Production Planner

Description Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose. At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed. As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together. In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®. At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued. Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy. From your PASSION to ours Lactalis Heritage Dairy , part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Production Planner based in Tulare, CA. The Production Planner is responsible for production scheduling, materials planning, inventory management, and logistics coordination to support efficient manufacturing operations and customer service objectives. This role utilizes SAP and planning systems to ensure the availability of raw materials, packaging, labor, and finished goods while optimizing inventory levels, plant performance, warehouse capacity, and supply chain costs. The position works closely with Operations, Procurement, Quality, Finance, Distribution, Transportation, Maintenance, and Warehouse teams to support production execution, inventory accuracy, continuous improvement initiatives, and compliance with food safety and quality standards. From your EXPERTISE to ours ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Production Planning & Scheduling • Develop, maintain, and execute daily and weekly production schedules using SAP planning tools. • Coordinate production requirements across multiple business segments while optimizing line capacity, labor resources, and run strategies. • Monitor production performance, schedule adherence, attainment, case fill, and plant execution. • Manage production orders using SAP transactions including COOIS, COOGIS, Confirmations, TECO, and WIP reporting. • Review and prioritize production using daily shortage lists and material availability analysis. • Upload and validate production files and SAP scheduling data. • Generate and analyze attainment reports, production metrics, and operational performance indicators. • Support product launches, trials, discontinuations, and master data maintenance activities. Materials Planning & Inventory Management • Utilize SAP MRP and inventory management tools to support procurement, order tracking, and material planning activities. • Manage inventories of ingredients, packaging, semi-finished goods, and finished products to meet service and inventory targets. • Create purchase orders (POs) and support procurement activities for production materials and supplies. • Coordinate material receipts, transfers, inventory transactions, and warehouse movements. • Monitor inventory accuracy, aging inventory, shelf-life compliance, and cycle count programs. • Partner with Procurement and Operations to resolve material shortages and supply constraints. • Coordinate product disposition …

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