**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Provide leadership for the materials planning strategy, master production schedule, supply chain excellence and inventory control while promoting lean initiatives
- Implement value stream scheduling
- Manage periodic physical inventories or cycle accounting activities to ensure accurate financials
- Participate in the QRMP yearly audit and assist in the development of procedures and corrective actions
- Lead the implementation of the QRMP (Quality Risk Management Process) system and operational standards as outlined in the plant accountability list to achieve targeted RCR
- Lead inventory control staff to ensure accurate reporting of inventory
- Develop and maintain departmental budget
- Maintain all regulatory facility standards
- Direct activities to ensure that storage requirements for ingredients, packaging and finished goods are met
- Ensure inspections of all inbound and outbound trucks, using established shipping and receiving procedures
- Follow up with vendor issues
**REQUIREMENTS**:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Materials Management, Business or related
- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing environment
- 5+ years of scheduling and planning production and materials
- MRP system experience
- Fluent English
- Plex ERP knowledge is a plus