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Form of workAbout Tropicana Brands Group
The launch of Tropicana Brands Group represents an exciting fusion of some of the world's most beloved and up-and-coming brands in the juice category, including Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, Izze, Dole, Copella and Punica. Established in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, our new company blends the best of two worlds: one steeped in industry-leading expertise and the heritage of prestige juice brands, and another rooted in a true entrepreneurial, agile mindset.
With a global footprint of more than 2,000 associates that spans North America and Europe, we are proud of our industry-leading capabilities in areas that include innovation, R&D, manufacturing, distribution, sales, marketing and nutrition expertise.
The company's focused on the vision to quench the world's thirst for more delight and nourishment, while continuing to build upon the many important diversity, sustainability, local community, and philanthropic activities that our people and brands have historically supported.
Role Description:
This role is responsible for material Requirement Planning for ingredient and or packaging materials to support Manufacturing and total Supply Chain demands. Balances purchase costs, service risk, production complexity, lead time, and internal material flow to achieve the goal of "the right material at the right place, at the right time."
Key Responsibilities:
Requirements:
The launch of Tropicana Brands Group represents an exciting fusion of some of the world's most beloved and up-and-coming brands in the juice category, including Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, Izze, Dole, Copella and Punica. Established in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, our new company blends the best of two worlds: one steeped in industry-leading expertise and the heritage of prestige juice brands, and another rooted in a true entrepreneurial, agile mindset.
With a global footprint of more than 2,000 associates that spans North America and Europe, we are proud of our industry-leading capabilities in areas that include innovation, R&D, manufacturing, distribution, sales, marketing and nutrition expertise.
The company's focused on the vision to quench the world's thirst for more delight and nourishment, while continuing to build upon the many important diversity, sustainability, local community, and philanthropic activities that our people and brands have historically supported.
Role Description:
This role is responsible for material Requirement Planning for ingredient and or packaging materials to support Manufacturing and total Supply Chain demands. Balances purchase costs, service risk, production complexity, lead time, and internal material flow to achieve the goal of "the right material at the right place, at the right time."
Key Responsibilities:
- Shares responsibility to ensure the key company objectives of strong fill rate, non-complaint product mitigation, and attainment are met by the Supply Chain group.
- Plans both new product material phase-in and obsolete material discontinuation timing, to mitigate production delays and/or excess scrap costs.
- Collaborate with GP to convert demand requirements into detailed plans and schedules for inventory acquisition at the best total cost.
- Coordinate and align ingredient replenishment activities with linked events in Manufacturing Planning and Deployment
- Collaborate with peers in transportation, material logistics, and approved vendors to execute movement of material into and within of the plant sites.
- Support plant productivity by managing replenishment with clear communication and support to operations team members.
- Maintain inventory levels within targets.
- Maintain and update SAP system parameters.
- Resolve quality hold, expired material issues, and blocked invoices.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain or related field
- Legally authorized to work in the country to which you are applying without requiring sponsorship or additional work permits now or in the future
- Willingness to earn APICS CPIM credential
- Minimum 1-year experience in Supply Chain planning or execution
- MP, MRP, DRP, Customer Logistics or 3PL Supply Chain experience preferred
- Able to build relationships and extend influence over cross-functional operations team
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Ability to develop leadership, analytical, and fact-based decision making capabilities
- Demonstrated knowledge of materials requirements planning, manufacturing planning, ingredient specification, warehousing, transportation, and purchasing business functions
