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Area Planning Supervisor at Scholastic oversees the planning team and order flow operations in Jefferson City, ensuring customer requirements align with production capacity while maintaining service level expectations. The role balances operational efficiency with business financial goals through strategic planning and cross-functional communication.
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Description: DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervise people and processes of the planning team. Control flow of work for operations through communication, prioritization, and planning of orders. Balance customer requirements with operations production capacities. Maintain priorities to ensure delivery dates and special requests in adherence to previously agreed upon service level expectations. Ensure value added process (VAP) orders are planned and processed correctly. Develop, sequence and adjust planning strategies to align with business financial goals. Responsible for daily communication with operations, customer service, and business units. Maintain zone profiling to assist Operations in meeting budgeted picking rates. Maintain system configurations and rule sets for order conversion assignment, pick plan allocation, and inventory replenishment. Monitor assigned department demand forecast vs. actual interfaced volume. Report on and monitor various key process indicators. Other duties as assigned.
DIRECT SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide direct supervision to department personnel, ensuring a safe and work environment. Educate direct reports on planning and support processes. Evaluate and oversee training of system tools (including Microsoft Office tools). Maintain KRONOS coding, verifying time and monitoring attendance and scheduling vacation time. Document and maintain all applicable processes and procedures for the department assigned. Administer performance reviews, disciplinary actions, coaching/counseling and other employee relations. Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. • Extensive knowledge of all Microsoft Office Applications. (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint) • Ability and desire to work in a high pressure, constantly changing environment. • Proven supervisory and leadership skills including organizing and prioritizing work, and motivating staff. • Basic knowledge of relational database query building. • Proven analytical skills with sound decision making. • In-depth knowledge of business rules and systems processes. • Ability to learn and adapt quickly to changing technologies and customer needs • Excellent communication and coaching skills. • Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple responsibilities and priorities • Experience in process analysis and development.
Time Type: Full time
Job Type: Regular
Job Family Group: Distrib & Matls
Mgmt Location Region/State: Missouri
EEO Statement: Scholastic is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Our policy is clear: there shall be no discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam veteran. Those factors shall not influence the determination of qualifications for a job or other opportunity within the company. Further, all personnel actions (such as compensation, tuition aid, benefits, transfers, promotions, and dismissals, company-sponsored training, social and recreational programs) shall be administered without discrimination. EEO is the Law Poster EEO Scholastic Policy Statement Pay Transparency Provision For more than 100 years, Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) has been meeting children where they are – at school, at home and in their communities – by creating quality content and experiences, all beginning with literacy. Scholastic delivers stories, characters, and learning moments that empower all kids to become lifelong readers and learners through bestselling children’s books, literacy- and knowledge-building resources for schools including classroom magazines, and award-winning, entertaining children's media. As the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books through school-based book clubs and book fairs, classroom libraries, school and public libraries, retail, and online, and with a global reach into more than 135 countries, Scholastic encourages the personal and intellectual growth of all children, while nurturing a lifelong relationship with reading, themselves, and the world around them. Learn more at www.scholastic.com.
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