Operations Planner

Job description

Job Location: Lancaster, PA Summary: The Hershey Company Y&S Lancaster plant is a Non-Union plant producing Licorice Products such as Twizzlers, Nibs, and Pull & Peel, in a high-speed complex environment. The role of the Operations Planner is to provide personal leadership to support the financial objectives of the Plant as well as preparing detailed production schedules to support the master production schedule and manage MRP parameters to ensure timely material purchases and delivery to support the schedules while meeting inventory management objectives. Responsibilities: Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform major duties/responsibilities: - Develop and communicate detailed production schedules for assigned operations to support higher-level master production schedules. Provide input and analysis to assist in optimizing long-term planning strategy of operations. - Manage MRP parameters to ensure timely material purchase order creation and delivery to support schedules and to meet inventory management objectives. Interact with suppliers to communicate material needs and develop solutions to material supply issues. - Maintain BOM and routing infor...