North America Supply Planner

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

The Role:

The North America Supply Planner role is primarily responsible for leading the short-term and

medium-term supply planning area to deliver the highest service to customers by: maximizing plant assets, adhering to SIOP processes and inventories, and optimizing inventories and costs. 

The position will be onsite in Keokuk.

Compensation:

The current salary range for this role is estimated to be $78,700-$104,900. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation. The specific compensation offered to a candidate will be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

What We Offer:

• A highly collaborative team environment with ample room for exponential career growth.
• Competitive pay, annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits, 6.2% company retirement contribution, and professional development opportunities.
• Generous paid time off and 12 annual paid company holidays.
• 12 weeks 100% paid maternity leave, and up to 4 weeks 100% paid parental leave (including adoption/surrogacy/foster care leave) for non-birthing parents.
• Student loan repayment assistance and tuition reimbursement program for select roles.
• Annual wellness benefit and wellness centered programs focused on your health needs.

What You’ll Do:

Within Functional area

• Create and update supply plans (production and distribution) at SKU/weekly horizon for North America region, considering manufacturing capacities, logistics and transport limitations, customer demand, inventory policy, alignment with regional SIOP, and raw material availabilities
• Identify and communicate potential bottlenecks and/or risks to supply and propose mitigation plans
• Identify and communicate potential business opportunities linked to underutilization which could impact the costs of supply
• Communicate plan results and alerts, with coordination with main stakeholders to agree on risk mitigation plans (liase with Manufacturing, PLM, Demand Planning, Supply Schedulers, Procurement, Finance, etc.)
• Establish and adhere to inventory policy by SKU/storage location and in line with regional SIOP, enabling the continuity of product availability to optimize free cash flow, align with business strategy, account for demand/supply volatilities, and account for lead times
• Monitor and analyze production KPI metrics, with focus on supply plan adherence, to identify root causes and implement improvements to supply assumptions, models, and processes
• Ensure data integrity within all tools and systems
• Act as leader for specific key initiatives to improve the team’s results and efficiency, such as KPI improvement projects, process redesigns, data analysis, and optimization
• Provide analysis and recommendations in support of SKU rationalization processes
• Participate in any inventory cycle or full physical counts each year

Cross- Functional

• Ensure clear understanding, agreement, and communication of all plans
• Coordination of plan results and supply alerts with impacted groups to execute risk mitigation plan

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance; Data Analytics or related degree
• 3-5 years Planning/Scheduling
• Understanding of product and process cost structures in making informed planning decisions
• Knowledge of corn we milling industry
• Strong oral and written communication
• Ability to work with different tools
• Demonstrated aptitude with math and statistics
• Strong problem solving, innovating and analytical skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
• SAP and OMP experience preferred

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together !

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences. 

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at www.roquette.com and at www.sustainability.roquette.com