Production Planner

The Production Planner is responsible for the daily scheduling of all Work Orders within the Kozy Shack Turlock Operations Site and optimizing daily production. The Planner will conform to the required GMP and Safety procedures and follow all verbal and/or written instructions of the Operations Manager, Quality Control and Corporate Planning Team.

This role is at a Dairy Foods manufacturing facility for Land O’Lakes, creating dairy products that stand for real, simple goodness. We believe there’s power in every drop of milk our farmers produce, and by improving production and finding innovative uses for that milk, we add a little good to people’s lives.

• Demand Planning – Collaborate, manage and align demand planning processes to meet KPIs and overall business objectives. Effectively use and maintain the current demand planning system. Troubleshoot, research and resolve issues as they arise. Lead, identify and implement continuous improvement of processes and systems of the production floor. Meet or exceed performance goals and objectives.
• Sales and Operations Planning – Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Planning and others to support the S&OP demand planning process for the site.
• Inventory Planning – Manage and maintain the demand planning system to deliver accurate long‑term and short‑term forecasts for the production planning team. Contribute to inventory strategy goals by improving forecast accuracy and bias.
• Manage and work with raw materials vendors, including packaging, sugar, rice and milk volumes to ensure a balanced min/max level.
• Business Team Support – Collaborate with business partners on product line activity to improve metrics. Track new product launches and product discontinuations and assist business teams in decision making. Optimize promotions, events and other causal factors.
• Adjust schedules and move work orders as needed to optimize the production run while meeting sales demands.
• Schedule the following week’s schedule each week, utilizing the master planning schedule sent out by the Corporate Planning team.
• Lead the meeting on YTD PO spend vs. budget review (weekly).
• Work with Sourcing on planning milk and other ingredient requirements necessary for daily production. Ensure these adjustments are communicated effectively to the production teams.
• Update and review the volume data daily to analyze trends. Lead discussions to improve performance as required.
• Perform deep dive analysis of waste factors and lead improvements with the Operations Team, incorporating the production teams into these discussions.

• This position requires a mix between office work and a production floor presence.
• Must be able to work in a cold environment where temperatures can vary from 32° to 98°.
• On occasion, business demands may require some employees to work overtime.

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Experience with supply chain planning, operations management and/or supply chain management.
• Quantitative skills; ability to analyze data.

• Knowledgeable with JD Edwards, Microsoft software (Excel expert), new scheduling tools.
• Preferably have Vorn data (OEE) experience.
• Knowledgeable of production requirements and limitations of production teams and understand how to optimize the production teams.

$70,800–$106,200 (In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges).

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer‑ and member‑owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and Linked In, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full‑time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401(k) and a variety of well‑being resources. Most part‑time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance and a 401(k).

Land O’Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug‑free workforce, including post‑employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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