Junior Production Planner

PURPOSE

To help achieve the Company’s objectives by producing (and updating) daily and weekly production schedules to ensure efficient and effective production output that meets the internal requirements of the Company and the call-offs of the clients.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create and update production schedules, to ensure the most effective and efficient use of all resources and that production outputs meet customer call offs.
• Communicate plan to Production Department.
• Monitor production outputs to ensure compliance to plans and to identify changes required. Liaise with the Material Requirements Planner to ensure availability of raw materials.
• Respond to production issues and resolve.
• Identify problems and help improve processes.
• Generate reports and schedules
• Retrieve customer releases
• Do cycle count and stock monitoring
• Compile a list of tools that are down and escalate all production stoppers
• Understand customer requirements and lead-time of each product
• Hands-on knowledge of Finished Goods storage

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum Matric and a Production or Inventory Management qualification
• Three year’s scheduling experience.
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Proficiency in Syspro an advantage
• Injection Moulding industry experience an advantage