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Operation Planning Coordinator (Topeka, KS, US) Full Time
No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 151334 – Topeka, Kansas, United States
Do you want to make a difference in the lives of people and their pets?
What about having the opportunity to connect with others across the world, full of stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions? If this is how you see your career, Hill’s is the place to be!
Hill’s Pet Nutrition is a multi billion dollar, global division of Colgate-Palmolive Company and the maker of Prescription Diet, Science Diet, and Healthy Advantage brand pet food. Our mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets by providing the best leading-edge pet nutrition technology, products, and expertise to pet owners, veterinary professionals and other key pet professionals worldwide. Our company is a globally recognized Best Place to Work.
As the Operations Planning Coordinator, you will be responsible for executing the effective production scheduling and replenishment of finished goods, raw and packaged materials to meet forecasted demand and distribution.
What you will do
- Executes master production plans developed by IPD Group (Inventory, Planning and Deployment) by setting daily and weekly production schedules setting daily and weekly production schedules; keeps Operations informed of schedules and schedule adjustments as necessary.
- Verifies accuracy of daily transactions in SAP, production reporting systems, and yield reporting
- Performs monthly and quarterly inventories – physical and system.
- Makes arrangements to maintain inventory levels while facing logistical issues; recommend contingency plans to Operations Planning and Materials (OP&M) Team Leader to address business interruption
- Makes arrangements to maintain inventory levels while facing logistical issues; recommend contingency
- Uses SAP data/system to set production orders, closing orders and complete confirmations.
- Supports productivity initiatives by monitoring processes to deliver against key performance goals including Production, Inventory, Scrap, Cost, Plant Service Level, Cycle Time Interval and Schedule Attainment.
- Facilitate troubleshooting of production scheduling problems, inventory variances, and yield variances in a timely manner.
- Updates SOP, SAP material master and working with controller on costing of product ingredient changes.
- Ensures raw and packaging material inventory processes and controls to effectively manage receiving, inventory, SLOB, and working capital.
- Transfer, scrap and block raw materials, packaging and finished goods in SAP.
- Ensures that all materials shipped and received are in compliance with corporate and government standards for quality, traceability, and bio-terrorism
- Understand and ensure that all personnel comply with Hill’s policies, safety standards, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and Food Safety. Identify and report Food Safety issues to management
- Support implementation of Quality Assurance and Food Safety initiatives
- Adheres to operating budgets for variable and fixed overheads for the production planning and materials team
- Works closely OP&M TL to deliver customer service, productivity, and cost results and balance priorities.
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Complies with all policies and standards
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management, Business, Supply Chain or in a relevant field
- Experience in a similar business area
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) or Google Suite (docs, slides, spreadsheets).
- Flexibility to work overtime and availability to be on call
Preferred Qualifications
- At least 3 years of experience in production, planning, purchasing, customer service, supervision or logistics.
- Knowledge (Vast or basic in SAP System)
Salary Range $48,000 – $69,300 USD
Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law
Are you interested in working for Hill’s Pet Nutrition? You can apply online and attach all relevant documents such as a cover letter and resume or CV. Applications received by e-mail are not considered in the selection process. Become part of our team. We look forward to your application.
Work that matters, fueled by passion for pets! At Hill’s we have a purpose. Every day around the world, we transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation, amazing nutrition, and the best and brightest people. Founded more than 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to pet nutrition, Hills’ mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets.
HILL’S® Prescription Diet® therapeutic pet foods, HILL’S® Science Diet® and HILL’S® Ideal Balance™ wellness pet foods are sold worldwide. Hill’s is a division of Colgate-Palmolive, a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, with sales of products in more than 200 countries. To learn more about Hill’s and Colgate, please visit http://www.hillspet.com and http://www.colgatepalmolive.com, or find us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject “Accommodation Request” should you require accommodation.