Company Overview
At Jamieson Wellness, we’re dedicated to improving the world's health and wellness with our portfolio of innovative natural health brands.
Established in 1922, Jamieson Vitamins is our heritage brand, available in over 45 countries and recognized as Canada's #1 consumer health brand.
We manufacture and market sports nutrition products and specialty supplements under our Progressive, Precision and Iron Vegan brands, and market products by Smart Solutions, the #1 women's natural health focused brand in Canada.
In 2017, Jamieson Wellness was named one of the top ten most reputable companies in Canada. For more information, please visit jamiesonwellness.com.
Overall Responsibilities
Plan and schedule production requirements ensuring customer requirements are delivered, inventory objectives are achieved and operational efficiencies are optimized.
Contribute to continuous improvement in MRP development and achievement of supply chain objectives.
Specific Key Responsibilities & Duties
- Produce and issue production schedules for Packaging and Bulk production on a weekly deadline ensuring inventory position, operational efficiency and responsiveness to customer needs are prioritized
- Finite scheduling of bulk / finished goods within agreed upon finite horizon
- Ownership of production finite schedules (manufacturing / packaging schedule)
- Analyze planned capacity versus actual yield information and implement advanced planning actions to ensure weekly schedules are reliable and MRP demand planning is accurate
- Verify and ensure availability of materials required to meet production schedules on a daily basis by proactively analyzing and communicating regarding inventory position, lot expiration, quality status and materials movements
- Understand complex bill of materials and how they impact multiple operational functions
- Participate in planning and execution opportunities for new product launches
- Complete special projects and initiatives as assigned and within the timeframes specified.
- Working in compliance with the company's Health & Safety Policies / SOPs including but not limited to the Safety Responsibilities Procedure
- Cross functional team member
- Will comply with Good Manufacturing Practices in all GMP sensitive areas of Jamieson Laboratories Ltd. facilities
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Requirements
- Post-secondary education, APICS or other professional development certification
- Two (2) to four (4) years' experience in a Planning or inventory position, preferably in the consumer products industry
- Demonstrated experience with an MRPII system and MS Office applications
- Proven analytical and operational experience
- Familiar with GMP, and the various practices of the food and pharmaceutical industry
- Ability to produce reports and schedules in a timely and accurate manner
- Strength in inter-personal, teamwork and communication skills
- Experience in both short-term and advanced planning processes
- lnnovative, adaptable and motivated towards continuous improvement
- Previous SAP experience preferred
Our Jamieson Values
INTEGRITY
- We do what is right even when it’s not easy
- We demonstrate humility in everything we do
- We courageously stand up and support our diverse heritages, traditions, experiences, beliefs and styles
- We allow ourselves to be vulnerable, admit mistakes, learn from them and move forward
TRANSPARENCY
- We respectfully communicate honestly and directly in a timely manner
- We proactively seek diversity of ideas and provide real feedback in the interest of improvement and development
- We constructively share and respect each other’s opinions and ideas to enable sound decision-making at all levels
- We encourage differing point of views and productive debate to develop the best solutions
TEAMWORK
- We constructively challenge ourselves and others to achieve desired outcomes
- We demonstrate mutual respect, inspire trust and promote equality
- We collaborate toward common vision and objectives across all persons, levels, functions and locations as one company
- We recognize, celebrate and value each other’s differences, styles and contributions as one of our greatest strength
- We lead with a passion for winning together
ACCOUNTABILITY
- We take personal ownership and pride in everything we do
- We demonstrate a bias for action
- We challenge the status quo constantly seeking to improve
- We eliminate barriers and bias to empower others to achieve our goals
- We are accountable to build an environment free of bias in regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, and all other types of discrimination
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- We are empowered to pursue opportunities that will have great impact
- Our curiosity drives us to find better ways to accomplish our goals
- We are agile, embrace change and persevere through adversity
- We demonstrate initiative and take calculated risks together
EXTERNAL FOCUS
- We focus our efforts with the community, consumer and customer in mind
- We continually seek opportunities through insights that affect our business, customers, consumers, government, environment, technology, competition and suppliers
- We foster positive collaboration with our external partners