Specialist, Supply Planner

The Hershey Company - Specialist, Supply Planner

The primary purpose of a Specialist, Supply Planner is to develop and implement a master production schedule and inventory management strategy to support customer service goals and achieve the company’s financial objectives.

What will you do?

• Develop/maintain planning system settings, calendars and attributes to create a constrained rough-cut master schedule.
• Build and manage feasible 18-month production schedules supporting sales goals, inventory targets and product age objectives.
• Coordinate product supply through exception management, capacity analysis, ACC feasibility input and new item integration.
• Manage FG/intermediate inventory targets, item versions, deployment settings, safety stock opportunities and aged/unsalable risk.
• Maintain accurate Kinaxis/SAP production/ATP information and support annual planning, analysis and continuous improvement activities.
• Planning scope: ~150–200 items, 1–6 plants, 10–40 production resources, $160M–$750M sales and $15M–$30M avg. FG inventory.
• Partners cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Customer Service, Operations Planners and other stakeholders to resolve supply issues.

Minimum Requirements

• Supply chain management principles; supply planning systems; SAP preferred; understanding of forecasting impact.
• Strong mathematical, analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to solve problems independently.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional partnership skills; teamwork with ability to mentor/train others; strong MS Office/PC skills.

Experience: 1–3 years progressive related experience in production scheduling, inventory management/deployment or supply/operations planning.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Business Logistics, Supply Chain or Engineering, preferably emphasizing Logistics or Supply Chain Management.

The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans.