Job Information
Trident Seafoods Corporation MATERIAL PLANNER II in Seattle, Washington
Essential Functions:
*Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. *
- Develop, implement, and maintain an effective material planning process with upstream operations for key species by balancing inventory and plant consumption while delivering superior customer service.
- Understand the market demand and the related plant utilization of material as inputs to developing a robust Demand -- Supply gap assessment.
- Provide weekly/monthly inputs to P&L team for taking buy-sell decisions
- Lead Material Planning improvement initiatives and proactively manage projects to improve efficiency and longer-term planning.
- Identify material risks and develop mitigation plans and recommendations for corrective action to secure material and manage service levels.
- Identify and communicate constraints that may impact the achievement of business demand.
- Manage the material planning systems and tools as super users and provide inputs to continuously improve their performance.
- Prepare and maintain relevant reports on material planning and inventory tracking.
- Lead Weekly/Monthly material reviews and actively participate in the Global S&OP process.
- Identify materials that are slow moving or obsolete excess and coordinate with respective business partners to determine an avenue of disposition.
- Identify materials with shelf-life expiry approaching and communicate with respective business partners to determine an avenue of disposition in order to avoid disposing of inventory.
- Regularly works onsite to build strong team connections, collaborate across functions, and solve problems in real time.
*The essential functions listed above are not exhaustive. The organization may assign other duties as needed to meet business requirements. *
Compensation & Benefits:
This is a salaried exempt position with an annualized salary range of $115,000 to $130,000.
Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full time employees may be eligible for discretionary/performance-based incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, disability programs, basic life and AD&D, and a 401(k) plan with a