Altria Group, Inc.
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Limerick,
PA
The mission of Altria Group, Inc. is to own and develop financially disciplined businesses that are leaders in responsibly providing adult tobacco and wine consumers with superior branded products. Altria Group is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, the largest cigarette manufacturer in the United States, as well as U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company and John Middleton – recently acquired companies that offer leading brands in the growing moist smokeless tobacco and machine-made cigar categories.
John Middleton Company’s role is to responsibly and effectively develop, manufacture and market superior branded cigars and pipe tobacco for adult tobacco consumers. We are currently seeking a highly qualified Senior Logistics Planner to join our Operations Support department in Limerick, PA. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and improving our production planning and inventory systems to ensure cost effective production schedules, procurement and stocking levels. Specific accountabilities include:
• Maintaining the integrity of SAP production, direct materials and corresponding financial data
• Developing and implementing long term plans to optimize our systems to meet expanding market share
• Coordinating Bills of Material, specifications and equipment attribute data bases to ensure supply chain data integrity and efficient production plans
• Maintaining equipment /product attribute data base and capacity calendar to ensure correct product is manufactured and cost effective production plans are generated
• Establishing budget capacity production rates and adjustment factors for the financial budget cycles; monitoring and updating as required to insure correct and accurate production plans and schedules
• Developing off-line strategic supplier analyses, production planning and scheduling business analyses, scenario management, and modeling “what-if” simulations to resolve problems and make recommendations to management
• Finalizing and distributing factory orders to manufacturing defining all production parameters and specification requirements
• Confirming product specifications to ensure correct information is provided to factories and support departments
• Maintain effective relationships with factory management, Specification Control and Maintenance, and Logistics partners
Specific Skills Qualifications include:
• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field, plus a minimum of five years of experience in a manufacturing operations, production planning or specification management environment
• Thorough knowledge of factory workflow processes, products, equipment and related attributes, Bills of Material and specifications
• Proven ability to work accurately and efficiently with operating systems and software packages (SAP, MMS, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Effective oral and written communication skills, planning skills and keen attention to detail
• Strong analytical and statistical ability
• Ability to work independently in order to prioritize work requirements, solve problems, facilitate business changes and drive process improvements
At John Middleton Company, we recognize that our people are the reason we achieve our business goals. We believe in developing the leadership potential of our employees by providing them with opportunities for training, development and advancement
In addition to the opportunity to apply and develop your logistics planning skills toward key business objectives, we offer an excellent compensation package including a competitive base salary, comprehensive health/vision/dental insurance, participation in our incentive compensation program, as well as a relocation assistance package.
NOTE* John Middleton Co is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or other legally protected characteristic.
Sub-Function Manufacturing
City Limerick
State Pennsylvania
Limerick, Pennsylvania
Limerick, PA
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