ROLE OVERVIEW:
The Production Planner develops and manages production plans by aligning demand with factory capacity, prioritising schedules, and ensuring efficient execution from planning through to completion.
The role involves coordinating special production runs, monitoring progress, and delivering accurate and timely reporting, while supporting material planning, packing schedules, and continuous improvement initiatives in a fast-paced FMCG environment.
Minimum requirements:
Grade 12.
Relevant 3-year Degree or Diploma.
Basic literacy and numeracy.
5 years' experience in an FMCG environment within a production planning role.
Personality Traits:
Communication (written and verbal).
Compliance requirements.
Computer literacy.
Negotiation.
Planning and organising.
Problem solving.
Time management.
Duties and responsibilities:
Production Planning:
Analyse unconstrained demand against factory capacity to determine the feasibility of market demand.
Develop production plans, determine production priorities, and allocate tasks to the production team.
Track and monitor production progress through to completion.
Coordinate trial production periods and integrate them into the production plan.
Special Occasion Planning:
Receive customer order numbers from Sales and Marketing for new products.
Develop special occasion production plans and align priorities with the COO.
Provide detailed production plans to the production team and allocate tasks accordingly.
Track and monitor production progress through to completion.
Reporting:
Produce accurate and timely daily production reports for the Factory Manager to compare actual production against planned figures.
Ad Hoc Duties:
Perform secondary checks on material and stock availability.
Provide packing plans to Sales and Marketing to support customer sales decisions.
Develop and maintain deep cleaning schedules.
Health and Safety:
Adhere to all health and safety rules and standards at all times.
Wear required personal protective equipment at all times.
Ensure the correct safety equipment is available and used safely and correctly.
Take accountability for all safety equipment issued.
Report all safety hazards, accidents, and incidents to the relevant parties.
Quality:
Ensure alignment of all work processes to the required quality standards.
Proactively identify continuous improvement opportunities.
Implement agreed quality initiatives aligned with business units, tasks, processes, and systems.
Execute corrective actions within specified timeframes.