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Delicato Family Vineyards has an exciting immediate career opportunity for a Master Planner in our Manteca, CA Distribution Center.
Delicato Family Vineyards is a family-owned California winery founded in 1924. Three generations of the Indelicato family have guided grapes from vineyard to bottle and into homes and dining establishments around the world. Delicato Family Vineyards is steadfastly committed to crafting and representing wines of the highest quality produced in accordance with sustainable winegrowing practices. Among the leading and fastest growing wine companies in America, the Delicato Family Vineyards’ portfolio includes Gnarly Head, Black Stallion Estate Winery, Noble Vines, Belle Ambiance, Diora, Juxtapoz, HandCraft Artisan Collection, La Merika, Brazin, Bota Box, Massimo, Irony, Domino, Sequin, Twisted and Z. Alexander Brown.
The Master Planner is responsible for the execution of the company’s objective to meet customer demands through the application of Lean principles in Supply Chain Planning. A core responsibility of this position is to maximize capacity and product mix planning across the manufacturing environment while supporting company inventory strategies, product launches, desired inventory turns, and customer service levels.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Strategic oversight of unconstrained, mid and long term planning for all manufacturing lines
- Leverage SAP ECC exception-based planning to determine optimal production efficiencies while minimizing cost and reducing out-of-stock risk
- Collaborates with Supply Chain Organization to determine safety stock levels
- Support creation and maintenance of production work orders utilizing SAP ECC for all manufacturing lines as required
- Manages production planning strategies optimizing product mix, supporting inventory targets and capacity utilization for glass, bag-in-box, packware, special project and contract packaging production lines
- Works cross-functionally to communicate proactively with Customer Service, Bottling Operations, Wine Making, Cellar operations and Supply Chain to ensure customer commitments align with production schedules and are met in an accurate and timely manner
- Coordinates with Sourcing and Supply department on contract manufacturing requirements according to customer demand
- Manages and analyzes Supply Chain Planning KPI’s driving continuous improvement and process change
- Works with Distribution and Logistics to analyze warehouse capacity, production capacity leveling and segmentation strategies
- Participates in the coordination of change orders, product line extensions and new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions to production schedule
- Manages finished good requirement planning master data changes with support from Material Master Coordinator
- Makes improvement recommendations and implements supply chain processes that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies
- Provides mid-term and strategic capacity plans for case goods production to support rate reviews, crewing decisions and capital expansion
- Facilitates planning of vintage and appellation changes, with Wine Making, Supply Planning, Sourcing and Supply and Master Data
- Assesses current SAP system tools and processes for improvement and reporting
NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Acting back-up to Production Planner
- Continuously looks for ways to improve planning process leveraging SAP MRP functionality
- Monitors forecasts and IBP linking arrangements to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities
- Aids in the documentation of processes, such as workflows, cycle times, standard work, or system flows
- Participates in relevant planning team cadence activities
- Applies lean thinking techniques to support continuous improvement efforts to supply chain planning
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experiences
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Supply Chain with 3-5 years progressive experience working in a supply chain environment
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities and Licenses
- Must have good communication skills and proven problem-solving ability. Must possess knowledge of supply chain activities, as well as solid operational knowledge of packaged goods and the wine industry
- Must have excellent communication skills with decisive proven problem-solving ability and a high attention to detail
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple inputs and variables for a best case business scenario
- Ability to influence others through indirect authority
- Strong expertise with MS Office Suite with ability to build and update advanced Excel workbooks
- Advanced SAP background or other ERP system; ECC Production Planning and Control
Certificates and Licenses
- CPSM, C.P.M., CPIM, CSCP, or Lean Practitioner training a bonus
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- See Physical Capability Requirements Section
WORKING CONDITIONS
- General office and distribution environment
WORK STANDARDS
- Acts in a manner reflective of the Company culture of High Moral Standards, Innovation and Continuous Evolution, Trust in Team, Continuous Improvement, and Sustainable Relationships
- Communicates, interacts, and works effectively with others; receptive to feedback and coaching; voices concerns in a constructive manner
- Demonstrates commitment to safety first; communicates safety concerns; promotes a safe work environment based on established safety standards and training
- Follows all Company policies and procedures
Delicato offers its employees a generous and comprehensive benefits package. The core health insurance components include medical, dental and vision, where Delicato covers nearly the entire cost for employees and a large percentage for dependents. Additional health benefits include life, disability and flexible spending accounts. Other benefits include 401(k) with generous company match, discretionary profit sharing, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, wine & merchandise discounts, tuition reimbursement, gym discounts & many more.
EOE
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