Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures.

Job Purpose and Impact:

The Material Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating the raw materials needed for production. Working closely with purchasing, warehouse, and production teams, you ensure material availability while maintaining targeted inventory levels. Based on purchasing contracts negotiated by buyers and requirements generated from customer orders, you supply the necessary inputs to support the smooth and uninterrupted operation of our plants in France.

• Key Accountabilities
• Ensure product availability and monitor proper execution of contracts by suppliers. Manage and follow up on claims when necessary. You will also participate in supplier evaluations.
• Serve as a key link between suppliers and production. With many potential disruptions, this role requires reactivity, logical thinking, and strong stress resistance.
• Carefully analyze proposed planning schedules and adapt your supply plans to meet customer satisfaction. Proper configuration of the MRP (requirements calculation engine) is essential.
• Coordinate actions related to the deployment of forecasting and planning tools, and propose continuous improvement initiatives (portfolio rationalization, lead‑time reduction, inventory optimization, etc.).

These responsibilities require close collaboration with various internal departments: sales, marketing, technical teams, planning, and plant operations.
You will report to the Logistics Director.

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years post‑secondary (Bac +2/3), ideally in business, management, or logistics, with solid knowledge of inventory management.
• Autonomous and efficient, with strong analytical and synthesis abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and open‑mindedness will be real assets.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Fluency in French and a good command of English.

Our Offer

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.

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