Replenishment Coordinator-Franklin,TN

Job description

A mutually rewarding experience.

Work. Realize your ambitions. And realize there's more to being in business than just making a profit. That's the Mars philosophy. And the opportunity we offer every one of our Associates. An opportunity to take what you do and make it mean more for you, for those around you and for the planet. What you get here is challenging, interesting work. You get the tools you need to do a great job and you get to have the best possible people on your side to help you do it. And at the same time as getting to find ways to do business better today than we did it yesterday and driving a great career, you also get to build a more enlightened business and drive sustainability.

Because it's never just about a single person, a single project or a single brand. It's about how you can grab everything that's within your reach here and use it to pursue mutual, long-term gain. It's about having ideas. And ideals. Being prepared to risk failure because the promise of success means we'll all be a little better off. It's that mix of integrity and ambition that makes Mars such a special place to work. And why working here is always about more than just a job.

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world's best-loved brands: M&M's®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN'S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

Mars Petcare is looking for a Replenishment Coordinator in Franklin, TN.

Purpose of Role
• The purpose of the Replenishment Coordinator position is to ensure that finished goods are in the right place at the right time within the MPC supply network to meet customer demand, Copack production requirements, and other inventory balance initiatives, at the least cost to the organization.
• Tactical position that assumes management of finished goods flow from the manufacturing network to other shipping sites (i.e. RDCs) through the use of Replenishment Orders, aka Stock Transfer Orders (STO’s) or Dynamic Shipments (FDS), ensuring all orders are managed from the point of order creation, through goods issue, and completed at goods receipt.
• Key focus areas are deployment, inventory balance, and order management.
• Participates in the production planning/plant scheduling processes that support the maintenance of target inventory levels at each shipping location. Works closely with Operations Planning for assigned segments to carry out network inventory plans.
• Serve as coordinator and primary point of contact between plant personnel, Operations Planning partners, Third party coman vendors, Mars Affiliates, Customer Supply Chain, Transportation teams, carriers and third-party logistics providers to manage and own the situation when we are at risk of not fulfilling customer orders. Implements actions and shares best practices to provide the best service to our customers at the lowest cost.

Principal Accountabilities
• Utilize JDA Replenishment Workbench suite and Replenishment databases including SAP & various Tableau reports, to analyze the inventory position by item and location. Uses info to determine correct quantities and locations to distribute finished product between plants & distribution centers to maximize customer service at the lowest costs, including inventory that is currently available, and/or future production.
• Builds truckloads of finished goods from plant to warehouse by consolidating SKUs in a manner that makes the best use of freight transportation dollars. This is done by optimizing weight, pallet count, transportation mode and cross segment product mix. Delivers costs savings to the business annually through truck and transportation mode utilization.
• Reviews future production schedules & directs Dynamic Shipments via Distribution instruction sheets, coaching sites on best practices, and owning responsibility for inventory placement. Reviews JDA Apollo solves multiple times weekly to ensure all available inventory is properly being utilized.
• Attains target level metrics for replenishment area (Customer Fill Rate, Replenishment On-Time shipping, Aging inbounds, Intermodal Utilization, Payload Utilization, & Assistance Spend Tracking) to determine and implement the required actions necessary to positively affect targeted goals.
• Jointly analyze and collaborate with plants, operations planning and production schedulers to provide feedback on production quantity, timing, and replenishment location. Place stock transfer orders for agreed upon quantities to support the timely deployment of production to optimize customer service while minimizing logistics costs.
• Track the shipment of inventory moves (STO’s, Dynamic Shipments) on an exception basis. Follow up and resolve all past due shipments or receipts with sites, third party logistics provider, or distribution center.
• Manage and balance the number of inbound and outbound shipments to/from plants and warehouses to ensure the amount of loads scheduled does not exceed location throughput or freight capacities.
• Pull inventory from manufacturing sites or warehouses by dropping orders to provide approved network assistance to other manufacturing sites unable to meet their expected demand. Rebalance network as necessary through standard daily routines and inventory reviews.
• Proactively call out service risks through daily JTM & CMOS huddles, weekly LMOS, Regional DOR calls, Ops Huddles inputs, or other forums. Analyze and determine root causes of service failures in order to implement and communicate appropriate actions going forward. Lead JTM/CMOS and other operational execution meetings as needed.
o Example: Works closely with all related departments to generate solutions, when quality hold and micro release issues jeopardize customer service levels.
• Coordinate orders for finished goods from co-manufacturers and affiliate units to align with the production schedule created by the Operations planning team. Facilitate inbound receipts from co-manufacturers & affiliates by working with third-parties to receive BOLs and enter into required systems in a timely manner. Works closely with third party vendors and Coman planners.
• Participate on project brand teams or other cross-functional projects as assigned, including some manual Data Entry and/or order monitoring projects where individual orders are tracked.

Critical Mars Supply Capabilities

• Optimizes the Supply Chain
• Analyzes & Improves Performance

Key Supporting Competencies

• Analytical Capability
• Lean Principles
• Logistics Management
• Financial Essentials
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Supply Chain & Inventory Management principles

Key Functional Skills/Knowledge
• Understands how Supply Chains work with solid inventory management principles.
• Keen understanding of the business' forecasting, production planning and scheduling practices and systems.
• Strong interpersonal skills are required to effectively interact with third party logistics providers, Customer Supply Chain colleagues, plant logistics and schedulers or other internal customers to articulate and resolve service issues as they occur.
• Learning agility to be able to avoid recurrence of prior issues, and able to cover different sites across segments with freedom from unplanned support.
• Ability to access and manipulate data from multiple sources to create usable information to assist decision making and analysis. Use of Excel to create pivot tables, V-lookup tables, or visual charts. Use of Tableau software to review and analyze data for problem-solving and information sharing.
• Strong numeric, analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Able to navigate through computer assisted solutions for supply chain analysis.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment with a high sense of urgency through effective organizational skills.

Minimum Qualifications
• BS / BA Business, Economics, Supply Chain or quantitative discipline.
• 1-4 years of experience in a distributed manufacturing environment that includes inventory management and the movement of inventory within the company and to customers.
• Familiar with inventory & production planning software and forecasting methods.
• Project Management exposure
• Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications
• JDA Fulfillment/Replenishment Workbench Experience
• JDA Planning Experience
• SAP Experience
• Tableau Experience

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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