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Planning Assistant

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. The Planning Assistant is responsible for the set-up and maintenance for multiple systems and processes within the Evansville Manufacturing Plant.  As a part of the Materials Planning Department, the Senior Planning Assistant will interact within a variety of teams including: the Materials Planning group, project teams, Marketing and Finance.  This role will provide support for key business projects and lead planning improvement projects. The ideal candidate would have strong time management skills, proactive, and results driven. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

Your responsibilities

  • Generate and prepare documentation to support the release of Process Orders (MBR’s, PBR’s, Weigh Sheets, Scheduling Requests and any additional pertinent documentation.)
  • Coordinates the completion of Intra-Plant shipments, and Material Movement Forms
  • Works with QA to maintain conditional release items.
  • Coordinates Rewor
  • Holds record retention of documentation
  • Ensure materials on expiry report do not impact upcoming Process Orders
  • Effectively communicate any potential issues to Planning and Operations
  • Enter bulk formulations into WINS
  • Run reports to support Planning:
    • Expiry/Retest
    • Weigh Containers > 20days
    • Inventory Aging
    • BOM Change
    • Additional Reporting
  • Other duties as assigned

The experience we're looking for

  • High School Diploma or equivalent required
  • Working knowledge of:
    • SAP and the interrelationships between Warehouse, Production, Planning and QA
    • WINS
    • Business Objects
    • Optivia
    • GLIMS
    • Barcoding and any other interfaces 
  • Previous experience with material management systems SAP/APO (ECC/SCM), Business Objects, and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
  • Previous exposure to manufacturing, 5S, and TPM
  • Strong organization and problem-solving skills
  • Solution-oriented approach to complex challenges, with a focus on process improvement

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

US salary ranges

USD 57,000 - 85,000

US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year. Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays; a 401(k) plan; 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; discounts; and much more. Our compensation and benefits packages aim to give our talent the reward, protection, and peace of mind they deserve. 

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.


Nearest Major Market: Evansville
Job Segment: Counseling, Nutrition, Healthcare

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