Supply Chain Planner

Location: Brundidge, AL (onsite at Southern Classic Food Group, a Trillium Foods company)

Reports to: Plant Manager

POSITION SUMMARY

The Supply Chain Supervisor is responsible for developing and maintaining efficient daily and weekly production schedules to meet customer demand while optimizing labor, materials, and equipment utilization. Working onsite at the Brundidge, AL facility, this position ensures that production plans are accurate, achievable, and aligned with plant capacity and operational goals. The role is key to coordinating between Operations, Procurement, Quality, and Maintenance teams to ensure products are produced on time, in full, and with minimal waste.

Please note: This position does not offer relocation assistance or work visa sponsorship.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Production Scheduling & Execution

• Develop, maintain, and adjust daily and weekly production schedules based on customer demand, plant capacity, labor availability, and material readiness.
• Sequence production to minimize changeovers, downtime, and allergen-related cleanings.
• Coordinate with Maintenance planner role to create and maintain a master Production/PM rotational schedule that facilitates defined windows of manufacturing machine availability for maintenance access.
• Coordinate with customers – as needed and directed – to facilitate scheduling and/or delivery changes/updates.
• Facilitate a weekly scheduling meeting to ensure that all materials and machines are available for the following week’s production runs.
• Design and deliver a locked two-week production schedule process
• Track schedule adherence, plan attainment, and production performance metrics; identify root causes and corrective actions when variances occur.
• Communicate schedule priorities, changes, and risks clearly to production supervisors and leadership.

Material Planning & Procurement Coordination

• Review ERP/MRP signals and production plans to confirm availability of ingredients, packaging, and materials required to support the production schedule.
• Partner closely with Purchasing to ensure raw materials (e.g., spices, sweeteners, oils, stabilizers, syrups) and packaging components (e.g., bottles, caps, labels, corrugate, film) are ordered and delivered on time.
• Monitor open purchase orders, supplier lead times, and inventory levels to identify potential shortages or timing risks.
• Proactively communicate material constraints or supply risks that may impact production schedules.
• Collaborate with Inventory Control to support safety stock strategies while minimizing excess inventory, obsolescence, and waste.
• Reduce material usage variance through accurate and timely material and production scheduling. Minimizing overruns, and scrapped raw materials.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to adjust schedules in response to equipment issues, staffing changes, or demand shifts.
• Work with R&D to support new product launches, trials, and reformulations by aligning schedules and material availability.
• Collaborate with Logistics on receiving schedules, freight timing, and vendor delivery coordination.
• Support Finance with schedule-driven inputs for forecasting, accruals, and cost updates as needed.

Food Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Ensure production schedules align with approved materials, specifications, allergen controls, and sanitation requirements.
• Maintain alignment with GMP, HACCP, and SQF requirements when scheduling production activities.
• Support traceability, audits, and investigations by ensuring schedules align with lot control and material documentation.
• Coordinate with Quality on non-conforming materials, holds, and corrective actions that impact production timing.

Continuous Improvement & Data Management

• Maintain accurate master data within the ERP/MRP system, including run rates, yields, changeover times, and production constraints.
• Identify opportunities to improve scheduling efficiency, plant throughput, service performance, and material utilization.
• Prepare and distribute daily and weekly production and scheduling reports to stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered
• Minimum 3 years of experience in production scheduling or production planning within food manufacturing or CPG environments
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Infor, NetSuite, or similar)
• Strong Microsoft Excel skillset (pivot tables, lookups, etc.)
• APICS or equivalent certification a plus

Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong understanding of manufacturing capacity planning, production workflows, and material coordination
• Familiarity with GMP, HACCP, and allergen control; SQF experience preferred
• Excellent problem-solving, prioritization, and communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic production environment

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