Logistics Specialist - Land O'Lakes Inc.

This individual will be responsible for supply planning Winfield United products as well as distribution planning. This individual will have the responsibility of developing and improving supply and inventory strategies to meet forecasted demand; work with vendors to improve production scheduling efficiencies; to work cross functionally with sourcing, marketing, demand planning and operations to improve vended product distribution. This individual will manage, set goals for and align inventory strategies to meet customer service goals and minimize excessive inventory. They will develop inventory strategies and execute inventory plans to meet goals of cost, quality and service.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provides Co-Manufacturer Planning
  
• Provides Vended Distribution Planning
  
• Participates in key cross functional processes
  
• Manage the Winfield United Distribution Inbox
  
• Ability to back-up and cover planning team as needed
  

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree Supply Chain, Business Administration or equivalent
  
• 3+ years of scheduling, planning, and tracking & managing large assets
  
• Great communications and quantitative skills
  
• Detail Orientated
  
• Ability to analyze, provide insight, and make decisions in a timely manner
  
• Ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently
  
• Exposure working in the agriculture industry
  
• Working & maintaining partnership with external vendors highly desired
  
• Highly effective communication & collaborating with cross-functional teams
  
• Ability to investigate variances related to cost impacting company goals
  
• JDEdwards knowledge
  

Preferred Qualifications and Experience:

• APICS CPIM and / or CSCMP certification
  
• International exposure highly desired
  
• Project or Change management experience
  

Compensation Range : $77,000 - $116,000

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

Neither Land O'Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.