Job Description

We are a world class leader in the products we serve because of strong product quality, diligence in standards, continued testing and auditing, and taking a progressive view on innovation and science techniques. If you are looking for an opportunity to expand your knowledge while growing your career as a leader at a world class organization, then The Coca-Cola Company is the place for you. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve.

The Production Planner Analyst will have the main responsibility for creating and adjusting the production schedule.  The incumbent will work with all departments to create a schedule that meets the demands of all aspects and partners within the facility.  In addition, the incumbent will also have responsibilities maintaining third party sales products internally and collaborating with external partners to drive improvements in third party sales. Furthermore, the incumbent will collect and manage metrics performance data for the production, planning, and other department support functions.  This is an onsite role.

Main Responsibilities

Production Scheduling:

Responsible for creating, maintaining, and adjusting production schedules to ensure that manufacturing processes run smoothly and efficiently. This role involves coordinating with various departments within a manufacturing plant to ensure that materials, equipment, and labor are available when needed.
Maintain dates and release process orders in ERP system to extended warehouse management for staging.  Collaborate with the extended warehouse functions on expectations and priorities.
Analyze Production data to identify trends and opportunities for improvements.
Collaborate cross functionally to ensure that production schedules align with overall business goals and objectives.  Collaborate with engineering to schedule planned maintenance.
Provide input to Senior Supply Planning Manager on planning and forecasting to optimize resource utilization.  Prepare short term capacity data for S&OP based on S4 resources.
Cycle count inventory items maintained in Production IM locations in new ERP system.

Co-Product Management: 

Maintain and combine batches in ERP system for third party sales. Notify external partners when products are ready for external sales.
Collaborate with external business partners to drive sales of third-party product sales.
Collaborate with external business partners and recommend additional supplier opportunities for co-product sales.

Data Analytics: 

Performance Monitoring: Optimize the performance of business applications and identify areas for improvement. Collect, analyze, and interpret performance data to provide insights and recommendations to improve organizational performance. The analyst will work closely with Production, Planning, and support departments (Maintenance, Logistics, Finance, Technical) to identify key performance indicators and develop reports that track progress towards achieving organizational goals. Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations to communicate metrics data to stakeholders.
Sales Analysis and Customer Segmentation: Deep dive analysis of sales data to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities.  Utilize data to develop systems to determine changes in sales. Utilize RE data completed by the Supply Planning Senior Manager to determine regional and customer specific trends to reduce product waste resulting from low or negative turnover.
Data Maintenance: Maintain planning master data in the ERP system.  Collaborate with Materials Planner and Supply Planning Senior Manager to determine and adjust master data based on inventory analysis.  Input master data for new products and ingredients.

Other responsibilities:

Connect with Flavor Manufacturing-Wexford periodically to align capacity and data analytics.
Back up Materials Planner for Out of Office events.
Collaborate with various departments to implement continuous improvements projects.
Ensure department training requirements are met. 
Support the Integrated Management System through active participation in internal audits (KORE or ISO requirements, 5S program).
Ensure all processes under this role’s responsibilities are properly documented to ensure a standard approach that could be improved with time.
Actively participate in the daily communication center and provide input or share information when necessary.

Educational Background:

University degree in Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Supply Chain, Business Administration or any technical related field.
Master’s in Business Administration degree is considered a plus.
APICS certification is considered a plus.

Experience and Critical Knowledge:

Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems.
Proficient in excel.
Familiarity with data analytics tools and techniques for extracting insights from large datasets.
This position requires a high level of attention to detail and the ability to understand complex manufacturing processes and how it relates to the procurement process.
Excellent analytical, problem solving, decision making and strategic thinking skills, with ability to navigate and prioritize multiple conflicting demands.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including influencing, listening, teamwork and building value-based relationships.
Ability to make decisions based on Analytical results.
Key skills include long and short-term planning. Organizing, leading change, influencing and communicating widely.
Considered a plus: Quality systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001) experience and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
Demonstrated interaction with senior managers (Finance, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Legal, etc.).

Judgement /Decision Making

This position requires making and helping managers make key business decisions that could have a major impact on the organizational performance, both in the short and the long term.

Cultural Diversity

Required to work and leverage in a multicultural setting (including multi-generational, multi-ethnic, different educational backgrounds, etc.)

Working Conditions

Normal manufacturing plant/office working conditions apply. This position is subject to the hazards and risks of a food manufacturing plant and its working environment.

Travel Requirements

The position is based in Apopka, Florida. Business travel seldom occurs.

Organizational Impact/Influence

Has accountability for ongoing activities, may lead processes or project steps within a broader project.
As an individual contributor acts as an established and productive professional working independently with limited supervision.
Problems faced vary in difficulty and complexity and may require a new perspective on existing solutions.
Explains policies, practices, and procedures of the job area to others within the organization.
Communicates with contacts typically within the plant on matters that involve explaining or interpreting information to reach agreement.
May work to justify and gain cooperation of other parties on practices, policies, and procedures.

Communication

This position interactions include but are not limited to:

Internal interactions:

Plant’s general manager and its leadership team (Production, Logistics, Technical, Engineering & Maintenance, Finance, IT daily.
Operation’s supervisors and plant associates.
Process Chemists

External interactions:

Corporate’s Business Partner
FM Wexford Business Partner
FM Atlanta Business Partner
IQD Laboratories
Strategic Ingredient Supply
Flavor System & Ingredient

Analysis/Problem Solving

Typical situations to resolve include but are not limited to:

Translate overall business strategies into operational objectives.
Dealing with conflicting interests (time, limited resources, productivity requirements, shelf-life, lead times, etc.)
Propose courses of action for inventory levels issues and gaps.
Checking and correcting problems not immediately evident in existing systems and processes / making adjustments.
Recommended enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area.

Skills:

Procurement Analytics; Production Planning Scheduling; Scheduling Systems; Process Scheduling; Scheduling Strategy; Analytics Insights; Big Data Analytics

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.