail, food manufacturing and wholesale distribution companies in the United States.

Position Summary

The Production Planner is responsible for ensuring that daily production and distribution runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

Responsibilities

- Provide daily and weekly product requirements to the procurement department
- Manage scrap to goal levels by working with other departments to prevent overstocking, improper rotation, or miscommunication related to raw product use
- Plan for the start-up of new items and discontinuance of items
- Develop and maintain accuracy of planning parameters
- Develop daily production plans to ensure that finished goods are available for the warehouse to meet customer orders within proper timeframes
- Utilize existing scheduling tools to develop daily production schedules based on sales forecast and actual orders.
- Recommend modifications to enhance planning effectiveness
- Develop forecast and demand planning process methodology resulting in customer service excellence and supply chain optimization
- Create and maintain a rolling unit forecast at the SKU level and drive the forecast process
- Define demand forecast metrics and determine best method to improve forecast accuracy
- Lead development and execution of communication and performance enhancements to demand planning processes and systems
- Participate in monthly Sales & Operations Planning initiative
- Leverage strong leadership and collaboration skills to build relationships with sales, marketing, operations and executive management
- Assess current environment, design and implement changes associated with people, process and technology
- Identify potential supply chain issues
- Provide technical and process expertise, guidance and support to other team members
- Provide thought leadership to assemble vision for continuous improvement
- Other related duties as assigned

Benefits

- Medical, dental, vision insurance after 30 days
- Voluntary short term disability, long term disability, life insurance
- 401K match

Compensation

N/A

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