Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.
In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

At Givaudan, we are building a culture that embraces the traits and characteristics that make each one of us unique. Working here you will bring your problem-solving skills, customer orientation and desire to work for a company that not only does well, but also does good. Our operations teams contribute to the manufacturing of products and solutions that touch billions of lives every day. Be yourself and feel unique as you belong within our culture of care, safety and inclusion.

Reporting to and in collaboration with the site's Master Planner, you will execute production planning activities for intermediates and finished goods as well as order manufactured items from other NOAM affiliates. Assure that production plans are created such that products can be manufactured as efficiently as possible, without interruption and supplied on time to our customers. Create a production plan in alignment with schedule and production requirements. Ensure agreed stock levels for customers are met. Minimize write-offs and optimize inventory levels.

In this exciting Job you will oversee the following tasks:

• Creation of production plan that is executable and following productivity and service targets
• Inventory levels exceed company targets
• Supply Chain and Commercial Write-off levels meet budget
• Optimize service to internal and external customers
• Review and analyze production requirements in MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and production capacity to ensure on time customer response times and product availability
• Track and review customer orders for production and resale demands, including raw material resale
• Develop a deep understanding of the replenishment and production systems and processes including MRP, demand and capacity
• Develop understanding of technological, food safety and dietary requirements around produced items and production sites, such as allocation matrix, Halal, Kosher.
• Build constructive and effective relationship with key stakeholders and teams such as Customer Care, Production, Scheduling, Raw Material planning, Logistics, Quality, Transport, and GBS Supply Planning.
• Resolve or escalate supply issues working with internal stakeholders as required. Manage exceptions.
• Share best practice and ideas with your team; involve cross-functional teams as needed to achieve the most efficient ways of working
• Support cost reduction projects and improvement initiatives
• Review slow moving and obsolete inventory
• Follow Givaudan procedures, guidelines and best-practice on relevant areas including Safety; address and implement where missing
• Support development of training programs, manuals and methods of implementation to assure stable and best practice execution of planning
• Review and audit material lead times

You?

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business Administration or equivalent
• 2-3 years experience in supply planning, supply chain, production planning Knowledge of Production Planning, Inventory Management, Capacity Analysis, Demand, Supply and Supply Chain best practices
• Experience in the flavor, ingredient or fragrance industry is a plus

Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision plans, tuition reimbursement, high matching 401k

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.