What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Planning Manager position at Land O'Frost?
Summary
Land O’Frost is seeking a Supply Planning Manager to lead plant-level planning operations, streamline production workflows, and ensure our manufacturing teams meet customer expectations with accuracy and efficiency. This highly visible role sits on the plant leadership team and acts as the primary connection between Corporate Master Planning and on-site operations.
If you are a strategic, process-minded planner who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, this is an opportunity to directly impact performance, inventory management, and customer satisfaction.
Company Overview
At Land O’Frost, our brands of lunchmeat, hot dogs and specialty sausage products are recognized as one of the nation’s best-selling and trusted brands. We have accomplished this through our incredible team of employees who are customer focused, motivated, achievers, developers, and purpose driven.
How YOU Will Contribute
- Align plant operational capacities with corporate planning systems.
- Evaluate long- and short‑term capacity constraints (equipment, labor, materials).
- Recommend, revise, and execute final production plans.
- Represent Planning on the plant leadership team, promoting communication and collaboration.
- Manage production workflows to optimize inventory levels and meet customer expectations.
- Maintain and adjust the production plan based on forecast changes and sales activity.
- Monitor and adjust WIP levels and component availability to ensure uninterrupted production.
- Manage finished goods inventory levels across facilities within control limits.
- Control product flow to packaging to prevent obsolescence/expiry.
- Oversee inventory at outside storage locations.
- Track daily cooler inventory and product code rotation for accuracy and traceability.
- Partner with Procurement to determine raw material needs.
- Develop and implement formulation production plans.
- Create contingency plans for plant issues and resolve capacity or scheduling conflicts.
- Manage shipment status to ensure on‑time, accurate customer delivery.
- Serve as a technical resource for the Allergen program.
- Manage the day‑to‑day activities of the Production Scheduler.
- Set goals, develop skills, provide training, and support career growth.
- Monitor and maintain planning department budget.
- Proactively evaluate and improve process flow to reduce time‑to‑fill and increase planning accuracy.
About YOU
- 5 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Business Operations, or Production Planning.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field preferred.
- Microsoft 365 proficiency required.
- ERP experience required; IFS preferred.
- Ability to travel up to 10% (local or overnight).