Supply Chain Planner - FUZE

Company: Coca Cola Company Job Category: Logistics/Transportation Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Status: Full Time, Employee Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Education Level: Bachelor's Degree Job ID: 11708Position Title: Supply Chain Planner - FUZECompany: The Coca-Cola CompanyWorking Location: NJ - Engelwood CliffsEmployment Status: Full TimeRelocation Provided: NoTravel Required: 0%Shift: N/AJob OverviewPlan the production and movement of materials for suppliers, co-packers and company owned production facilities consistent with the delivery of the lowest Total Delivered Cost to for Fuze Beverages, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of the Coca Cola Company. Execute strategies, policies, and procedures to ensure the company receives the highest levels of quality and service from our supplier base while minimizing the costs of inventory, storage, transportation, and obsolescence risk. Execute strategies to manage the implications of an item’s position in its product life cycle, from successful launch to disposition of finished goods and raw and packaging materials.Job DescriptionFunction Specific Activities:Maintain product, packaging and material inventory/availability usingdemand forecasts, historical orders and software tools in order tosupport the operations plans and customer demand.Analyze and evaluate upstream processes to secure materials in orderto reduce costs to the KO system.Synthesize data and identify problems through operational andfinancial analysis in order to improve operational and financialperformance.Manage raw material quality from planting through processing in orderto ensure both the raw materials and finished product meet customerspecifications.Maintain inventory levels and/or inventory level data using physicalcounts, supplier reports, material usage reports and software tools inorder to prepare for anticipated demand and/or appropriately recommendcost-reducing inventory level actions to management.Perform data transactions for inventory control items by usingfacility information systems to ensure product, ingredient and materialtraceability.Provide direct reports with leadership, direction, and coaching toachieve work objectives and improve performance and skills.Monitor relationships with vendors or suppliers in order to ensureproper capabilities, conformance with Company standards and appropriateproducts and services.Extract, analyze and report mainframe/system data in order to improvesupply chain efficiencies using Company sponsored software (e.g.,Showcase, DBS, SAP, JD Edwards, Excel, Access).Coordinate suppliers, concentrate plant, production, R&D and productcommercialization using technology (e.g., e-mails, fax,teleconferences) and key business contacts in order to execute newproduct launches.Education:Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experienceRelated Work Experience:At least 3 yearsCore Competencies:Drives Innovative Business Improvements: Develops new insights into solutionsthat result in organizational improvements; promotes a work environment thatfosters creative thinking, innovation and rational risk-taking.Balances Immediate and Long-Term Priorities: Seeks to meet critical objectiveswhile considering the impact of those decisions and activities on the abilityto achieve long-term goals.Delivers Results: Focuses on the critical few objectives that add the mostvalue and channels own and others' energy to consistently deliver results thatmeet or exceed expectations.Imports and Exports Good Ideas: Relentlessly seeks, shares and adopts ideasand best practices in and outside the Company and embraces change introduced byothers.Develops and Inspires Others: Builds and maintains relationships thatmotivate, guide, and/or reinforce the performance of others toward goalaccomplishments. Develops self and others to improve performance in currentrole and to prepare for future roles; seeks and provides feedback and coachingto enhance performance.Lives the Values: Demonstrates the values of The Coca-Cola Company throughwords, actions, and by example; fosters an environment that reflects the valuesof the company.Technical Skills:Requirements Planning: Ability to plan materials and servicerequirements in order to support ongoing business.Forecasting - Demand: Knowledge of demand forecasting techniques andinputs (e.g., business trends, seasonality, consumption patterns).Information Systems: Knowledge and use of existing KO TechnicalInformation Systems (e.g., JDE, DBS, SAP, Intranet) to generatenecessary data. Ability to access, analyze and utilize information in amanner that adds value to the organization. Ability to propose systemenhancements based on business needs.Inventory Management: Optimize inventory levels using statisticalmodels to design min/max/reorder levels. Knowledge of asset managementprocedures, policies and information used to optimize inventory levelsand/or fill rates (e.g., balance inventory levels against inventorycarrying costs).Supplier Performance Management: Knowledge of supplier capabilitiesand performance to help select, enhance and manage relationships.Ability to measure supplier performance to expectation and recommendopportunities for improvement.Supply Chain: Knowledge of elements that make up the supply chain andthe interrelationship between these elements. Ability to manage andexecute strategies across the supply chain to reduce costs and gainefficiencies in the completion of a quality finished good. Ability toanalyze, balance, synchronize and synergize all internal and externalresources and assets to ensure the progress and ultimate completion ofa finished good.At The Coca-Cola Company you can cultivate your career in a challenging and dynamic environment. We are the largest manufacturer and distributor of nonalcoholic drinks in the world-selling more than 1 billion drinks a day. Unlock your full potential with a future-focused company that is known and respected throughout the world.If relocation costs are not provided for this job, by submitting their profile and resume, candidates understand and acknowledge that The Coca-Cola Company will not provide relocation assistance or support and that relocation will be entirely the responsibility of the candidate..