Materials Planner Position Available In Monroe, New York

Materials Planner fairlife LLC $75,000-$85,000 USD United States, York, Webster 1000 Ridge Road (Show on map) Jun 21, 2025 fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers. With over $3B in annual retail sales, fairlife’s portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife ultra-filtered milk; Core Power High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife nutrition plan, a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation. To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com. The construction of fairlife’s manufacturing facility in Webster, NY is underway. This state-of-the-art, 750k sq ft, greenfield plant is expected to be operational in late 2025 and will lay the foundation for fairlife’s next phase of growth as the leading dairy nutrition provider. While coupling the industry’s latest technologies and fairlife’s operational excellence to build this world-class facility, fairlife plans to hire 250 new employees and bring in approximately 5 million lbs. of milk a day, with room to grow over the coming years.

job purpose:

The material planner’s role is to manage all material, ingredient and packaging inventories and ensure that material resources are available according to site production schedules. The material planner’s responsibilities will include purchasing and ensuring on-time delivery of materials, managing optimal inventory levels and inventory health, coordinating with internal departments, and managing external vendor and other stakeholder relations. A successful Material Planner should be able to ensure the appropriate supply of materials required to maintain steady production and finished product delivery.

responsibilities:

Ensuring the consistent and adequate supply of materials necessary for FG production.
Ability to react and solve inventory issues, schedule changes, and cancellations.
Analyze supply / demand changes and react accordingly
Continuous monitoring and management of material and packaging stocks to ensure a balanced, healthy inventory level, appropriate safety stock and efficient storage utilization.
Ownership of site MRP, and creation/development of tools
Proactive management and cross functional communication of material concerns that may impact production schedule
Daily collaboration with warehouse, 3PL, planning and other internal teams to ensure issues are addressed and production is not affected
Work with internal teams to ensure that material purchases are timely and cost-efficient
Collaborate with internal teams to execute material run out plans when changes are made to finished good bill of materials or artwork
Monitor and ensure timely execution of new product introduction and product revisions
Develop and maintain vendor relationships to create effective two-way communication to mitigate unknown supply risks
Daily, Weekly, Monthly Reporting on Materials managed skills/qualifications required: 2+ years of experience in supply chain, planning, or purchasing in a manufacturing environment
Bachelor’s Degree and / or relevant experience
Strong attention to detail, mathematical and analytical skills required
Strong Microsoft Office skills (excel, PowerBI)
Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and requests and respond quickly with a sound solution
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment
Skilled in organizing resources and establishing priorities
Dynamics 365 experience preferred but not required working conditions and physical requirements: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment, however regular audits of the plant are expected
No or very limited physical effort required
Limited exposure to physical risk
Some travel to various sites in other states may be required food safety requirements: Notify supervision of any repairs or adjustments that are required that may affect product quality or food safety. Understand, observe, and comply with the handling and usage of the color-coded container policy while in the Production Areas.
Perform all duties necessary to meet Company, Customer and/or Government requirements/standards as prioritized by the Company.
Ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system.
Identify and record any problems relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the ingredients, processes, quality system, or safety system.
Control further processing or delivery of nonconforming product in terms of Food Safety and Quality issues until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected.
In the event of absence, another employee with the same skill level will assume the duties and responsibilities as required.

position location:

Webster, NY reports to: Supply Planning Manager travel requirements: Less than 5% exempt/nonexempt: Exempt •Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Base pay range:

$75,000 — $85,000 USD fairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis ofrace, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors. In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment, the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us, please emailcareers@fairlife.com.