Material Planning Manager
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JavvyCPG beverages
Remote - USA; fully remote role open to candidates anywhere in the U.S.Full-TimeManager
Salary not disclosed
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Job Details
- Experience
- 4+ years of materials planning, MRP, or production planning experience
- Required Skills
- Microsoft ExcelGoogle SheetsNetSuite
Requirements
- Have 4+ years of materials planning, MRP, or production planning experience at a CPG, food, beverage, or supplement brand.
- Have experience planning materials into co-manufacturers and working with their schedules, capacity, and lead times.
- Be an Excel or Google Sheets power user able to build an MRP model from scratch.
- Be comfortable with safety stock, reorder points, MOQs, and component coverage calculations.
- Have managed purchasing and supplier relationships for raw materials and packaging.
- Be able to replan materials quickly when production plans shift or suppliers slip.
- Own planning numbers and communicate results in terms of material availability, shortages avoided, inventory turns, and dollars saved.
- Be resourceful and comfortable building processes where little exists.
- Bonus: experience with powdered, instant, or shelf-stable beverage ingredients and packaging, or planning tools or ERP systems such as NetSuite, Cin7, or Prediko.
Responsibilities
- Build and own the MRP, translating finished-goods production plans into time-phased requirements for raw materials and packaging.
- Place and manage supplier purchase orders, confirm ship dates, track open orders, and adjust orders as production plans change.
- Set component safety stock, reorder points, and coverage targets while balancing lead times, MOQs, shelf life, and cash.
- Stage materials at co-manufacturers and reconcile inventory, usage, and yield.
- Model production, inventory, and capacity scenarios for demand changes, launches, and supplier constraints.
- Identify material risks, including lead-time changes, single-source exposure, quality holds, and supplier capacity gaps.
- Partner with Finance on material inventory dollars, purchase commitments, and excess and obsolete component risk.
- Improve materials planning tools and processes, including spreadsheet models and NetSuite.
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