Deployment Planner

Lactalis US Yogurt is currently seeking candidates to join our Supply Chain Team.

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you

At Lactalis US Yogurt, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company.

From your PASSION to ours

The Deployment Planner is responsible for creating and managing internal finished goods deployments in order to satisfy regional inventory targets to service our customers. In this role the deployment planner will work closely with the production planners, transport teams, warehouse teams, customer service and demand planning to determine optimal quantities to ship in order to achieve service and spoils targets. The deployment planner must leverage the tools and resources to efficiently create shipments while minimizing rework and shipping inefficiencies. This person will serve as the go-to to troubleshoot service disruptions or shipping inefficiencies. This person must be organized, detail oriented, adaptable, a clear communicator and have a strong execution focus. This is a new role within the supply planning team and will report to the supply planning supervisor.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Deployment planning: build truckloads of finished goods product effectively to maintain inventory targets and maximize service to customers while avoiding overstock and finish goods spoils. Must have strong planning skills and ability to operate in a dynamic environment.
• Root cause analysis: understand variances to plan and perform root cause analysis to advise on variances and disruptions. Communicate findings and opportunities in a clear and actionable manner.
• Continuous improvement: be a self-starter in identifying and driving changes to improve KPIs, enhance communication and visibility and drive process efficiency.
• Technology leverage: utilize technology, tools and resources to optimize workflow and results.
• Collaboration: build strong working relationships with various logistics and supply chain departments to effectively communicate, troubleshoot and drive results. Effectively communicate at multiple levels within the organization.
• Organize and prioritize work: effectively manage workload independently and prioritize critical deadlines and requests to help enable favorable outcomes.

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, logistics, or related field
• 2+ years of experience in Supply Chain planning/forecasting. Additional cross functional experience in warehousing, transportation planning, and/or customer service a plus.
• Proficiency in Excel and general knowledge of other MS Office applications
• SAP experience
• Self-starter, detail oriented, ability to manage multiple deadlines and work independently.
• Proven ability to build effective relationships with all departments and employees in a collaborative team-oriented environment
• CPG Food experience is preferred

Lactalis US Yogurt and Subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer