SEE designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient.
SEE strives to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. Our culture guides everything we do – how we partner with our customers and suppliers, attract and retain top talent, and create value for our stakeholders.
SEE generated $5.5 billion in revenue in 2023 and has approximately 17,000 employees. The company operates out of 46 countries/territories, and our products are distributed in 115 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.
Position Overview
The Purchasing & Inventory Planner assures proper inventory levels are maintained to meet customer orders and demands are completed on time and in full, while achieving monthly inventory budget.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
• Monitor production load capacities and inventory levels to ensure material availability and timely release to production in order to achieve OTIF objectives.
• Plan inventory levels of raw materials, while establishing reorder points based on standard deviation, safety stock levels, ABC analysis, economic order quantity, and sales forecast.
• Communicate and collaborate with cross functional teams to confirm item specification and delivery requirements to ensure there is a timely release from production.
• Effectively communicate any raw material issues that will impair their ability to produce an order.
• Confer daily with operation leadership and production supervisors to determine WIP completion dates.
• Manage, review, and launch weekly cycle counts.
• Coordinate directly with logistics, customer service, and operational management to evaluate and process expedite requests.
• Utilize the sales tool to assist shipping department in all internal requisitions orders to help improve overall production efficiencies.
• Participate in daily manufacturing planning meetings to provide clear direction to customer service team, and to ensure that customer satisfaction and optimal service is achieved.
• Negotiate and sustain network relationships.
• Provide the Regional Sourcing Manager with new vendor form, W-9 taxpayer identification for certification, and sales tax exemption certification.
• Responsible for generating all plant purchase orders.
• Other responsibilities and projects as assigned.
Competency Statements
• Act: Safely, Responsibly and Ethically.
• Develop: Positive, Collaborative Teams and Healthy Work Environments.
• Deliver: Timely, Innovative and Sustainable Focused Solutions.
• Drive: Quality in Products, Service, and Attainment of Professional Goals.
• Integrate: Core Values of Commitment, Responsibility, and Innovation into all aspects of work.
• Business Acumen- Communication
• Judgment- Critical Thinking – Decision Making- Planning and Strategy
• Leadership-Coaching and Development - Ability to coach and lead others
• Change Management- Accountability
Experience & Qualifications
- Education: High School Diploma required. Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
- Experience: Prior 3-5 years’ experience of scheduling, inventory, and/or purchasing in manufacturing environment required. Preferred management and production experience.
- Specific Skills: Excellent analytical skills with the capability to manage multiple projects, effective leadership to motivate a team, aptitude to develop credible working relationships with internal and external parties with strong communication and outstanding organizational skills.
- Computer Experience & Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Access, Oracle.
Requisition id: 47389
Relocation: No
SEE is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. SEE prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
*Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the SEE name or logo. SEE will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at [email protected].
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