Junior Supply Planner

Summary

Join Kiva Confections as a Junior Planner/Buyer to support planning, procurement, and inventory management of raw ingredients. Collaborate with category managers and external vendors to optimize supply and cost. Apply problem-solving skills and attention to detail to ensure high-quality materials are delivered on time and within budget.

Requirements

• 3-4 years of materials purchasing and/or planning experience, ideally in Food & Beverage or Confections
• Experience in fast-moving consumer goods or manufacturing industry
• Previous experience working with ERP and MRP systems
• Ability to model cost and inventory scenarios
• Thrives at fostering internal and external business relationships
• Ability to perform a number of routine tasks quickly, efficiently and accurately
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to proactively and effectively engage others to resolve issues
• Strong process-centric mindset
• Flexible and able to work within ambiguity
• Adopts analytical thinking to solve issues with accurate data and analysis

Responsibilities

• Work with category manager to assess buy plans and submit purchase orders that support our manufacturing partners and optimize KIVA’s inventory investment, warehouse labor, and storage requirements
• Ensure timely and accurate data entry of POs and supplier information in Kiva’s ERP
• Actively communicate with suppliers to confirm order details, track shipments and address any discrepancies in deliveries
• Partner with Finance and receiving team to close out relevant inquiries and ensure 3-way match
• Identifying current and potential product shortages, escalating and supporting triage, advising interested parties of status and recovery plans. Ensures issues are managed to closure
• Ensuring that all deliveries satisfy the assigned purchase orders and report any back-ordered or missing products to stakeholders
• Working cross functionally to develop and update the departmental item master and MRP needs for Kiva as we continue to grow and scale
• Actively share out progress on initiatives and proactively communicate supply issues and risk mitigation plans in an organized process
• Providing reports, analysis and requested information to management as needed

Benefits

$63,000 - $77,000 a year