Turn Demand Into Production. Keep Manufacturing Moving.

Angelino's Coffee is seeking an experienced, analytical Production & Material Planner to help drive our manufacturing operations through effective demand forecasting, production planning, material procurement, and inventory optimization.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with data, anticipating operational needs, and turning forecasts into actionable decisions. You'll play a key role in determining what needs to be produced, what materials need to be purchased, and how to keep production running efficiently across multiple facilities.

We're looking for a proactive, detail-oriented professional who can anticipate shortages, balance manufacturing capacity, and maintain optimal inventory levels. You'll work closely with operations leadership, with the opportunity to progressively assume full ownership of the planning function.

About Angelino's Coffee

Angelino's Coffee is a Los Angeles-based coffee manufacturer and direct-to-consumer brand serving over one million customers nationwide. We roast, manufacture, package, and distribute coffee through our e-commerce platform, Amazon, and other sales channels.

Our operations involve high-volume production, multiple manufacturing partners, and a supply chain requiring careful coordination of materials, production capacity, and finished-goods inventory.

This is a hands-on, analytical manufacturing planning position—not a warehouse or traditional inventory handling role.

Key Responsibilities

Demand Forecasting & Production Planning

• Analyze historical sales, current order volumes, sales trends, seasonality, and promotional activity to forecast product demand.
• Develop and maintain rolling 30-day demand forecasts and production requirements.
• Translate forecasted demand into manufacturing schedules, production work orders, and material purchasing requirements.
• Coordinate production planning across multiple manufacturing and packaging facilities.
• Evaluate manufacturing capacity, production output, and packaging throughput to ensure operations remain balanced.
• Monitor work-in-process (WIP) inventory and prevent unnecessary accumulation of unfinished products.
• Adjust production requirements based on changing demand, including Amazon order volumes, promotional campaigns, and seasonal fluctuations.
• Proactively identify production bottlenecks, material shortages, and potential inventory gaps before they disrupt operations.

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) & Purchasing

• Determine raw material requirements based on sales forecasts, production schedules, bills of materials (BOMs), current inventory, and supplier lead times.
• Prepare, issue, and track purchase orders for coffee, packaging materials, and manufacturing consumables.
• Calculate appropriate reorder points, safety stock levels, and purchasing quantities.
• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials required for production.
• Maintain appropriate inventory coverage to prevent production interruptions while minimizing excess inventory.
• Plan long-term purchasing requirements for consumables such as cups, paper, corrugated packaging, and labels.
• Monitor supplier lead times, delivery performance, and outstanding purchase orders.
• Verify purchase order quantities, pricing, and supporting documentation for accuracy.
• Identify supply chain risks and recommend adjustments to purchasing and production plans.

Inventory Planning & Control

• Monitor inventory levels across raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.
• Maintain accurate inventory records across multiple manufacturing and fulfillment locations.
• Reconcile physical inventory counts with ERP system balances.
• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies, including material consumption and production variances.
• Process inventory adjustments and interfacility transfer orders.
• Identify excess, slow-moving, and potentially obsolete inventory.
• Analyze inventory turnover, days of supply, and stock coverage.
• Support initiatives to improve inventory accuracy, reduce carrying costs, and optimize working capital.

ERP, Work Orders & BOM Management

• Create, maintain, and monitor manufacturing work orders within Oracle NetSuite.
• Review and verify bills of materials (BOMs) to ensure accurate component quantities and production requirements.
• Maintain accurate ERP records for purchase orders, production transactions, inventory transfers, and material consumption.
• Review and update purchasing costs and supplier pricing as needed.
• Investigate discrepancies between planned and actual production output or material usage.
• Develop and maintain planning reports, inventory analyses, and production tracking tools.
• Identify opportunities to improve ERP workflows, reporting accuracy, and planning efficiency.

Cross-Functional Coordination & Process Improvement

• Collaborate with manufacturing, operations, purchasing, and fulfillment teams to align production output with customer demand.
• Communicate upcoming material requirements, production constraints, and inventory risks to management.
• Work with suppliers and internal teams to resolve shortages, delivery delays, and production scheduling conflicts.
• Establish and maintain effective planning procedures, reporting tools, and operational controls.
• Recommend improvements to inventory management, forecasting accuracy, purchasing efficiency, and production scheduling.
• Gradually assume independent responsibility for routine material planning, production scheduling, and purchasing decisions.

Qualifications

Required

• 3–5+ years of hands-on experience in material planning, production planning, manufacturing supply chain, or a closely related role.
• Demonstrated experience with material requirements planning (MRP) and manufacturing production scheduling.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate sales forecasts into material purchasing and production requirements.
• Experience working with ERP/MRP systems to manage purchase orders, bills of materials, work orders, and inventory.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, lookups, and data analysis.
• Understanding of manufacturing capacity planning, supplier lead times, safety stock, reorder points, and inventory optimization.
• Experience coordinating material availability with manufacturing schedules.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to independently analyze problems, anticipate shortages, and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to coordinate effectively with internal teams and external suppliers.

Preferred

• Experience with Oracle NetSuite.
• Background in food and beverage, consumer packaged goods (CPG), aerospace, defense, or high-volume manufacturing.
• Experience coordinating production across multiple manufacturing facilities or contract manufacturers.
• Familiarity with demand forecasting for e-commerce, Amazon, or high-volume consumer products.
• Experience managing work-in-process inventory and manufacturing capacity constraints.
• Knowledge of inventory optimization and working capital management.
• APICS/ASCM CPIM or CSCP certification.
• Experience developing production planning models, inventory dashboards, or operational KPI reports.

What Success Looks Like

A successful Production & Material Planner will

• Consistently translate customer demand into accurate production and purchasing requirements.
• Maintain reliable material availability and prevent avoidable production interruptions.
• Coordinate manufacturing output with downstream packaging and fulfillment capacity.
• Minimize excess work-in-process and finished-goods inventory.
• Maintain accurate purchase orders, work orders, BOMs, and ERP inventory records.
• Proactively identify potential shortages and resolve them before they impact operations.
• Improve inventory efficiency while maintaining appropriate safety stock levels.
• Provide management with reliable forecasts and visibility into future material and production requirements.
• Progressively take full ownership of production and material planning with minimal supervision.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who enjoys working with numbers, analyzing trends, solving operational challenges, and keeping complex manufacturing processes running smoothly.

You should be comfortable working with large amounts of data, understanding how different parts of a manufacturing operation affect one another, and making informed decisions that balance customer demand, production capacity, supplier reliability, and inventory investment.

The ideal candidate doesn't simply track inventory—they understand what needs to be produced, what needs to be purchased, when it's needed, and why.

We value individuals who take ownership of their work, pay close attention to detail, anticipate problems before they occur, and continuously look for ways to improve processes.

Compensation & Opportunity

Annual Salary: 80,000–100,000, depending on qualifications and experience.

This position offers the opportunity to take ownership of a critical planning function within an established and growing consumer products company.

You'll work directly with operations leadership and play an important role in improving manufacturing efficiency, supply chain reliability, and inventory performance.

Work Location

Los Angeles, California

Full-time, on-site position.

How To Apply

Please submit your resume highlighting your experience in manufacturing production planning, material requirements planning (MRP), demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and ERP systems.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have personally managed production work orders, calculated material purchasing requirements, and coordinated manufacturing schedules based on forecasted demand.

Angelino's Coffee is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to protected characteristics under applicable law.