The Role
Develop and maintain production schedules, forecast raw material needs, analyze SAP MRP data, and coordinate with engineering, purchasing, operations, suppliers, and carriers. The role manages inventory availability, production work orders, backlogs, priorities, documentation, and schedule changes across multiple plants while supporting continuous improvement and maintaining accurate planning data.
Summary Generated by Built In
CPM Holdings Inc. is a leading process and equipment solutions provider to the oilseed, animal feed, biomass, food, and materials processing industries. We also serve the corn wet milling, pet food, ethanol and wood industries and are the world leader in pelleting, particle size reduction equipment and automation. CPM has more than 1,200 employees with facilities in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and maintain production schedules to support customer demand while optimizing manufacturing capacity and material availability
- Forecast raw material requirements by analyzing production plans, inventory levels, historical usage, and anticipated demand fluctuations.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, and other cross-functional teams to ensure materials and resources are available to support production schedules.
- Validate inter-warehouse transfers in SAP to ensure inventory accuracy and timely material availability.
- Analyze plant production schedules and SAP Material Requirements Planning (MRP) data to determine raw material requirements over a six- to eight-week planning horizon.
- Perform daily SAP system reviews and analyze key metrics to identify actual and potential material shortages, monitor order progress, and address material rejections, scrap, and rework.
- Ensure manufacturing operations have the necessary raw materials and components to meet production requirements and customer delivery commitments.
- Create and manage production work orders within the Sales & Operations (SSO) process as required.
- Ensure die cards and other required production documentation are available and accurate prior to manufacturing.
- Manage production backlogs for multiple manufacturing plants by maintaining accurate production dates and communicating schedule changes to stakeholders.
- Monitor production priorities and adjust schedules as necessary to respond to changes in customer demand, material availability, or manufacturing constraints.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to improve scheduling efficiency, inventory management, and production planning processes.
- Maintain accurate planning data within SAP and ensure system integrity to support effective production and inventory management.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or Supply Chain degree or the equivalent in experience and evidence of exceptional ability
- Knowledge of various ERP/MRP systems required
- Basic knowledge of the fundamental structure and workings of an MRP (Materials Requirement Planning) and/or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system
- Knowledge and experience in working with Suppliers, Freight and Rail carriers, and Purchasing personnel, strong understanding of Purchasing concepts and corporate directed goals
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or equivalent experience with evidence of exceptional ability
- Knowledge of various ERP and MRP systems
- Basic knowledge of MRP and ERP system structure and operation
- Experience working with suppliers, freight and rail carriers, and purchasing personnel
- Strong understanding of purchasing concepts and corporate-directed goals
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The Company
What We Do
CPM Holdings is a global supplier of process equipment and engineered technologies for animal feed, oilseed, bioenergy, compounding, engineered materials and food processing industries. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, it operates five segments: California Pellet Mill, Crown, CPM Extrusion, CPM Packaging Group and CPM Thermal Processing, with 17 product brands. Its mission is to sustainably feed, fuel, and build a better world, with production facilities across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
