Site Capacity Planner

Company Description

At Syngenta Vegetable Seeds, we’re passionate about helping people in the vegetable industry succeed and putting growers at the heart of all that we do. Our energies are focused on creating solutions that help them get more out of their crops, now and in the future. A commitment in every seed. We do this by protecting seed, bulbs, or small plant quality from the start to enable growers to achieve the highest yield potentials in their operations; continually investing in R&D to bring cutting-edge innovations to the market; and striving to make a real-world difference through more sustainable practices on farms, in shipping, and at the grocery store.

Job Description

Responsible for ensuring efficient and effective utilization of processing resources to optimize the capacity and performance of a seed processing site.  This role involves analyzing data, forecasting demand, and developing strategies to meet current and future capacity requirements. Additionally, this role collaborates with cross-functional teams to identify priorities, bottlenecks, implement improvements, and drive operational excellence throughout the capacity planning process.  The role is an integral part in ensuring the site's ability to handle increased demand, improve productivity, and maintain customer satisfaction, while fostering an operational culture founded on HSE, Quality, and continuous process improvement.

Duties:

• Develop daily processing schedules for Conditioning, Treat/Pack, Seed Health operations based on order demand.
• Work with all key stakeholders to ensure a proactive resolution of supply issues, with the primary aim of preserving the customer order due date at all times.
• Primary point of contact for all processing capacity related questions for the site.
• Overall accountability for planning based SAP Master Data for each of the site work centres.
• Facilitate the site capacity planning process by maintaining site KPI’s related to processing.
• Works with plant and planning leaders in leading operational meetings.
• Maintain overview of site planned capacity vs attainable capacity, including historical overview.
• Enter and maintain seed conditioning, treat / pack, and delivery data into SAP and off system.
• Ensure customer satisfaction indexing obtained through tracking adherences to desired delivery dates.
• Provide proactive processing and inventory information to Supply Operations Team.
• Act as the primary contact for enquiries for all crops at site, managing short term amendments / imbalances in the plans caused by forecast changes and/or production/processing problems in order to preserve the original customer promise date.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree or equivalent work experience in an agriculture, manufacturing or business related field.
• Experience with or understanding of capacity planning and process scheduling. Seed processing experience a plus.
• Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• International travel possible; must have or have the ability to obtain a passport.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• All applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.

Additional Information

Salary for this role is $66,400 - $99,600 per year.

What We Offer: 

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs. 
• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts your first day.  
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution. 
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits. 

Syngenta has been ranked as a top employer by Science Journal. 
Learn more about our team and our mission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCN_51GbNI 

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

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