Materials Planner (E-Commerce)

• **Location:**
• Remote (must overlap with US Pacific Time)
• **Type of Work:**
• Full-time employee through our Employer of Record in Mexico
• **Salary:**
• $21,600–$38,400 USD gross annual salary
• **Reports to:**
• Founder & President
• **PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR RESUME IN ENGLISH.**
• **About the Role**
• You will own production and raw materials for one of our brands: turning the sales forecast into production orders for our warehouse and our co-manufacturer, making sure every build has the components it needs, and keeping component stock accurate at both locations. This is a hands-on role for someone who has run production across more than one site and keeps materials organized.
• The brand has three product lines, each built from components:
• **Line A:**
• 8 components per size, assembled in our warehouse in Los Angeles.
• **Line B:**
• 6 components per size, made by an outside co-manufacturer using components we supply.
• **Line B2:**
• 2 sizes with 6 components per size. This is a separate version of Line B with its own components, assembled in our Los Angeles warehouse.
• The brand sells through two Shopify stores, Chewy, wholesale accounts, and Amazon

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• Our demand planner owns the sales forecast and Amazon replenishment, and our procurement team buys all components. Your job is the part in between: turning the forecast into production and making sure materials are in the right place on time.
• **About Us**
• We are a multi-brand pet products company based in Los Angeles, selling across Amazon, Shopify, TikTok Shop, and major retailers. Our team works remotely across the US, Latin America, and Asia.
• **What You’ll Do**
• **Production Planning**
• Turn the demand planner’s forecast into a production schedule for each product line.
• Plan what our warehouse builds for Lines A and B2 and what our co-manufacturer builds for Line B, including quantities and timing.
• Issue production orders to our co-manufacturer and warehouse team, and track each run through to finished goods.
• **Raw Materials**
• Work out component needs from the production plan, accounting for stock in our warehouse, stock at the co-manufacturer, and quantities already on order.
• Send our procurement team clear requirements: which components, how many, by when, and delivered where.
• Keep raw materials organized at both locations so every build has what it needs, and flag shortages before they stop production.
• **Recipe Accuracy**
• After each production run, coordinate counts of what is left at each location and compare actual usage with what the run should have used.
• Fine-tune each product’s bill of materials—the recipe of components and quantities per unit—including scrap and waste, until requirements are reliable.
• Reconcile component stock at the co-manufacturer against what we shipped them and what they produced.
• **Working with Both Production Teams**
• Manage our co-manufacturer day to day: production orders, schedules, output, delays, and shortages.
• Schedule warehouse assembly for Lines A and B2 with the warehouse team so it does not collide with their other work.
• Give both teams hands-on follow-up: check in often, catch mistakes early, and help them get each run right.
• **Reporting**
• Keep a clear, formula-driven planning file that anyone on the team can audit.
• Flag component shortages, production delays, and recipe changes early, with a specific recommendation and date.
• **What This Role Does Not Own**
• **Finished-goods demand forecasting and Amazon replenishment:**
• Owned by our demand planner.
• **Component purchasing and supplier management:**
• Owned by our procurement team.
• **Product quality and returns:**
• Owned by another team.
• **Pricing and contracts:**
• Owned by the Founder.
• You will work closely with each of these teams.
• **Who You’ll Work With**
• **Founder & President, your manager:**
• Reviews your production plans and material requirements during your first 60 days and owns pricing and contracts.
• **Brand Manager, covering marketing, wholesale, and Chewy:**
• Coordinates promotions, launches, and wholesale orders that affect production timing.
• **Demand Planner:**
• Provides the sales forecast you use to plan production and coordinates Amazon shipments and shared warehouse capacity.
• **Warehouse Team, Los Angeles:**
• Works with you on Line A and Line B2 production orders and schedules, component receiving and storage, and cycle counts.
• **Co-manufacturer:**
• Works with you on Line B production orders, schedules, output, and component stock.
• **Procurement Team:**
• Receives your component requirements and required dates, and provides lead times, order status, and delivery dates.
• **What We’re Looking For**
• **Required**
• 3+ years in production planning, production control, or materials planning at a manufacturer, ideally in consumer products.
• Experience scheduling production across more than one site, such as two plants, a plant and a co-manufacturer, or a plant and a subcontractor.
• Experience maintaining bills of materials and tracking actual material usage, scrap, or yield against plan.
• Experience working out component needs from a production plan, with quantities and dates others can act on.
• Experience reconciling inventory counts across locations and finding where the numbers went wrong.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills. You can build a planning model from scratch, without SAP or another ERP, with formulas others can follow.
• A patient, hands-on working style: you follow up often and help production teams get it right.
• Strong written English, B2 or higher, and working hours that overlap with US Pacific Time.
• Fluent Spanish.
• **Nice to Have**
• CPIM or other APICS/ASCM certification.
• Hands-on work with a co-manufacturer, copacker, or maquila, especially where your company supplied the components.

Experience forecasting finished-goods demand

• Experience in pet, household, personal care, or food and beverage products.
• **Hiring Process**
• 1. **Screening call and first-round interview:**
• About 45 minutes.
• 2. **Live written English task during a call:**
• Write two short messages about a component shortage. About 15 minutes.
• 3. **Technical assessment:**
• Reconcile conflicting component and finished-goods counts across two locations. About 2 hours.
• 4. **Paid planning exercise:**
• Adjust a product’s recipe after a production run, then send procurement the requirements for the next run. About 1.5 hours.
• 5. **Final interview with the Founder.**