IMD Supply Planner

 

Inverness Medical Distribution (IMD) Center is a subsidiary of Inverness Medical Innovations, a leading provider of women?s health products.  Our national distribution center, located in Freehold NJ,  has an immediate opening for a supply planner who would be responsible for managing the supply planning activities associated with the packing operation within the distribution facility.  Responsibilities would include the following:

 

  Production Planning

Translate the master production schedule into a weekly and daily plan for each line

Coordinate with other departments to ensure a continual flow of product and components throughout the supply chain

Identify and negotiate with outside contractors for miscellaneous marketing and/or production requirements

Liaise and negotiate with Customer Care Group on the production status of customer orders and queries

  Constrained Planning

  Identify and flag conflicts in demand/capacity imbalance

Prepare a monthly capacity analysis showing the department shift patterns and head count

  Materials Planning

Using MPS evaluate the Materials Requirement Planning routine, releasing requisitions to ensure sufficient stocks of raw moaterials

  Purchasing

  New Product Introduction

  Maintain master data for optimum use in SAP R/3 ERP system

  Maintain item masters, BOM, work center and routing information

Ensure new data is collated and set up correctly to support new product introduction

 

The successful candidate will have three to five years of similar planning experience in a manufacturing environment/industry and, in addition, will have the following qualifications:

 

Bachelor?s degree in business or management or equivalency preferred

Computer proficiency in spreadsheets and databases

MRP, MRPII systems and SAPR/e expertise preferred

Good aptitude for understanding, analyzing, and problem solving

Must be decisive, results oriented and able to work independently

Able to multi task and willing to assume additional responsibilities

 

 

IMD offers a competitive compensation package including medical, dental and prescription coverage, life insurance, 401(K) with Company match, employee stock purchase plan, long term disability and long term care insurance plans, tuition reimbursement, vacations, etc.

 

For immediate consideration, please e-mail your resume along with salary history to paula.cohen@imn-group.com or fax it to 732-761-2837.