Planning Specialist

Helderberg Personnel

  • Cape Winelands, Western Cape
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
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
Additional Responsibilities include:
  • Delivering KPIs (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
Experience, Skills and Knowledge 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
Some benefits include:
  • 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

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