As a member of our supply chain team, you’ll ensure our customers receive noticeably better service, and assist our operations team to obtain the lowest industry cost. You will work closely with internal partners, customers and vendors to provide a seamless and hassle-free supply chain. As stated in our Guiding Principles, “We Help Our Customers Become Great,” and your contributions are vital to achieving this.

Johnsonville, LLC

Semi-Finished Goods Planner

Position Overview:

As part of Johnsonville’s Supply Chain team, the Semi-Finished Goods Planner will have the opportunity to develop and manage the execution of a short-to-medium range semi-finished goods production plan across all internal Fresh and Fully Cooked production facilities. This position reports to the Director of Supply Chain Planning and will work closely with our master scheduling and production scheduling functions.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage your understanding of the Johnsonville Manufacturing network to create a semi-finished goods plan which supports finished goods production needs at an optimized cost
• Develop and execute planning strategies and ensure adherence to the semi-finished goods plan
• Maintain Supply Network Planning master data (material, resource, inventory) in the o9 planning system for semi-finished goods materials
• Develop the plan, and coordinate the execution of the weekly and monthly meat & formulation needs across internal production facilities
• Partner with other Johnsonville functional areas to develop an optimized meat plan based on cost, demand, and capacity
• Monitor functional metrics for attainment ensuring, performance to plan and addressing gaps with the appropriate operations resources
• Serve as the Supply Chain lead for cross-functional projects and initiatives
• Execute capacity modeling as part of both weekly tactical planning and our monthly IBP process
• Create and maintain exception reports to proactively identify planning gaps

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management or Operations Management is preferred; but will consider significant related experience

Experience:

• 3 to 5 years’ experience in Production Planning, Scheduling or Operations Leadership required
• Experience in CPG Food industry strongly preferred
• Experience with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems required
• Experience in Sales and Operations Planning process preferred

Skills and Competencies:

• Requires strong communication skills (verbal, written)
• Strong ability to manage priorities and deal with ambiguity
• Demonstrated learning agility
• Demonstrated ability to quickly build and maintain relationships
• Ability to negotiate to gain acceptance for ideas
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

Date: April 11, 2024

Location: Global Sausage Headquarters, Sheboygan Falls, WI

(Our office is about an hour north of Milwaukee)

Coach: Director of Supply Chain Planning

Member Status: Full-Time, Salaried

Travel: 5-10% of your time

Reason for Posting: New position

Benefits: Members have potential for a monthly bonus, 401k with a company match and profit sharing. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off, as well as access to the 24/7 onsite fitness center, onsite medical clinic and tuition reimbursement!

About our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 3,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

How to Apply:

External candidate: Apply on-line only at: careers.johnsonville.com

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

We value the diversity of our workforce and we embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment. M/F/Vet/Disability

Johnsonville values the service Veterans and their family members have given to our country. We support the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.