Materials Planner

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Job Address

35 Tantramar Crescent, Amherst, Nova Scotia, B4H 4J6

Weston Foods is a leading North American bakery company with a specialized focus across all key bakery categories, including breads and rolls, donuts, pies, cakes, alternatives breads, and others. We bake our products in more than 35 bakeries across Canada and the USA, conducting our business with integrity, contributing to our communities, and fostering a respectful and inclusive culture. We are building a culture of success here, and it depends on our people striving for greatness and having the courage and commitment to getting better every day.

The Materials Planner at our Amherst, Nova Scotia bakery will provide support to the bakery facility operations team in the areas of finance, operational activities, Supply Chain, data processing, and analytics. It is a great opportunity for someone to develop valuable cross-functional expertise.

This role will be working in our Amherst facility, Located in the Amherst industrial park, which produces fresh breads and rolls for Canadian retail and grocery stores. The Amherst facility employs 100 non-union highly dedicated team members in a high-performance team environment.

Core Accountabilities

• Support operations staff with SAP troubleshooting, closing work orders, process orders, or other admin functions.
• Ordering finished goods from across the country for the Atlantic Provinces.
• Provide vacation support to other staff members. Backfill tasks related to Payroll, SAP, Material ordering.
• Maintain and organize SAP-related documentation and ensure proper completion by the operations team.
• Track and monitor training completion and maintain all records. Schedule training as required.
• Determining the required materials and generating purchase orders.
• Perform critical inventory tasks to ensure the correct amount of materials are in stock
• Direct point of contact with Vendors and Customers.
• Coordinating between the production and other departments
• Perform administrative duties in a proactive approach to resolving suppliers issues, material shortages, and product requirements
• Support the facility with month-end and year-end financial tracking and troubleshooting.
• All Other Duties as Assigned
  

About You

• Good to have a High school Diploma or College Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or related field.
• SAP experience would be an Asset.
• Good to have experience working in supply chain/ Food manufacturing.
• Someone who enjoys Customer service and Data Entry.
• Intermediate computer skills. (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Should be focused on detail orientation, analytical skills, and Multi-Tasking.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative with results and a customer-focused attitude.
• Ability to communicate to all employees at all levels with tact and friendly positive attitude
• Great team player and willingness to jump into projects as required

Weston is committed to fostering a work environment with strong core values that support diversity through various policies, programs and activities that encourage sensitivity and accommodations. Weston offers employment regardless of race, colour, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Diversity is integral to our success as an organization and we will use diversity as a model to help identify and develop the best talent, create effective teams, and achieve overall excellence. In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

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