Manufacturing Production Planner, Corporate Manufacturing - Lakeland

In Corporate Manufacturing, the Manufacturing Production Planners create production schedules, storage plans and product distribution plans for their assigned Publix manufacturing facilities. They do this to satisfy store and distribution center finished product demand. As part of the process of creating production schedules, the Planners order and manage inventory levels of manufacturing plant raw materials, packaging and operating supplies used for production.
 

• analyze and manage inventories in divisional warehouses and manufacturing plants including forecasting future movement and sales through SAP
• create production schedules of each product group and determine appropriate timeline for shipments, working with department managers to make necessary adjustments throughout the week to insure proper quantities are manufactured, shipped and warehoused
• analyze, order and manage inventories of raw materials (packaging and ingredients)
•  work with Manufacturing Supply Purchasing and vendors to discuss problems, pricing, lead time, and changes as well as participate in Category Reviews
• work with Publix Corporate Transportation Department and Distribution to coordinate multi-vendor transportation and warehousing of packaging and ingredients and
• serve as a resource to Plant Management and other Publix departments regarding ordering, transportation, invoices, and finished product inventories.