Supply Planner’s are responsible for maintaining a global balance of supply to deliver our customer demand within a 0–12-month window. Daily activities include managing and communicating operational supply priorities, mitigating and communicating issues, while tracking and processing seed from end to end.Duties:Serve as liaison between Field Operations, Plant Operations, Distribution, and Commercial to oversee and communicate a confirmed sales plan to meet financial goals and satisfy customer needs.Review inventory, orders, and forecast in order to communicate shortages and opportunities.Analyze, manage and communicate supply availability to appropriate stakeholders.Collaborate with commercial and lead crop teams to manage issues, improve processes, and ultimately balance supply and demand.Utilize Syngenta’s systems and reporting, including SAP to manage inbound crop from raw (uncleaned and untested) seed through conditioning (cleaning), seed health, quality, treating, and packaging.Utilize Syngenta’s system (SAP) to communicate the types of conditioning, re-work, seed health repairs, treatments, and packaging to be used to deliver Syngenta’s products to our customers.Collaborate with commercial teams to determine the appropriate mix of pack to order vs pack to forecast and maximize operational capacity.Formulate conditioning strategies to minimize interplant costs and facilitate on-time deliveries.Maintain effective working relationships and communication with other key stakeholders across functions and geographies as required.Ensure best use of technology to make processes effective and efficient.
