Production Planner - Kwazulu Natal at Safal Steel

Key responsibilities:

• Produce Monthly Production Plan with dates in line with service level agreement and communicate with Sales Team and Procurement Team for raw material call offs.
• Create weekly/daily production Schedule as per planning methodology for specific production plan to ensure that customer requirements are met.   
• Track daily actual production vs plan/schedule, and report if there are any deviations.
• Create required Production Order on SAP system as per production plan per spec.
• Monitor WIP material on daily basis to eliminate over or under production.
• Schedule reworks as when required.
• Stock allocation and batch assignments on SAP system as when required.
• Monitor and check backorder report on regular basis.
• Keep senior management informed of monthly progress of production vs targets.
• Communicate with Sales on regular basis for any query or update required.
• Compile daily / weekly and monthly reports timeously as required by management.
• Work closely and assist other Production Planners and Despatch Planner as when required.
• Comply with Company Policy and Procedures.
• Minimum Qualification Diploma or Certificate in Planning / Supply Chain or related studies.
• Added Qualification BCom in SCM or related Qualification.
• General work experience (years): 2 years
• Specific to the position (level/discipline/years): 4 years + within a Production Planning environment.