Master Planner, Advanced Planning Systems

Accountabilities

• • Provide specialized planning expertise and initiative leadership across designated master planning areas, supporting effective execution across the product portfolio.
  • Develop and maintain executable master production schedules using finite-capacity, material-constrained, and resource-constrained planning principles, including sequencing, lot sizing, changeovers, lead times, and scheduling priorities.
  • Coordinate cross-functional activities required to execute the master schedule, including material readiness, quality releases, production priorities, inventory availability, warehousing, and other operational dependencies.
  • Lead capacity and constraint-based planning while identifying risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities to improve overall supply performance.
  • Optimize the total portfolio by coordinating finished goods and intermediate inventory decisions across the value chain, considering their impact on key financial and operational metrics.
  • Support strategies for the lifecycle management of SKUs and new product innovation.
  • Serve as a business super user and subject matter expert for advanced planning applications, supporting planners and functional users with system usage, troubleshooting, and planning issues.
  • Maintain and optimize planning parameters, master data, policies, calendars, and other system inputs that influence planning outputs.
  • Develop and maintain advanced Excel-based planning tools, models, dashboards, reports, and analytical solutions to address business requirements.
  • Use Excel, Power Query, PivotTables, and other analytical techniques to consolidate, transform, validate, and interpret large planning datasets.
  • Collaborate with demand and supply professionals and supporting functions to align planning activities and drive effective supply chain decisions.
  • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing planning processes, tools, data quality, and overall planning capabilities.
  • Travel occasionally to head office or operational locations for meetings or business requirements.

  Requirements

  • Post-secondary education in supply chain management or a related discipline.
  • Knowledge and practical experience with Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and/or Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).
  • Strong supply chain planning knowledge combined with solid business understanding and technical capabilities.
  • Experience collaborating with demand and supply teams as well as cross-functional operational and business stakeholders.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including independently developing planning tools, models, reports, dashboards, and analytical solutions.
  • Strong experience working with large datasets, including Power Query, PivotTables, advanced formulas, data manipulation, and analytical techniques.
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise planning applications such as Kinaxis, Demantra, i2, SAP APO/IBP, Oracle, or comparable advanced planning platforms.
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities, dependencies, activities, and deadlines while maintaining accuracy.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, change management, and mediation skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Willingness to obtain, or existing certification in, APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and/or Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP).
  • Ability to understand how planning parameters, master data, system logic, and operational constraints influence planning outputs and business decisions.

  Benefits

  • Salary: $80,000 CAD annually.
  • Work arrangement: Full-time remote position based in Ontario, with locations including Toronto, Ottawa, and Smiths Falls.
  • Extended health and dental coverage.
  • Paid vacation.
  • Employer-supported retirement savings program.
  • Opportunities to work on advanced supply chain planning systems and process improvement initiatives.
  • Occasional travel to headquarters or operational sites as required.
  • Workplace accommodations are available throughout the selection process for candidates who require them.
  • Employment is subject to successful background and reference checks.