JOB DESCRIPTION: Morton Salt, Inc. seeks a Bulk Supply Planner in Chicago, IL to coordinate bulk supply planning activities for North America, with volumes of approximately 14 MM tons. The position will perform the following duties:

• Maintain weekly and monthly supply schedule, including vessel scheduling, defining salt grades, and projecting inventory
• Manage a supply plan and its distribution-related activities
• Develop and maintain a Master Production Schedule, to provide the Operations Management Team with a plan to meet Supply Chain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Develop and implement strategy to optimize stockpile inventory levels, inventory turns, and product sourcing
• Utilize Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) and Business Warehouse (BW)
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to develop action plans
• Conduct meetings with General Managers for all mining sites, to coordinate production scheduling and identify future per year risks in production
• Re-source and redistribute inventory to minimize supply interruption during production outages
• Lead meetings with offshore Operations and Planning teams to coordinate regarding changes in demand and allocation of vessels
• Determine the type and grade of salt to be loaded on each vessel based on customer requirements
• Work with Operations to analyze production capacity
• Establish production forecasts and manage processes for manufacturing treated salt
• Coordinate bulk rock network supply using our Excel Supply Model, which includes STOs, customer shipments, and supply to co-packers
• Transition community supply planning to APO/SNP or SAP/IBP
• Track and maintain non-standard sourcing movements; collaborate with Finance to report estimated volume and costs
• Conduct regular consensus calls with Mining Operations, Marine Transportation, and Sales & Marketing; conduct bi-annual surveys with stakeholders/Plant Managers to gauge progress; and drive improvement within the group’s supply chain.
• The qualified applicant must live within commuting distance of Chicago, IL.

REQUIREMENTS:

• The position requires at least a bachelor’s degree, or its foreign equivalent, in Business Administration, Supply Chain Mgmt, Operations Mgmt, Industrial Eng'g, or Mechanical Eng'g, plus at least three (3) years of experience in the job offered, or in a similar corporate or manufacturing production scheduling role.
• A qualified applicant’s experience must include: 2 years of experience performing SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) and Business Warehouse (BW) for maritime freight industry/marine logistics
  • 2 years of experience determining rock salt mine capabilities, including capacity and grade, using Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) and Business Warehouse (BW)
  • 2 years of experience using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Supply Chain Planning Software
  • 2 years of experience analyzing key supply chain and inventory performance metrics, turns, and margin contributions using SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
  • 2 years of experience working with Tableau to interpret and analyze data.