Production Planning Manager

Job Responsibility:

As Canada's leading organic poultry producer, Yorkshire Valley Farms works to bring high-quality organic food products to market . We're on a mission to leave the world better than we found it. To us, that means dishing up superior tasting food for our loved ones while impacting the planet positively for generations to come .

Role: Production Planning Manager

Reports to: Director of Production Planning.

Located at: Works remotely, with requirements to be onsite at co-manufacturing partners on an as needed basis.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement required business metrics to support the monitoring of 3rd party facilities for conformance against established product specifications and adherence to regulatory and business requirements.
• Monitor yields and invoicing from designated 3rd party facilities to ensure production processes remain within target control ranges and overall costs remain in line with target expectations.
• Complete assigned monthly business reporting within required timelines.
• Provide analysis and recommendations regarding new opportunities and/or issues.
• Support Senior Management in the development and execution of operational strategies.
• Lead project workstreams and initiatives focused on driving the key priorities of the business.

Secondary responsibilities include:

• Taking orders either directly from retail customers or from our sales reps via phone, e-mail and EDI
• Accessing external portals to obtain electronically submitted customer orders (EDI Portal & Customer Portals)
• Entering domestic and export orders into the order system, double-checking for accuracy, compiling orders and sending them to the plant for fulfillment
• Ensuring submitted orders adhere to minimum order requirements and notifying the appropriate sales reps of any deviations
• Meeting daily order deadlines
• Daily batching and organizing release requests of product from our storage / 3rd party partners
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Position Outcome

• Achievement of annual business targets.
• Continuous improvement of business processes.
• Volume/profit optimization of fresh product supply chain.
• Insight on key industry and regulatory trends and changes.

Required Skills

Required skills include:

• Strong analytics and proven problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong organizational, multitasking, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines.
• Proven change management capabilities.
• Excellent planning and scheduling skills required.
• Experience in collaborating with outside stakeholders and the ability to build strong relationships with others.
• Ability to adapt to change and handle moderate amounts of stress.
• Ability to assess situations and provide solutions (critical thinking).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with limited structure or direct supervision.
• Demand planning experience is desired, but not mandatory.
• Moderate Excel and Word skills.