Supply Chain Analyst - Inventory Management - Ferrara Candy Company - Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Supply Chain Analyst - Inventory Management - Ferrara Candy Company - Oakbrook Terrace, IL -

Company Background Ferrara Candy Company is a number one American producer of non-chocolate confectionery, together with gummies, chews and exhausting sweet, with US $1 billion in annual sales in 2016. Headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, the corporate is privately owned by Catterton Companions. Ferrara’s model portfolio consists of greater than 15 manufacturers, together with Lemonheads, Trolli and the primary USDA licensed Black Forest Natural. The corporate additionally produces personal label confections.
Ferrara Pan Candy Company started as a Chicago bakery in 1908. As soon as sweet sales turned higher than baked items, the household started producing quite a lot of panned candies. In 2012, it merged with Farley & Sather’s Candies to type Ferrara Candy Company. The corporate employs roughly 2700 staff and operates manufacturing crops within the US and Mexico.
Main Objective This place supplies important analytical help to the Ferrara Candy Company Gross sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) course of, enabling attainment of goal stock aims.
Main Obligations To carry out this job efficiently, a person should be capable of carry out every important obligation satisfactorily.

Creates, develops and maintains merchandise-degree stock insurance policies, in addition to facilitates cross-useful workforce conferences in effort to satisfy stock objectives.
Leads the creation of the annual stock plan for the corporate.
Develops and leads month-to-month stock critiques throughout all stock varieties. Evaluations embrace publication of metrics, root trigger identification of gaps to targets and motion planning to shut gaps.
Offers month-to-month area utilization projections for FCC’s two FG warehouses and supplies enter to the Warehousing workforce on future stock area initiatives.
Leads the weekly cross useful stock evaluations for FCC’s supplies warehouse. Critiques embrace area and stock worth projections and identification and documentation of motion plans to realize focused ranges.
Develops stock valuation reviews and weeks of provide reviews.
Performs different tasks as assigned, e.g. VMI implementation for FCC corrugate suppliers
Ensures adherence to all firm insurance policies and procedures.
Understands and demonstrates the Company’s core values.
Performs different duties as assigned.
Some journey could also be required.
Competencies/Expertise/Information Required The necessities listed under are consultant of the information, talent, and/or potential required.

Robust mathematical, analytical and drawback fixing expertise.
Robust verbal, written, oral, and interpersonal communication expertise.
Superior proficiency in Microsoft Workplace merchandise; primarily Excel.
Strong cross-useful group management expertise, together with capacity to determine and resolve points/alternatives.
Time and challenge management expertise.
Potential to multi-process in a quick paced surroundings and capable of shift priorities shortly.
Strong understanding of enterprise course of flows.
Excessive tolerance for ambiguity.
Capacity to work independently.

Schooling and Expertise

BA/BS; in quantitative majors most popular (i.e. Engineering, Statistics, Operations Management, Economics, Enterprise, Logistics).
2+ years of related expertise
Familiarity with SAP software program and Enterprise Warehouse/Enterprise Intelligence methods most popular.
Excessive competency in mining and analyzing knowledge and reviews.
Expertise and talent presenting ideas to a number of audiences.

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