Sr Buyer/Planner

Job description

Basic Purpose: The Sr. Planner/Buyer position is an on-site position that performs the plant level planning functions and specific finished goods product planning functions for Celestial Seasonings in Boulder, Colorado. Additionally, they perform specific raw/pack planning functions and raw/pack purchasing functions for their assigned commodities. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Utilizes Blue Yonder, Celestial’s planning system, to generate a weekly production plan for a two-year planning horizon and an associated material plan. - Sets up new items, and maintains system parameters for existing items, in Prism, Blue Yonder, and our separate Excel based planning files. - Identifies and reviews material and capacity constraints in Blue Yonder to tweak parameters as necessary to optimize the production plan. - Utilizes Blue Yonder, Prism, Excel, etc. to monitor the inputs and outputs of the planning process to assure an appropriate plan has been generated. - Utilizes data and financials to evaluate options, recommend improvements, and modify the planning strategy as needed. - Monitors and maintains data accuracy in Prism, Blue Yonder, and our Excel files. - Identifies and reso...