Production Planner

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# 158762 - Hodges, South Carolina, United States

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

Production Planner

The Production Planner position is responsible for developing the daily production schedules in alignment with Customer Service and Operational requirements. In addition, the Production Planner maintains vendor relations and manages the supply/availability of raw and packaging materials to support the production schedules.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate manufacturing needs to ensure that the plant is adhering to production schedules while minimizing labor cost and meeting cycle-time inventory (CTI) goals.
• Review demand from SAP to develop a production schedule to meet customer demands where appropriate; logistics and capacity constraints and Operations/Making parameters.
• Manage inventory and ordering of raw and packaging materials to support production requirements, service needs and working capital objectives.
• Manage raw and packaging materials coverage in order to maintain inventory levels.
• Timely uploads of weekly/daily/monthly production schedules to inform material management
• Ensures data integrity of SAP/APO to include demand, inventory levels, BOMs, and material masters.
• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, R&D and Supply Chain in order to plan for changes and new development in the workplace.
• Maintain open lines of communication with key vendors and share information relevant to changes in the business to continue the development of the partnership.
• Ability to conduct/facilitate weekly scheduling meetings
• Timely reporting of key performance indicators (KPIs) to include schedule adherence, case fill, and inventory returns.
• Participate on the Vendor Continuous Improvement Teams representing the Supply Chain Team.
• Support plant initiatives through involvement in activities /functions outside of Materials Planning

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of a B.A./B.S. degree; business, engineering, logistics, planning or related field required 
• Proficiency in Google Sheets, Excel required
• SAP S/4  system experience required
• 3-5 years of relevant manufacturing experience
• Experience applying analytical skills preferred
• Working knowledge of logistics and manufacturing systems required 
• Fast learner, strong organizational skills, and time management
• Must have the ability to think outside of the box to solve scheduling issues as they arise

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with planning/scheduling and/or logistics experience in a manufacturing environment
• APO experience

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $70,400.00 - $116,550.00 USD

Pay is based on multiple non-discriminatory, individualized factors including but not limited to experience, job-related knowledge and education, skills and office/market location. In addition to base salary, salaried employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing and, for Executive-level (salary grade 16 and above) roles only, long-term incentives in the form of Restricted Stock Units and/or Stock Options.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable benefits plans then in effect, all salaried employees are also eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes:

• Insurance: Employees (and their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Disability insurance plans.
• Retirement Plans: Employees are eligible to enroll in Colgate's 401(k) plan, which provides for company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
• Vacation/PTO: Employees receive a mini