Planning Manager

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 17,000 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.

Join us as our next Planning Manager, North America reporting to our Operations Director. You will lead the supply and production capacity planning for Operations (Fragrances) at local level for a large/complex site, based on end-to-end production cycle time, inventory, technical challenges, productivity and EHS requirements to secure that products can be manufactured and supplied on time to customers from existing manufacturing facilities.

Location Mt. Olive, NJ

Salary expectation based on technical experience $125,000.00 - 160,000.00

In this exciting role you will work with

Strategy Design and Execution

• Provide key supply and production capacity inputs to the regional Operations (D&S) plans and participate in the design of the local Operations and Supply Chain & Planning strategies as well as definition of related objectives based on input provided by other local functions, e.g. Commercial or Business Development.
• Oversee the design and execution of tactical and operational plans at site level to meet local Operations goals.
  
  

Function Management

• Maintain an appropriate level of inventory following corporate standards (SLOB/Inventory ownership and leadership)
• Control that customer (internal and external) response is made on time and develop realistic daily plans considering capacity and raw material availability.
• Work under the standards of quality, safety and industrial hygiene and good practices.
• Analyze planning performance and improve the KPI's by using statistical models and best practices.
• Identify and Implement opportunities for improvement.
• Monitor and check accuracy of supply and inventory data in related systems.
• Produce and distribute daily, weekly, and monthly status report (e.g. COOISPI schedule, OTS, past due purchase orders).
• Advise on and monitor configurations in SAP.
• Be an escalation point for resolution of problems, complaints and prioritization issues.
• Control and report achievement of service level targets to stakeholders.
• Develop annual budget and expense control, and build the annual operating plan accordingly.
• Monitor workload and calendars to maintain the balance in the department.
  
  

People Management

• Oversee the execution of annual human resources processes within the Site Planning team and validate related results.
• Work with the local and regional Supply Chain & Planning and Operations management and HR Business Partner(s) in developing a local talent pipeline.
• Guide the development and promotion of Planning talents within and outside Supply Chain & Planning and Operations at local level.
  
  

Technical Skills

• Understanding of Forecasting (Statistical Models)
• ERP/MRP expertise
• Affinity to systems and analytical tools (SAP, BI,BO)
• Proficient in Microsoft.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or related discipline
• 7 years of experience in manufacturing operations with a background in supply chain planning, quality and materials management, including exposure to business process redesign and systems implementations.
• 5 years of experience in people management
  
  

Additional Requirements

• Master's Degree in a Technical field
• APICS
  
  

What We Can Offer You

• 401K Plan
• Healthcare Plan
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation days
  

Givaudan takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications/certifications and education, and internal equity.

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 of perspectives fuels innovation and fosters deeper connections with our employees, customers, and partners. At Givaudan, we are dedicated to cultivating an inclusive environment where every individual’s voice is valued and has the power to shape our world. Join us in making a difference together.