Production Planner at Green Marble Recruitment

• Our client, an established company within the FMCG industry, is seeking an experienced and motivated Production Planner to join their team.

Minimum Requirements:

• A BEng (Industrial or BCom in Supply Chain is required.
• 1 - 2 years’ operational supply chain experience is required.
• FMCG experience.
• Own car and license.
• Residing in and around Cullinan.

Duties:

• Participate in and influence department strategy.
• Monitor and track against the plan.
• Develop recommendations and subsequent action plans to enable the delivery of the departmental strategy.
• Day-to-day interaction with team members to deliver strategy.
• Build and develop effective relationships with relevant stakeholders to highlight and determine best solution to overcome challenges and improve continuously.
• Contribute to delivering strategic plans with suppliers by liaising regularly on trend changes and tactical forecasting.
• Proactive and regular communication with key stakeholders.
• Conduct stock build plans considering capacity, raw material supply, etc.
• Understand and optimise supply chain and systems.
• Understand internal and external factors which impact demand and ensure these are reflected in forecasts.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to maximise efficiencies.
• Identify challenges, trends and opportunities.
• Maintain Data and Systems.
• Collate Information and Assumptions.
• Reach Consensus through Alignment.
• Share and Publish the Plans.
• Track and Manage Plans.
• Issuing daily plans/schedules for all production units.
• Resource Shift/ Labor planning.
• Supplier Management.
• Ensure procurement compliance.
• Data Analysis & Reporting.
• Ensure supplier prices do not exceed internal costings.
• Continuous Improvement.
• Analysis of historical and current performance.
• Understand market/product trends as well as department focus that could impact demand.
• Implement tactical plans to support business decision-making (6-18 month focus on capacity, staffing, etc.)
• Implementation and review against long-term tactical plans.
• Planning initiatives / Innovation to improve planning.