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At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

The Supply Network Planning (master planning) Analyst is responsible for creating and executing strategic production and planning strategies to support customer demand. The candidate for this position must be a self-starter, capable of developing and achieving the strategy objectives in a fast paced environment and be able to successfully interface with all levels of internal management. This role will drive planning information systems development, continuous improvement to optimize production outputs to lead planning analyst's daily production plan. This position works closely with Manufacturing, Operations, Purchasing, Sales, Transportation and Customer Service to create and maintain a master production schedule that ensures customer delivery and quality requirements are achieved.

Essential Functions

• Create, review and revise master production plans to support demand within inventory guidelines through forecast analysis and capacity analysis over 12-18 weeks in advance.
• Translate and navigates projected forecasts (S&OP), sales demand and manufacturing rebuilds into a production plan with time-phased build schedules to protect seasonal demands.
• Develop 3PL optimization strategies and present to regional operations teams.
• Individual will execute master production plan to guide planning analysts on strategic level on production schedules.
• Monitor and adjust forecasts to meet changing customer needs and ensure MRP drives accurate raw material requirements.
• Review, manage and lead SKU and lane discussions to meet current strategies with S&OP.
• Recommend production sequences and solutions to meet customer orders.
• Serve as an effective liaison among other functional departments within the organization.
• Work with cross-functional partners to continuously improve forecast accuracy, demand planning efficiency, transportation routes and loading, and customer service.
• Utilize system reports as well as experience and judgment to meet production and sales requirements.
• Continuous Ad-hoc Analysis for Core and Specialty planning to drive initiatives
• The mentor for team member training sessions
• Assist in Regional projects with Planning Managers
• Have 3+ years of planning experience
• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • 2 Years - Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
  • 2 Years - Experience in Position
  • 2 Years - Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• List if any travel is required using percentage of time:
  • 10% - on average travels 2 week out of the Year

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 4 Years - Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
  • 4 Years - Experience working in Position
  • 4 Years - Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner
  • Makes safety the number one priority
  • Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately
  • Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals
  • Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly
  • Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively
  • Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers
• InnovACT
  • Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products
  • Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances
  • Increases performance through greater efficiency
• Find a Way
  • Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts
  • Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions
  • Seeks solutions rather than placing blame
• Empowered to be Great
  • Consistently looks for ways to improve one's self through growth and development opportunities
  • Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across
  • Communicates effectively to manage expectations

Education

• Minimum Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Data Analytics, Supply Chain or other related field

• Preferred:
  • Master's Degree in Business, Data Analytics, Supply Chain or other related field

Certification/License:

• Required: N/A
• Preferred: N/A

Foreign Language

• Required: None Required
• Preferred: None Required

Typical Compensation Range

Benefits

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