Production Planner
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 7, 2026.
Join BIC World, a community of brands dedicated to creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that have been part of hearts and homes for over 75 years. We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways.
Our culture encourages a "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission.
Purpose of the job
Create production plans maximizing the organization's resources, meeting the objectives of volume, cost, waste and quality.
Key accountabilities
1. Create production schedules maximizing company resources
2. Plan and execute the cyclical inventory schedule in the different locations.
3. Copackers KPI´s monitoring.
4. Rotate materials based in FIFO.
5. Ensure that the ERP system has the correct information on each movement between locations.
Knowledge, skills and experience
Minimum qualification required: Bachelor’s degree (Engineering, Administration, Supply Chain)
Knowledge / experience required beyond minimum qualification: Materials management in industries with high production volumes, analysis of causes of inventory discrepancies, inventory management, savings implementation, external warehouse management.
Other key factors: Knowledge of 3PL, Leadership, teamwork, results-focused work, Excel, ERP Management (Oracle or SAP).
Challenges of the job
1. Ensure the on time manufacturing in each copacker
2. Guarantee optimal inventory levels according with the cost objectives.
3. Define strategies to eliminate inventory differences.
4. Create strategies for the flow of materials.
Decisions made
1. Define the volume and products to be produced in each copacker
2. Define the convenient quantities to keep in inventory in each location.
3. Define the action plan to minimize the inventory discrepancies
4. Define priorities for materials flow.
BIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.
BIC World is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.