Billing, Budgeting, Cargo/Freight, Contract Review, Data Quality, Finance, Financial Analysis, Inventory Levels, Inventory Reports, Materials Planning, Operations Control, Options Analysis, Prism, Product Planning, Production Planning, Production Schedule, Purchase Orders, Purchasing/Procurement, Quality Control, Research & Development (R&D), Returns Processing, Strategic Planning, Systems Maintenance, Transaction Processing/Management
Basic Purpose:
The Sr. Planner/Buyer position is an on-site position that performs the plant level planning functions and specific finished goods product planning functions for Celestial Seasonings in Boulder, Colorado. Additionally, they perform specific raw/pack planning functions and raw/pack purchasing functions for their assigned commodities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Utilizes Blue Yonder, Celestials planning system, to generate a weekly production plan for a two-year planning horizon and an associated material plan.
- Sets up new items, and maintains system parameters for existing items, in Prism, Blue Yonder, and our separate Excel based planning files.
- Identifies and reviews material and capacity constraints in Blue Yonder to tweak parameters as necessary to optimize the production plan.
- Utilizes Blue Yonder, Prism, Excel, etc. to monitor the inputs and outputs of the planning process to assure an appropriate plan has been generated.
- Utilizes data and financials to evaluate options, recommend improvements, and modify the planning strategy as needed.
- Monitors and maintains data accuracy in Prism, Blue Yonder, and our Excel files.
- Identifies and resolves Prism, Blue Yonder, and Excel process/transaction issues.
- Based on a detailed knowledge of their assigned commodities, they review, plan, and process Blue Yonder purchasing suggestions/changes. Then they create and maintain purchase orders; communicate new and changed POs with the vendors; and confirm prices, quantities, and scheduled delivery dates.
- Communicates issues and solutions on raw material status to interested parties.
- Reconciles purchase order and invoice discrepancies, processes any Return to Vendors (RTVs), consolidates associated PO documents, creates electronic copies of the consolidated PO documents, and files the consolidated PO documents.
- Partners with transportation to ensure raw materials planning optimizes inbound freight for cost and/or reliability while meeting the material plans requirements.
- Tracks key raw material receipts against contracted volumes.
- Calculates/reports on inventory levels and liabilities for their commodity items.
- Manually plans material requirements for their commodities used in new innovation items.
- Coordinates processing of Site Documents and associated prepayments for shipments that require it.
- Coordinates with Receiving, Operations, Quality Control, and R&D to review the quality of their raw materials.
- Assists with the annual budgets and contract reviews with Procurement and Finance.
- Acts as back-up for others in Celestial Planner and Buyer roles.
- Acts as back-up for Celestial production scheduling.
- Assists with other projects, as assigned.
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The Hain Celestial Group Inc
Our Purpose is to create and inspire A Healthier Way of Life™.
Our mission is to be the leading marketer, manufacturer and seller of organic and natural better-for-you products.
We are committed to growing sustainably while continuing to implement environmentally sound business practices and manufacturing processes.
The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ: HAIN), headquartered in Lake Success, NY, is a leading organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe and India.
5,000 to 9,999 employees
Food and Beverage Production