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Category Inventory Planner Apply locations USA-IL Oak Brook time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R28953

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Oak Brook

Job Type:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Posting Title:

Category Inventory Planner

About Us :

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of Americas Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to Engage and Delight One Customer at a Time. Guided by our valuesOwn It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You G ain :

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period youre eligible from your first day!

• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.

• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform DevelopU with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:

About the Role:

Join our team as a Category Inventory Planner at our corporate office in Oak Brook, IL. In this role, you will manage exit strategies for customer product transitions, graphic redesigns, packaging changes, and distressed or aged inventory. You will be responsible for overseeing the procurement and execution of material requirements, ensuring material availability for production while effectively balancing working capital and warehousing constraints.

Youll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• Serve as primary point of contact for the company when supply issues arise. Work with sales, planning, replenishment, customer service and various others to communicate action plans.
• Manage Product Lifecycle Management activity and discontinued products as they enter/leave our business. Ensure a positive transition for customers and departments within the company.
• Assist cross-functional communication on issues for label development of new labels, redesigned labels, packaging changes, formula changes, etc. to ensure expected customer service expectations.
• Communicate issues with forecasting either purchases of significantly more or less than the forecast. Work with Sales, Demand Planning and Customer Service to get more accurate numbers in the system to allow for better customer planning and service.
• Work closely with scheduling and material planning to help to maintain targeted inventory levels
• Review underperforming SKUs and partners with Sales/Marketing to improve efficiencies across the network
• Develop and maintain long inventory reports, and work on both root-cause analysis and disposition of inventory, as well as corrective-actions to limit future long inventory.
• Aids in the development of inventory entitlement plans and tracking performance against plans.

Important Details:

• This is a full-time, hybrid role on first shift, based in our Oak Brook, IL office.
• The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $61,900 to $92,900 annually. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics and business or organizational needs. For certain roles, the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus and equity pay.

Youll fit right in if you have:

• Bachelors degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Statistics, Operations Research, or related field is preferred.
• Minimum 2 years supply chain, production scheduling, demand planning, or operations experience.
• Strong computer skills including knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office, Power BI and SAP/ERP are preferred. Including the ability to access reports and data to utilize the information and make effective analytical decisions.
• Possess ability to communicate professionally and effectively with all levels of the organization. Ability to effectively present information with various departments and employees.
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines. Strong analytical skills with the ability to communicate clearly verbally and in written form.
• Strong organizational/time management skills.
• Self-motivated with strong multitasking, analytical thinking, problem solving and leadership skills.

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At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us Engage and Delight One Customer at a Time. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact ...@treehousefoods.com

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About Us

TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world-class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service.

Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf-stable, refrigerated, and snack products.

Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative-free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats. TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 26 plants across the United States and Canada, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

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Disability Assistance and EEO Considerations: At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us Engage and Delight One Customer at a Time. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact ...@treehousefoods.com

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