Production Planner

About the position

Production Planner
Scope of Work

• Monitor and report on production tracking
• Analyse existing production tracking practices and improve where required
• Report daily, weekly and monthly on production figures per department
• Identify bottlenecks in the production pipeline per style-code
• Plan production workflow per department
• Plan daily, weekly and monthly production flows per department
• Match production plan to resource availability per department and amend accordingly
• Adjust production plan(s) based on urgent requests and client orders
• Optimise production within each department
• Optimise production flow through each department to ensure order deadlines are met. This focus is specifically on processes based on style-codes
• Communicate production timelines to internal clients
• Communicate production timelines to internal clients on a daily basis
• Adjust production plans based on internal priorities, indicating the effect of such
• Work closely with quality officers and Heads of Departments to ensure the production plan is carried out

Skills Required

• Good management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent Excel skills
• Basic financial skills
• Excellent understanding of processes
• Ability to manage yourself
• Good time management (should be accountable)
• Ability to foresee problems in the department before they arise

Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Industrial preferred)
• Project management certificate (or similar) to indicate knowledge of process flows/planning (this would be an advantage)

Experience

• At least 5 years of working experience
• At least 3 years of production planning experience

Desired Skills:

• Production Planning
• Production
• tracking
• production flows
• Industrial Engineer
• Scheduling Production

Desired Work Experience:

• 5 to 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:

• Degree