Planning Supervisor

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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.

We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

Huhtamaki’s North America business segment is a leading manufacturer of consumer goods packaging as well as tableware, cups, folding cartons, containers, trays and service ware for the foodservice industry and retail markets. Our product portfolio includes Chinet®, the leading brand of premium tableware. Huhtamaki North America with sales of $1.3B employs approximately 4,200 people in 18 manufacturing locations with its US Headquarters in De Soto, KS. The parent company, Huhtamaki Oyj, has its head office in Espoo, Finland. Huhtamaki Oyj is the #1 globally operating foodservice packaging and molding fiber company in the world.

We're looking for professionals to join our team of approximately 17,000 people in 34 countries. You'll think creatively about making our business and those of our customers' more effective and successful. You'll always be looking for new ways of working. And along the way you'll be making a difference to some of the world's biggest brands, by helping great products reach more people, more easily.

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Job Summary

The principal purpose of this position is to oversee production planning department for De Soto paperboard converting. Planning department consist of three full time planning personnel responsible for planning sheeting/slitting, press, die cut, forming and boxing schedules on a 24/7 basis.

Essential Functions

• Work in a safe and efficient manner in compliance with all safety rules and precautions and promotes a safe work environment.
• Review forecast information for accuracy to support departmental staffing and raw material purchasing and departmental budgeting.
• Review with planners any issues with demand on work centers.
• Update and create department scheduling tools as needed.
• Assist in department coverage when absences occur.
• Work on new product introduction on sheet layout, material & quality.
• Assist with cost quoting on potential new business.
• Attend various project calls and meetings and lead ERP planning transition for the facility.
• Research inventory discrepancies.
• Work with T&D on material qualifications.
• Coordinate with outside converting vendors when necessary.
• Serve as backup to buyer for board and other raw material purchases.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Job Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years manufacturing planning experience.
• Prior supervisory/management experience of 2 or more years.
• Understanding of MRP system.
• Possess strong analytical, quantitative, problem solving, technical and communication skills.
• Promotes change and effectively removes obstacles.
• Effectively interacts with all levels of the organization.
• Knowledge of Word, Excel Pivot Tables and BPCS.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

Environment

• The work location is 90% office and 10% warehouse.
• The noise level in the work environment is low.

Join us to shape the future together!