Production Planner

Job Purpose

• Ensure daily production volumes are recorded, planned and executed according to requirement from Client and Food Services to ensure 100% availability on time.
• Responsible for the medium to long-term production plan relevant to a portfolio of manufacturing sites and product categories

Key Responsibilities

• To ensure that required raw materials and packaging are communicated to stores, buyers daily – every morning according to forward orders to ensure 100% availability.
• Ensuring optimum use of intermediate raw materials in WIP and updated the line plan before planning.
• Ensure daily downloading of Woolworths orders and analyse order fluctuations.
• Ensure production reports is send out promptly daily.
• Ensure daily production plan is issued to the factory well in advance.
• Monitor execution of daily production plan, analyse and highlight potential yield losses.
• Monitor all yield information, analyse, investigate and compare against standard.
• Attend daily production meetings with relevant Foremen to discuss production plans.
• Analyse the weekly productivity report to ensure planned kilograms will have a positive labour recovery.
• Weekly review of Forecasted Demand/ Stock Cover/ Capacity Utilization/ Customer Service Levels.
• Determine/ Maintain Model Stock parameters per SKU within Working Capital & Customer Service Level framework.
• Issue updated production plan daily to ensure working capital & customer service level deliverables are met.
• Review and Maintain Planning Master Data parameters (Lead-Times / Batch Sizes/ Model Stock).
• Support Stock Controllers/ Buyers with SYSPRO MRP (Output/Interpretation/Master Data).
• Perform any ad hoc duty as delegated by superiors

Qualification Requirements

• Matric/Grade 12
• Computer literacy and GMP, HACCP and WW Code of Practice
• A sound knowledge of food production and manufacturing processes and techniques
• Knowledge of food quality and food safety systems and standards

Experience Requirements

• At least 5 Years working experience in FMCG Production Planning in a multi-process manufacturing environment.

Key Outputs

• Good administrative skills
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Analytical approach
• Very good communication skills – both verbal and written
• Attention to detail
• Assertiveness
• Problem Solving skills
• Action orientation/ Sense of urgency
• High level of computer literacy