Planning Analyst

Inspired to grow with your experience, learn and share with new colleagues?
 

Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.

We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

Huhtamaki’s North America business segment is a leading manufacturer of consumer goods packaging as well as tableware, cups, folding cartons, containers, trays and service ware for the foodservice industry and retail markets. Our product portfolio includes Chinet®, the leading brand of premium tableware. Huhtamaki North America with sales of $1.3B employs approximately 4,200 people in 18 manufacturing locations with its US Headquarters in De Soto, KS. The parent company, Huhtamaki Oyj, has its head office in Espoo, Finland. Huhtamaki Oyj is the #1 globally operating foodservice packaging and molding fiber company in the world.

We're looking for professionals to join our team of approximately 17,000 people in 34 countries. You'll think creatively about making our business and those of our customers' more effective and successful. You'll always be looking for new ways of working. And along the way you'll be making a difference to some of the world's biggest brands, by helping great products reach more people, more easily.

EEO/AA Employer/Veterans/Disabled

This position's primary responsibilities will be to schedule the De Soto boxing and die cutting departments, along with shipping components to other facilities via DRP orders.  This position will also serve as backup for the other two production planners in De Soto.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.

• Provide updated schedule to the production floor for boxing and die cutting.
• Review weekly demand for OT needs.
• Review customer demand and enter shop orders based on determined requirement using BPCS.
• Schedule shipments of components inventory to vendors and other Huhtamaki locations.
• Process purchase orders to vendors.
• Pack shop orders for distribution to appropriate department.
• Communicate regularly with customer service, production departments, shipping, etc.  regarding order status.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree preferred.
2 years or more in a manufacturing environment
Proficient in Word, Excel and Access
Experience with BPCS and/or Mapics helpful.

PHYSICAL  REQUIREMENTS

Employee will work in a manufacturing environment. Must be able up to 40 lbs., standing, walking, climbing, bending, twisting, crouching, push/pull, reach above shoulders a great amount of time and hand/finger dexterity required.

Join us to shape the future together!