Material Planner

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Oak Brook

Job Type:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Posting Title:

Material Planner

About Us: 

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain: 

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!

• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.

• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:

About the Role:

As a Material Planner, you’ll play a pivotal role at our corporate office in Oak Brook, IL. You will assist in managing the procurement and execution of material requirements by maintaining material availability for production while balancing working capital and warehousing constraints.

You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• Develop and maintain material planning assumptions with purchasing, planning, operations, logistics/warehousing and commercial teams, including safety stocks, lead times, order quantities, and lots sizing.
• Execute MRP for materials and issue purchase orders to ensure material availability for Operations
• Review and assist in resolving invoicing discrepancies in SAP via either MRBR or VIM
• Monitor supply plans to identify changes and to determine their effect on material requirements schedules.
• Report on back orders, short stock, excess items, and slow-moving inventory to the parties concerned, while developing solutions with suppliers and internal resources.
• Analyze supplier performance and inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce waste, or optimize customer service.
• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Business Units, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Procurement and Operations to ensure cross-functional alignment and meet company objectives.

Important Details:  

• This is a full-time, on-site hybrid role on first shift, based in our Oak Brook, IL office.  
• The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $61,900 to $92,900 annually. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the sa