Planning and Materials Manager

If you are an experienced Planning and Materials Manager looking for a great opportunity to grow, Emerson-Appleton Group Canada Ltd. has an exciting opportunity for you! Based in our Elmira, ON location, reporting to the Plant Manager, you will be responsible to own and deliver the supply chain strategic roadmap for Appleton Group Canada. You will lead, develop, implement, and run supply chain activities to improve the service fill performance to our customers; Lead the complete planning, procurement and materials supply process; and be responsible for the procurement of all materials required by Appleton Group Canada, ensuring that standards for quality are consistent while achieving lowest possible purchase costs. As well as ensure achieving important metric target achievement as it relates to your area of responsibility.

IN THIS ROLE, YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE : PLANNING FUNCTION

• Have the ability to implement new business strategies with strong change leadership skills. Learn how to achieve successful strategic change and innovation.
• Lead the development of master plans for the execution of mid-to-long term production strategies in partnership with Sales and Operations teams
• Lead the translation of Sales forecasts into production forecasts, ensuring material resources, production schedules, materials availability and production plans.
• Data analyze for productivity, customer demand, performance, schedule adherence, and forecast accuracy ensuring oversight of inventory management for raw materials, ingredients, and packaging. Track, analyze, and report on capacity and provide regular updates and status reports to management.
• Lead continuous improvement opportunities for supply chain processes and inspire changes.
• Provide oversight to the ERP planning system from Sales forecast development through plant scheduling and shop-floor orders while developing schedule recommendations per capacity, allocation, product transfers, fill rates & costs.
• Hold regular team-based meetings to review backorders, inventory aging reports, ETO orders, etc.; Evaluate business risk and work for strategically sound resolutions while providing insights and predictive analytics to support business decision making.
• Coach, mentor, and trainer of all Supply Chain team members to improve performance and to develop and retain high-potential employees, leading all aspects of daily processes for effectively operations

PURCHASING FUNCTION

• Lead vendor selection and purchase sources, evaluating market conditions and driven pricing; alternative materials and sources, in conjunction with the buyer prepare and issue purchase orders.
• Safeguard forecast accuracy targets and analysis of gaps and opportunities in line with financial plans. Responsible to meet Financial Review Inventory turns.
• Develop ongoing purchasing strategies and identify process cost reduction opportunities while upholding quality of all goods purchased by the Company.
• Work closely with Planner/Scheduler, Buyer and Production Supervisors to plan material requirements ensuring appropriate purchasing records.
• Develop professional and diligent relationships with all vendors.

DELIVERY SCHEDULING, EXPEDITING AND SUPPLY CHAIN TRADE COMPLIANCE:

• Initiate actions to ensure timely receipt of purchased materials to support both production and customer requirements. Build links to maintain a high level of service and quality.
• Ensure expedite raw materials, maintenance supplies, safeguard on time delivery and continually refine the shipment forecast.
• Review and follow up on special orders that historically had long time backlog.
• Schedule incoming freight and co-ordinate Intracompany truck for pickup and delivery as required.
• Ensure supply chain trade compliance as defined by Emerson.

WHO YOU ARE :You stage activities with relevant achievements and schedules; Anticipate and adjust effective contingency plans and make implementation plans that allocate resources precisely. You acquire data from multiple and diverse sources when solving problems; and analyze the information to define problems accurately before moving to solutions. You consider all relevant factors and use appropriate decision-making criteria and principles, and actively seek input from pertinent sources to make timely and well-informed decisions. You anticipate land mines and plan approaches accordingly. You follow through on commitments and make sure others do the same and are completely on top of what is going on and know where things stand. You set stretch goals and objectives, pushing individuals or teams to perform at higher levels. You orchestrate multiple activities simultaneously to accomplish a goal and adapt quickly to changing resource requirements.

FOR THIS ROLE, YOU WILL NEED :

• Degree or Diploma or equivalent experience in Supply Chain Management or industry related (Purchasing, Procurement, Logistics)
• 7+ years' proven experience as Planning and Materials