Production Planner

Main Objective:

The Production Planner is to control the demand and capacity throughput for the company while ensuring that the customer's requirements are meet through superior customer service;

• Work with key stakeholders to deliver best in class supply chain experience for customers
• Proactively work with the sales team to collaboratively deliver the sales plan and ensure supply chain risks are managed
• Own the short-term forecast to drive accuracy and product availability for customers
• Own effective and efficient production schedule and master plan, from product mix and ebitda perspective
• Work with finance and production to ensure production order compliance
• Support the Senior Planner to ensure superior customer service can be achieved

Deliverable:

• APM and customer DIFOT targets to be meet
• Customer product availability
• Order maintenance is operating system (SAP)
• Drive production schedule adherence of 98%
• Drive efficiency by actively engaging in eliminating wasteful activities from our supply chain

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate production work flow for multiple products across various lines
• Plan and prioritise operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay
• Determine manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover production demand
• Monitor jobs to ensure they will finish on time and within budget
• Address issues as they arise aiming for minimum disruption
• Obtain output information (number of finished products, percentage of defectives etc.)
• Prepare and submit status and performance reports
• Keep paperwork organised
• Collaborate with quality control, warehouse and other staff
• Enter new Sales Orders & closure of open sales order
• Convert planned to firm production orders & Production order control
• Produce monthly and weekly production schedule
• Attend daily Production Meetings
• Run weekly meetings on final schedule with all stakeholders
• Raise change controls & Deviations
• Raise Master data & Raise Price requests in SAP
• Raise credit note in SAP
• Support team with NPI activities
• Collaborate with the Maintenance team to plan preventative maintenance schedules
• Investigate and improve processes, productivity, quality, cost control and customer service where possible
• Upload customer forecasts and delete old forecasts as well as deleting all planned orders
• Ensure full engagement and utilisation of ERP system - SAP

Qualifications / Experience:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience
• At least 3 year's experience gained within a planning/supply chain role
• Proven experience as Production Planner within a manufacturing background
• Excellent knowledge of production planning and quality control principles
• Experience in SAP ERP system (essential)
• Production and Materials planning experience is important also (BOM's, work flow planning etc)
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication abilities

Knowledge & Experience

• Proven track record in delivering change agendas
• Commercial acumen
• Able to influence and negotiate persuasively at peers and senior level internally and externally
• Dynamic approach to problem solving
• Able to present information accurately and concisely, appropriate to the audience

Skills & Competences

• Proven ability to work quickly and accurately, with an eye on suggesting improvements to processes and systems
• Ability to set own agenda and get buy in from key stakeholders
• Able to effectively plan and prioritise both regular tasks and project work keeping track of progress
• Effective communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to get things done via others
• Able to influence and negotiate persuasively at peers and senior level internally and externally
• Dynamic approach to problem solving on medium as well as short term issues
• Able to present information accurately and concisely, appropriate to the audience
• Ability to deliver Best practice and service improvement through the team
• Interpret customer expectations and initiatives to achieve effective solutions for both the customer
• Delivers results, improvement and recognises, anticipates and responds to change
• Persuasive and influential, gain agreement and commitment from others
• Effective communication skills, verbally and written
• Highly numerate, structured and logical
• High attention to detail and sense of urgency
• Ability to adapt to situations and work on numerous projects/tasks simultaneously.
• High motivation and commitment to quality people and plant performance and customer service excellence.
• Strong understanding of safety principles and behaviours
• Ability to work independently, prioritise tasks and manage competing deadlines.
• Personal drive and results-orientation.
• Visible belief and demonstrated leadership in a Zero Harm culture
• Ability to remain resilient, calm and composed when under pressure.
• Strong rapport-building techniques - ability to build trust and confidence with stakeholders quickly.

Please apply below or Email Relevant resume to kjenkins@lpcommercial.com.au

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