Demand Planner

Come join a leader in Protective Foam Solutions! At Alleguard, we’re built from the ground up to expand and shape our customers’ businesses. We understand the diversity of challenges that customers are facing across different industries, from confidence in their supply chain to needing the latest innovations at their fingertips. These challenges are also opportunities, and whether our customers are in construction, protective packaging, cold-chain or other industries, we are relentless in seeing around corners and going the extra mile to help their business succeed.

Position: Demand Planner

Job Summary 

The Demand Planner turns customer orders into a production and shipping plan that the plant can actually deliver. You will own the daily and weekly schedule for your assigned plant(s), working side by side with plant leadership to balance capacity, materials and customer due dates. This role is built for someone who has planned or scheduled in a manufacturing plant. You see a conflict coming, decide how to solve it, and keep everyone aligned so orders ship on time and in full.

Responsibilities 

• Build and own the daily and weekly delivery schedule, sequencing orders by due date, machine capacity, changeovers, material availability, optimizing order configurations to maximize truck and trailer capacity, and logistically align with transportation standards.
• Partner daily with the Plant Manager and production supervisors on priorities, capacity constraints, downtime and schedule changes
• Review incoming customer orders with Customer Service and Sales, confirm realistic ship dates, and flag at-risk orders early with options to recover
• Plan raw material and intercompany transfer needs so production is never waiting on components
• Coordinate with Transportation and Shipping to turn completed production into efficient, on-time loads
• Track on-time, in-full (OTIF) performance and the short-term revenue forecast on our BI platform, and identify root causes when orders are missing
• Lead the weekly delivery and scheduling calls for your assigned plant(s)
• Resolve competing priorities independently, escalating only when a decision needs leadership input
• Other duties as assigned by the Scheduling Manager

Qualifications 

Required

• 2+ years in a manufacturing environment in production planning, production scheduling, or materials planning
• Experience building a production schedule around capacity, changeovers and material constraints
• Familiarity with an ERP system (Sage preferred)
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookups
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities with minimal supervision
• Confident, clear communication with plant leadership, the production floor and customers

Preferred

• Production Planner or Production Scheduler title in a manufacturing plant
• Experience in molding, foam, plastics or other high-volume manufacturing
• Experience with Power BI or a similar BI tool
• Familiarity with shipping, receiving and FTL/LTL load planning
• Associate's or bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations, business or a related field

You will thrive here if you...

• Like owning the outcome, not just the spreadsheet
• Stay calm and organized when the schedule changes three times before lunch
• Would rather solve a problem than wait for someone to assign it
• Can tell a plant manager or sales manager “we can’t run that tomorrow” and offer what you can do instead

Benefits  

We believe in taking care of the people who take care of our customers.  

Our benefits package offers eligible team members access to:  

• Medical Insurance  
• Dental Insurance  
• Vision Insurance  
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance  

 Alleguard Company Values 

• Safety - We care for our employees by creating and maintaining an environment with consistent actions, trusted processes, and courageous conversations. 
• Trust - We build confidence with our employees and customers through dependability, respect, clear communication, and service. 
• Integrity - We are consistent in always striving to do the right thing by accepting responsibility for our decisions and actions. 
• Collaboration - Our diversity is the catalyst that drives our teamwork, creative problem-solving, and partnership. 
• Growth - We invest, develop, and empower our people to build our company so our customers will experience outstanding success, in turn contributing to our own. 
• Accountability - We achieve our success by holding ourselves and each other to high standards of behavior, commitment, and personal responsibility. 

Come join us! 

We’re a dynamic, high-growth business, invested in helping you grow with Alleguard. 

Many of our colleagues have been with us for decades. That’s because we believe in collaborating as a team to serve and support each other as well as we serve and support our customers. 

Alleguard’s employee-centric culture is designed to help you maximize your talents, learn new skills, and gain valuable experience on the way to achieving your professional goals.