Production Planner

SUMMARY:
One of the leading food production specializing in Agriculture, Forestry & Farming company based in Pretoria is currently looking for Production Planner with required skills & experience as follows:

POSITION INFO:
Strategic Planning:

• Participate and influence department strategy
• Monitor and track against the plan
• Develop recommendations and subsequent action plans to enable the delivery of the departmental strategy
• Day to day interaction with team members to deliver strategy
• Build and develop effective relationships with relevant stakeholders to highlight and determine best solution to overcome challenges to continuously improve
• Contribute to delivering strategic plans with suppliers by liaising regularly on trend changes and tactical forecasting
• Proactive and regular communication with key stakeholders
• Conduct stock build plans considering capacity raw materials supply ect

• Understand and optimise supply chain and systems
• Understand internal and external factors which impact on demand and ensure these are reflected in forecasts
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholder to maximise efficiencies
• Identify challenges, trends, and opportunities
• Maintain Data and Systems
• Collate Information and Assumptions
• Reach Consensus through Alignment
• Share and Publish the Plans
• Track and Manage Plans
• Issuing daily plans/schedules for all production units
• Resource Shift/ Labor planning

• Analysis of historical and current performance
• Understand market / product trends as well as department focus that could impact demand
• Implement tactical plans to support business decision making (6-18 month focus on capacity, Staffing ect
• Implementation and review against long term tactical plans
• Planning initiatives / Innovation to improve planning

• Drive personal development
• Create a personal development plan short and long term

• BEng / B Bus. Sc / B Com or equivalent tertiary qualification in Supply Chain

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