Description

Tea Forté, a fast-growing tea and coffee company headquartered in Maynard, MA, is expanding our team with a new Supply Planner role, reporting to the Planning and Program Manager. 

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain Rolling 12-Mo supply needs for future rough cut capacity planning.
• Create monthly purchasing and production plans for all suppliers.
• Place purchase orders and manage all purchase order communication and revisions.
• Manage raw materials planning and inventory.
• Main point of contact for vendor communication.
• Manage lead times and MOQ requirements.
• Communicate to senior leadership on supply risks and opportunities, capacity planning, and inventory coverage projections.
• Support S&OP process; Prepare Supply Review for monthly IBP (S&OP) cycle and meetings.
• Monitor existing and incoming inventory, alert stakeholders on excess inventory as well as inventory shortages.
• Create At Risk, Inbound PO, and Inventory reports to relevant stakeholders.
• Participate in ongoing sku rationalization process.
• Analyze inventory and supply issues for root causes and takes corrective actions to resolve.
• Work cross-functionally with logistics, sales, customer experience and finance.

Requirements

• Highly analytical, able to work cross functionally, excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an analytical field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience.
• Experience in working within a S&OP (IBP) process.
• Proven experience in supply planning, production planning, purchasing, and raw materials management
• Excel super user, experienced with PowerPoint.
• Within driving distance of Maynard, MA.
• Experience working with NetSuite ERP.
• CPG, good/beverage background.
• Applicable supply chain certifications/credentials (such as APICS), highly preferred.