Production Planner

Description

Coca-Cola, with its many brands, has been recognized and enjoyed by people around the world for over a century. Founded in 1956, Coca-Cola Bottling Company High Country is a family owned, regional Bottler serving portions of Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

Every day we honor our core values of Honesty, Integrity, Trust, and Respect through encouraging our team members to develop, grow and serve. Together we become more effective and productive… in life and work.

Refresh your career and join us in refreshing the world!

• Salary for the Production Planner role is approximately $55,000 a year depending on experience.
• Robust benefits package including 100% paid employee health, dental and vision!
• 100% Employer Paid Life Insurance for Employees
• 401K With Employee Match
• Product Discounts
• Much more!

As part of the Operations Team, the Planner develops production schedules to support sales requirements, orders raw materials, manage production raw materials inventory, and tracks and implements promotion graphics/packages as required, tender loads to3rd party carriers, maintain carrier relationships, and mediates shipping and receiving issues (such as dock scheduling or load shifts).

• Review daily production runs and material uses. Ensure that consumption and production is entered correctly and inventories balance.
• Input and review daily, weekly, monthly, and annual production raw material inventory counts. Identify items to be recounted. Research variances and provide explanations. Post raw material inventory.
• Develop weekly production schedule to support sales needs and maximize production efficiency.
• Work with production managers to ensure that raw materials, required maintenance or QA downtime, safety training, and operator training are incorporated into the production schedule.
• Order all required raw materials to support production requirements.
• Track all purchase orders to meet monthly budgets; assist senior management in the budgeting process through monthly reporting and review with an aim to minimize production costs.
• Track and monitor all promotions for produced goods. Provide updates on promotions, status of raw material orders, and ability to meet in market dates.
• Must be flexible to work outside normal working hours when needed.
• Control transportation costs by adhering to a routing guide which maximizes service and minimizes cost.
• Coordinate with warehouse and production staff to assist with dock scheduling.
• Update management on concerns with carrier constraints, weather and road closures, or other events that may affect delivery performance.
• Hold vendors accountable for performance based on existing and evolving metrics.

• Able to prioritize production needs.
• Able to communicate with vendors effectively.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Work independently with little supervision.
• Ability to troubleshoot problems associated to the warehouse and production issues.
• Adaptability – Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Communication – Ability to effectively, clearly and concisely communicate verbally to both co-workers and customers.
• Decision Making – Display willingness to make critical decisions while following company practices.
• Enthusiasm – Ability to bring energy to the day to day as well as long-term tasks and plans.
• Judgment – Display willingness to make timely decisions and exhibit sound and accurate judgment.
• Leadership – Ability to inspire and motivate others to perform well; accept feedback.
• Planning & Organizing – Ability to prioritize and plan work activities, use time efficiently and develop realistic action plans.
• Reliability – Demonstrate regular attendance and availability to staff and management.
• Quality Management – Demonstrate commitment to improve and promote quality in all operating areas.
• Safety & Security – Promote and personally observe safety and security procedures and uses equipment and materials property.
• Honesty, Trust & Respect – Must be seen as truthful and credible and exhibit respectful behavior in all actions…