Production Planner

Company Background:

Ingredion is a Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that helps nourish, comfort, sustain, and delight people around the world. Ingredions wide range of ingredient solutions is strategically designed to address changing consumer trends and preferences.Our specialty portfolio includes starch-based texturizers, clean and simple ingredients, plant-based proteins, sugar reduction and specialty sweeteners, and food systems.Our innovative ingredient solutions are used by consumers in everyday products, from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals. And we do it all in a planet-friendly sustainable manner.


We bring the potential of people, nature, and technology together to make life better.

Thats our purpose. We are all IN to make life better!
Every day, Ingredion employees bring their skills, creativity, and passion together to deliver ingredient solutions that enhance peoples lives. We are innovators who combine the power of technology with the best of nature to delight our customers and consumers. We hold ourselves to the highest standards in ethics, safety, quality, and sustainability. Unlocking the potential of people, nature, and technology to make life better is what drives us in every aspect of our business.
If you are interested in making life better, we are all IN to learn more about you! A bit about what you can expect from the employee experience at Ingredion:

The chance to make a difference

No matter where you work in the company, youll have an opportunity to make life better for our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world.

Passionate people, motivated to excel

Our highly talented people have a passion for learning and achievement and are driven by our inspiring purpose to make life better and our core values: Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly, and Owners Mindset.

A warm, welcoming environment

At Ingredion, everyone belongs! We embrace diversity and foster an inclusive work environment where individuals feel supported and enabled to contribute their very best every day.

A place where you can grow personally and professionally

We believe everyone has great potential, and we strive to nurture that potential into great personal and professional achievements.

An environment that enables innovation and collaboration

We are creating the conditions that inspire and enable innovation - in our products and services, as well as in how we do our work day-to-day.



Core Responsibilities:




Determine plant production requirements based on Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), open customer orders, and annual production goals.



Build weekly production and maintenance schedules to ensure delivery against S&OP production volumes while completing necessary preventive and corrective maintenance. Update and maintain the production planning module in SAP.



Monitor product inventories at Mapleton and off-site warehouses and alter production schedules to deliver expected service levels.



Facilitate weekly planning and scheduling meetings with the site team.



Provide coordination between supply chain, customer service, order coordination, and production.



Drive continuous improvement of maintenance plans through evaluation of feedback from completed work.



Lead and support RCAs to resolve deviations in planning/scheduling KPIs.




Qualified candidates will have:




Bachelors degree or significant relevant work experience



Exposure to planning processes used for maintenance and production activities in a complex manufacturing operation



Experience collecting data from various sources, organizing and maintaining accurate records and files, and generating reports



Knowledge of SAP as it pertains to maintenance and production operations



LSS Green Belt or Orange Belt certification a plus



Strong written and verbal communication skills


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, military status, or disability status.



Relocation Available:
No