Supply Planner

Simplot Australia is a food manufacturing and agriculture business encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood, and sauce operations that supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and food service customers.

As a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, we are focused on creating food Australians and New Zealanders love by maximising value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include the likes of Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

We have five manufacturing sites in Australia and six sales sites and employ almost 2000 people across these operations. We are an integral part of the global J.R. Simplot Company.

**Culture and Benefits**:
At Simplot, we are fuelled by our purpose: We Contribute to Feeding Our World. We imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as one Simplot and are guided by our shared values:

- Respect for Resources
- Spirit of Innovation
- Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

**The Perks**:

- Flexible working arrangements and a variety of engaging Health and Wellbeing programs
- Diverse Leadership Development Programs and Professional Development Support
- Employee Reward and Recognition Program
- Bonus incentives
- Discounted Health Insurance and Gym Memberships
- Sensory Club Program - Enjoy and taste our new product launches and access to our Culinary cooking sessions
- Novated Car Leasing Agreements
- Income Protection Insurance
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Simplot Australia values the innovation and relationship building that comes from face to face connection but also recognises the need for flexibility in the lives of our team members. This is why we have a hybrid work environment, with one dedicated day per week where we all come together to maintain our successful culture of innovation, connection and collaboration.

**About our role**:

- ** Can you develop an optimised long-term Rough Cut Capacity Plan?**:

- ** Do you engage with a broad range of stakeholders to add value?**:

- ** Australia's leading food manufacturer based at our Head Office in Mentone / Moorabbin**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a **Supply Planner** to join our Supply Chain planning team at our Head Office in Mentone. Reporting to the Head of Supply Planning APAC, you will engage with a broad range of stakeholders to manage a complex volume of skus through an array of products which may include Potato, Seafood, Vegetables and/or Sauces, snacks and meals.

This is a unique opportunity for a talented individual to join our team.

**What you will do**:
This is a hands-on role to balance the relationship between service, cost and inventory. You will manage upwards, identify process improvements and make recommendations for future efficiencies. A tactical problem solver, you can demonstrate excellence in managing and improving inventory levels through the end-to-end supply chain, whilst ensuring your portfolio is well positioned to meet service level and working capital objectives. It will be your stakeholder management, leading conversations and decision-making ability that will ensure your success.

You will:

- Build and manage internal partnerships to facilitate end-to-end alignment.
- Build and manage external relationships with a broad range of national and international suppliers.
- Coordinate a credible supply response within the monthly IBP process.
- Be a primary source of knowledge and provide leadership on supply chain processes

**About you**:

- You hold strong interpersonal and time management skills, with an emphasis on decision making and a disciplined approach to managing projects to an outcome.
- You demonstrate leadership in a supply planning environment and hold supply chain planning experience ideally in a FMCG or Food manufacturing industry.
- You are competent with the concepts in developing an optimised long-term RCCP (Rough cut capacity plan) using a simple | Network Optimiser.
- You hold an appreciation of retail and wholesale/foodservice commercial environments.
- Ideally tertiary qualified (Manufacturing, Engineering, Logistics or a Finance related discipline) and experienced with supply chain methodologies, you enjoy diving into the detail of the planning systems through your conti