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FGF Brands is a multi-billion dollar company with 30+ manufacturing plants across Canada and the United States. Wonderbrands is a Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of FGF Brands and has 12 plants, and 190+ distribution centers and depots across the entire Canada. Products such as Wonder breads, D’Italiano breads, Casa Mendosa tortillas, and Country Harvest breads are some of the flagship products of Wonderbrands.
Our Program:
Do you have a passion to innovate and a desire to challenge the status quo? We are seeking upcoming and recent graduates who are interested in joining an organization that offers opportunities to work in a fun, stimulating, and dynamic environment as Supply Chain Planners.
We want to help you unleash your full potential! Our Wonderbrands Next Gen Talent Program is designed for high-potential young professionals, with an objective of training the next generation of leaders and developing our home-grown talent. We create safe and inclusive spaces that encourage you to be you. The result is an agile workplace, filled with Team Members that have a relentless obsession with continuous improvement and an entrepreneurial spirit.
If you are a recent graduate or plan to graduate this year, the Wonderbrands Next Gen Talent Program could be a great opportunity for you. Come join us on our journey to become the world’s great baker!
What Wonderbrands Offers:
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We believe in Home Grown Talent, accelerated career growth with leadership training; Unleashing Your Potential
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Many of our team members who joined us through similar “new graduate” programs were able to accelerate their career growth and reach high levels in our organization within a few years of joining us
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Competitive Compensation, Health Benefits, & a generous flexible Medical/Health spending account
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Employer matching Pension program
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Tuition reimbursement
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Discount program that covers almost everything under the sun – restaurants, gyms, shopping etc.
Summary
We are looking for Supply Chain Planners to oversee inventory and supply planning responsibilities for assigned plants and/or co-packers. This role maintains capacity plans, production schedules and finite schedules to ensure the efficient delivery of inventory, service and cost objectives.
Primary Responsibilities
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Oversees inventory and supply planning responsibilities for assigned categories. Maintains capacity plans, production schedules and/or finite schedules to ensure the efficient delivery of inventory, service and cost objectives. Responsibilities may also include inventory stock transfer/replenishment responsibilities
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Develops a detailed understanding of manufacturing constraints and capabilities of the manufacturing locations planned
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Proactively identifies and communicates potential supply issues impacting the business with production facilities, Sales, Marketing, Demand Planning and Customer Service
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Oversees inventory and supply planning responsibilities for assigned plants and/or co-packers
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Collaborates with Demand Planning and deployment to translate unconstrained forecasts to SKU-DC level supply plans
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Schedules finished goods production for each assigned category. Supply recommendations are based upon scheduling parameters and system settings that are developed and maintained to support sales goals, inventory targets, as well as minimizing the age of product when shipped to a customer
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Tracks plant/business performance (KPIs) to the established supply chain plan such as Case Fill Rate, Days of Supply, and Production Adherence
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Manages and controls finished goods inventories for assigned items in order to achieve the company’s financial targets along with utilizing obsolete and slow moving inventory reports to determine action required to initiate salvage sale or disposal of product
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Analyzes long-term production capacity and develops/maintain capacity models showing planned production, projected inventory and projected capacity utilization and available capacity by period/month
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Deploys finished goods inventories across the distribution network to support customer needs
About You:
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Undergraduate University degree in Engineering (Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical), Business, Supply Chain, Mathematics, Statistics, and Finance
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Passionate and desire to work and learn about the food manufacturing industry and innovation
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Ability to work in a start-up and team-based culture, working as a team to deliver outstanding results
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Ability to quickly learn and understand all elements of a very complex supply chain
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Positive attitude and a results-oriented mindset
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Bright, driven and clear about your future career goals
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Roll up your sleeves mentality with a whatever it takes mindset to get the job done
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High attention to detail, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
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Ability to work with people across multiple functions and with all levels of management
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Exceptional problem solving mindset with an ability to tackle difficult problems in a logical way
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Strong ability with Microsoft Office (especially Excel) required
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Extensive spreadsheet analysis and strong mathematical abilities
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The ability to interpret large amounts of data is required
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Experience with supply planning software (SAP APO, Manugistics, etc.) is an asset
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Candidates applying must be a recent graduate
What is the recipe for a great career at Wonderbrands?
Working at Wonderbrands, there is never a dull moment! As a successful company that is continually growing there is always challenging yet rewarding work to be a part of. We have an entrepreneurial spirit which encourages all our team members to use their own creativity and out of the box thinking to come up with solutions and new ideas.
Disclaimer: The above describes the general responsibilities, required knowledge and skills. Please keep in mind that other duties may be added or this description may be amended at any time.
System ID: 2023-10525
External Company URL: www.fgfbrands.com
