Production Planning Manager
about 2 years ago
Full time role
El Segundo, CA, US
El Segundo, CA, US
Job Description
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
At Beyond Meat, we started with simple questions. Why do you need an animal to create meat? Why can’t you build meat directly from plants? Thus, we make plant-based meats that allow families to eat more, not less, of the traditional dishes they love while feeling great about the health, sustainability, and animal welfare benefits of plant protein. Our goal is to bring exciting change to the plate—and Beyond.
OVERVIEW
Beyond Meat seeks a highly analytical and experienced Production Planning Manager to join our team. As a Production Planning Manager, you are responsible for the master production plan, coordination with production locations and the Sales & Marketing organizations to ensure the continuous supply of finished goods product while maintaining austerity in working capital, logistics and management of scrap. A successful candidate in this role can blend quantitative research and qualitative analysis to plan factory production to meet demand. They are also proficient in recognizing gaps in materials, WIP and/or logistics that hinder the plan and seek to resolve them with the appropriate partner organization. Candidate is adept at communicating needs with partner organizations and resolving systemic issues that are a barrier to enterprise success. Additionally, the candidate is a competent people manager that is effective in managing and delegating effectively to direct and matrixed resources.
Beyond Meat is an equal employment opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, ancestry, veteran status, marital status, gender identify, sexual orientation, national origin, liability for military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you are interested in learning the status of your application, please note you will be contacted directly by the appropriate human resources contact person if you are selected for further consideration. Beyond Meat reserves the right to defer or close a vacancy at any time.
Please note that Beyond Meat has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees. All U.S. employees who (a) physically enter a Beyond Meat facility in the United States, (b) represent Beyond Meat at work-related events, including but not limited to trade shows and product demonstrations, or (c) physically enter customer or potential customer sites in connection with their work for Beyond Meat must take all necessary steps to be Fully Vaccinated as a condition of employment, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved.
At Beyond Meat, we started with simple questions. Why do you need an animal to create meat? Why can’t you build meat directly from plants? Thus, we make plant-based meats that allow families to eat more, not less, of the traditional dishes they love while feeling great about the health, sustainability, and animal welfare benefits of plant protein. Our goal is to bring exciting change to the plate—and Beyond.
OVERVIEW
Beyond Meat seeks a highly analytical and experienced Production Planning Manager to join our team. As a Production Planning Manager, you are responsible for the master production plan, coordination with production locations and the Sales & Marketing organizations to ensure the continuous supply of finished goods product while maintaining austerity in working capital, logistics and management of scrap. A successful candidate in this role can blend quantitative research and qualitative analysis to plan factory production to meet demand. They are also proficient in recognizing gaps in materials, WIP and/or logistics that hinder the plan and seek to resolve them with the appropriate partner organization. Candidate is adept at communicating needs with partner organizations and resolving systemic issues that are a barrier to enterprise success. Additionally, the candidate is a competent people manager that is effective in managing and delegating effectively to direct and matrixed resources.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Day-to-day activities
- Manages direct and matrixed employees to ensure optimized factory schedules to continuously meet the sales demand
- Uses Excel, Netsuite and Demand Caster or other such tools as necessary to plan and schedule factory, WIP between factories and/or finished goods to meet inventory targets and ultimately meet customer demand
- Responsible for managing working capital to required targets while ensuring stock levels sufficient to meet the changing demand
- Communicates production schedule broadly to enterprise wide organizations, surfaces and resolves schedule conflicts quickly.
- Resolves routine conflicts efficiently with peers and superiors and escalates issues when necessary
- Coordinates the maintenance, development and alignment of tools with the manager of supply chain analytics and continuous improvement as required
- Influencing and Optimizing:
- Identifies root cause of chronic issues, proposes improvements to solve issues, reaches consensus on plan and aligns implementation and execution
- Negotiates allocation of limited capacities with partner organizations with minimal input from management
- Strategic activities:
- Participates, actively drives and champions adoption of newly implemented systems, procedures and tools
- Is and is perceived as Subject Matter Expert for Production Planning organization.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree with 7 years of relevant experience, or master’s with 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
- 5+ years of experience production planning experienced in rapidly growing company with emerging tools and processes.
- 5+ years of experience using quantitative tools and code (Excel, Tableau, SQL, Python)
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel, Word. Advanced report writing experience, pivot table experience and data graphing required.
- College-level math skills, including the ability to calculate percentages and margins
- Strong knowledge of ERP inventory systems
- High tolerance of ambiguity and comfortable working to weekly deliverables in a highly complex and collaborative environment.
- Able to surface and resolve resource conflicts as necessary at all levels of the company.
- Strong demonstrated history of problem solving using analytical techniques.
- Lean Six Sigma exposure a plus.
Beyond Meat is an equal employment opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, ancestry, veteran status, marital status, gender identify, sexual orientation, national origin, liability for military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you are interested in learning the status of your application, please note you will be contacted directly by the appropriate human resources contact person if you are selected for further consideration. Beyond Meat reserves the right to defer or close a vacancy at any time.
Please note that Beyond Meat has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees. All U.S. employees who (a) physically enter a Beyond Meat facility in the United States, (b) represent Beyond Meat at work-related events, including but not limited to trade shows and product demonstrations, or (c) physically enter customer or potential customer sites in connection with their work for Beyond Meat must take all necessary steps to be Fully Vaccinated as a condition of employment, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved.
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