Description:
A well-established client with an international footprint, have a vacancy for a Planning Specialist (Production) to join their dynamic team in their Paarl office. Main responsibilities:- Processing customer orders efficiently and on time
- Taking cost-optimized production and customer requirements into account
- Executing long term planning cycle, analyze rough cut capacity planning
- Executing weekly short-term planning cycle
- Ensuring availability in raw and pack materials and finished goods
- Optimizing production plans in accordance with the needs of the customers, suppliers’ capacities, constraints of purchasing, production, and distribution processes
- Delivering KPI’s (Cover days, Service Level etc.) as agreed quarterly and annually;
- SAP PP master production scheduling and running MRP
- Creating weekly production plans considering productivity and capacity
- Supply and material planning in coordination with sales, production and supply chain departments
- Running material orders in coordination with Sales, production and supply chain departments
- Continuously monitoring production plans, safety stock levels and MRP parameters
- Sets up and maintains PP related master data in ERP system
- Doing the material controlling according to production planning and shipping plans
- Running daily follow up of raw material, product and material stocks and entering daily data to the SAP system
- Participates in periodic forecasting meetings with sales and other related departments; leads additional planning meetings with sales, purchasing, production, and shipping
- Assists with capacity requirements during the annual operating plan
- Performs other related duties, as required
- Diploma in production planning or CPIM
- Minimum 2 years of production planning experience
- Experience in food, food technology or FMCG company is an asset
- Excellent communication skills
- Professional experience in SAP/ R3 PP/PI is an asset
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs
- Excellent verbal and written skills in English
- Effective time management and planning
- Rational decision-making, negotiating and influencing skills
- An analytical work style
- Being able to work collaboratively with other departments
- The opportunity to join a fast-growing GLOBAL company in the food and beverage industry
- A new and challenging role with the freedom to take the ownership and make great things happen
- Being part of a passionate team, who love and feel proud about what they do
Requirements:
- Processing customer orders efficiently and on time
- Taking cost-optimized production and customer requirements into account
- Executing long term planning cycle, analyze rough cut capacity planning
- Executing weekly short-term planning cycle
- Ensuring availability in raw and pack materials and finished goods
- Optimizing production plans in accordance with the needs of the customers, suppliers’ capacities, constraints of purchasing, production, and distribution processes
- Delivering KPI’s (Cover days, Service Level etc.) as agreed quarterly and annually;
- SAP PP master production scheduling and running MRP
- Creating weekly production plans considering productivity and capacity
- Supply and material planning in coordination with sales, production and supply chain departments
- Running material orders in coordination with Sales, production and supply chain departments
- Continuously monitoring production plans, safety stock levels and MRP parameters
- Sets up and maintains PP related master data in ERP system
- Doing the material controlling according to production planning and shipping plans
- Running daily follow up of raw material, product and material stocks and entering daily data to the SAP system
- Participates in periodic forecasting meetings with sales and other related departments; leads additional planning meetings with sales, purchasing, production, and shipping
- Assists with capacity requirements during the annual operating plan
- Performs other related duties, as required
- Diploma in production planning or CPIM
- Minimum 2 years of production planning experience
- Experience in food, food technology or FMCG company is an asset
- Excellent communication skills
- Professional experience in SAP/ R3 PP/PI is an asset
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs
- Excellent verbal and written skills in English
- Effective time management and planning
- Rational decision-making, negotiating and influencing skills
- An analytical work style
- Being able to work collaboratively with other departments
- The opportunity to join a fast-growing GLOBAL company in the food and beverage industry
- A new and challenging role with the freedom to take the ownership and make great things happen
- Being part of a passionate team, who love and feel proud about what they do
16 Apr 2024;
from:
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