Production Planner

Duties and responsibilities

• Covert the customer demand into an achievable production plan, taking into consideration available machine capacity and raw material required from stock available.
• Rescheduling production to suit changes in orders, urgent requirements, and material supply etc.
• Follow the production planning requirements from customer order to customer delivery.
• Report and escalate planning related issues concerning customer orders, delivery due dates and stock build/replenishment progress.
• Determine manpower, equipment, and raw materials required to meet production demands.
• Inter department co-ordination to achieve production plans, resolve quality issues relating to customer delivery, scheduling trials and new product development.
• Maintain, develop, implement, and ensure adherence to company SOPs.
• Host feedback meetings to the team on planned outputs.
• Perform any reasonable duty as required within planning.
• Filing completed Job cards for traceability.
• Generate reports as feedback to management on planning progress vs customer requirements.
• Ensure good housekeeping and employee safety in the allocated working area.
• Planning resource verification.
• Planning New product development, Trials on materials and products.
• Understanding BOMs and product cost improvements within planning.

Qualification and experience

• Matric
• Diploma in Business or Equivalent Supply Chain degree, Inventory Management, or Supply Chain
• Excellent attention to detail
• 2-3 years planning experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment
• Matric.
• Advanced Excel abilities
• Advanced analytical ability
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English