Senior Coordinator Production Planning & Scheduling (Materials Clerk)

 

We’re a leader in the pet care industry, which means we’re not only ahead in volume, profit and market share, but our associates dare to Stand Taller. We innovate new products, impart new agilities into existing processes, constantly advance pet nutrition, and always pay it forward in the form of service for our communities and families. Are you up for the dare?

 

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

 

 

POSITION SUMMARY

 

Since the doors opened in 1972, this factory has grown dramatically into a sustainable state-of-the-art facility. In 2013, we completed our largest solar project yet by installing a 450-kilowatt photovoltaic system of nearly 1,900 panels. The amount of energy produced annually by this solar array could power nearly 52 average-sized homes, or approximately 5,000 lights bulbs for an entire year. With sustainability and safety always top of mind, our Atlanta factory proudly and passionately produces 460,000 tons a year of our dry pet food brands, including Alpo®, Beneful®, Cat Chow®, Dog Chow®, Fit & Trim®, Friskies®, Nestlé Purina ONE® and Pro Plan®. This plant location is just along the southern crescent of Metro Atlanta – an area that nearly 5 million residents and over 340 of our associates can call home. Atlanta is considered the major commercial and financial center of the Southeast and, if this beautiful city were a country, it would be the 28th largest economy in the world.

 

As a Materials Clerk, you will be responsible for managing and executing the ordering, delivery, and inventory of bulk and sacked ingredients for the production plant. You will work closely with suppliers, carriers, and other procurement levels to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of commodities. The Materials Clerk also handles inventory monitoring, freight negotiation, invoice processing, and claim preparation.

 

• Ingredient ownership: Manage and execute a set of bulk and sacked ingredients for the production plant.
• Inventory monitoring: Facilitate reports showing current inventory and compare inventory status to the updated production schedule and determine commodity ordering requirements. Investigate and validate inventory variances.
• Ordering/Expediting: Place delivery orders against approved corporate contracts using SAP. Engage professionally with suppliers and/or NPPC hired carriers to schedule just-in-time delivery to support the production schedule.
• Dispatch communication of new purchase orders to vendors and dispatch delivery appointments with carriers. Continuously monitor/follow-up on expected shipments to ensure on-time delivery. Expedite or modify deliveries (as needed) to support changes in the production schedule/commodity inventory position.
• Freight: Negotiate freight rates with carriers, execute necessary paperwork (Appendix B’s, etc). Plan freight and upkeep of freight plan numbers for billing.
• Working relationships: Build strong partnership with suppliers, procurement specialists, at market buyers and above market buyers. Work closely with all procurement levels with regards to contracts and needs of the plant to support production.
• Process rejected (VNR) loads to include all truck and rail.
• Review manifolds for errors, wash tickets, health certificate, weight discrepancies, carrier data forms and escalate as appropriate.
• At minimum, process parked and blocked invoices 2-3 times weekly.
• Manage fines sold paperwork.
• Prepare freight and ingredients claims.
• Validate truck detention requests.
• Support audits (internal/external) by reviewing/providing necessary documents.

 

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required