Stockseed Planner

JOB SUMMARY:  The Stockseed Planner coordinates all planning, scheduling, processing, packaging, and distribution activities for the Production Department within Supply Chain. This position is critical to the short-term S&OP process, utilizing material planning techniques to schedule and generate work orders to meet demand. Communicates regularly with Supply Planners and key stakeholders on order status or issues that may arise. Responsible for coordinating with import/export specialists to ensure all export requirements and inspections are completed to meet required ship dates.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES*:

New Crop Material Planning

• Create, issue, and schedule work orders in alignment with new product arrival timelines, quality standards, production capacity, and assigned priority.
• Monitor the progress of work orders, ensuring seamless execution from initial planning through completion, while addressing any delays or bottlenecks.
• Evaluate incoming product quality, reviewing results to determine appropriate usage or allocation. Ensure seed lots are tested upon arrival for primary production countries.
• Proactively adjust production schedules and priorities based on quality analysis, optimizing resource utilization, and minimizing waste.
• Allocate and prorate new product inventory for contract production, ensuring equitable allocation according to contract standards. Responsible for executing the sample requests for quality testing and Sales order and Invoicing for contract production prorates.
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, including supply, operations, quality, to address potential challenges.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in ERP systems, including work orders, inventory adjustments, quality-related notes, and substandard codes.
• Analyze inventory and production data to identify trends and improvement areas, and support strategic decision-making.
• Prepare and deliver regular reports on production yield, quality outcomes, and inventory issues to key stakeholders at required by the business.
• Report final produced quantities to Production and Finance teams for settlement purposes.

Finished Goods Planning

• Review Crop Release Worksheets and Delivery Record to ensure short term production demand is fulfilled.
• Meet with Stockseed Manager to review lot allocation and address lot-specific questions.
• Ensures all lots allocated to sales orders have proper quality testing for export, coordinates quality assurance testing if needed, and tracks testing to completion while keeping key stakeholders informed of the timeline.
• Create and schedule work orders for seed blending, conditioning, treating, and packaging according to warehouse schedule availability, ensuring schedule is optimized for efficiency and cost savings.
• Monitor orders in progress to ensure on-time completion or promptly communicate delays to key stakeholders.

Scheduling:

• Resolve scheduling conflicts with the Enhancement, Disinfection, and Packing schedules and communicate delays or issues to key stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Trade Compliance Team for USDA inspections of lots at the Woodland location, including creating inspection lists and notifying USDA of inspection readiness on scheduled days.
• Coordinate with operations teams to schedule timely replenishments.
• Analyze inventory data and trends to forecast future inventory needs.
• Collaborate with quality control teams to ensure inventory meets required standards.
• Prepare and present inventory reports to management.

S&OP:

• Participate in the Substandard Review (SSR) meeting across assigned species. Act on SSR meeting follow-ups and upload new SSR codes to D365.
• Support in Global Stockseed Product Review for stockseed inventory.
• Participate in weekly S&OP meetings with Supply Planners to provide the latest estimates and updates.
• Prepare and submit monthly reports to management as required.
• Other duties or responsibilities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA or BS degree required preferably in business administration or related subject or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in finished goods planning, S&OP, or inventory management within a manufacturing or consumer goods environment.
• Must have excellent record keeping, data collection, and reporting ability; attention to detail is essential.
• Must have excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Must have excellent word-processing and spreadsheet skills and ability to accurately prepare a wide variety of correspondence and reports.
• Must have the ability and discipline to interact professionally and effectively with management and fellow employees under sometimes-stressful conditions.
• Must be self-motivated and have strong analytical and reasoning ability.
• Familiarity with basic operating procedures and processes preferably in a seed industry or in a manufacturing environment.
• Must be familiar with Material Resource Planning Systems or Enterprise Planning Systems or willing to learn. Must be familiar with logistics/ workflow.
• Ability to handle stress especially when encountering necessary projects, deadlines and/or high workload.
• Must be able to work under strict time constraints and requirements.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Must be able to type and or work at a computer terminal for long periods of time.
• Must be able to sit for long periods of time.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

• Salary: $70,000-$80,000 per year
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance coverage for employees and their families
• Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
• 401k program with company match
• Profit Sharing program (via 401k)
• Holiday & Performance Incentive Bonus program
• Paid Vacation: 10 days per year to start, increases with tenure
• Sick Leave: 1 hour accrued per 30 hours worked for first 30 days, 6.67 hours per month thereafter.
• 14 paid company holidays, 2 floating holidays & birthday off
• Paid Family Leave: 15 days after 12 months of service for FMLA qualifying events
• Company provided EAP
• Company provided subsidy for health/fitness clubs & apps

*To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty (as described above) satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.