Production Planner

Our client, a multinational packaging and labelling company seeks to employ a skilled, qualified and experienced Production Planner for a newly created role at their busy operation in the East Rand.

The requirement to understand the packaging, FMCG or related industry is essential 

KEY REQUIREMENTS TO MEET FOR CONSIDERATION

• You will have completed a qualification in Industrial Engineering or similar, coupled with 3-5 years experience in scheduling and planning production within a packaging, labelling or FMCG environment, with the focus on efficiency, quality and cost
• You will have a solid track record in operational support, continuous improvement and managing efficient daily planning for production in terms of customer satisfaction, materials, labour and equipment availability. 
• You will have exceptional interpersonal skills and build relationships with cross-functional departments, specifically customer service, production and procurement
• Experience in a LEAN MANUFACTURING environment is highly advantageous
• You will have good written and communication skills in English, have advanced MS Office skills and ERP experience in Prism or Radius would be highly advantageous.
• You will have contactable references, a clear criminal and credit record and it is to be noted that all qualifications and career history will be verified.

Due to the exceptionally high volumes of applications, we are unable to correspond with each applicant personally, therefore only relevant and suitable candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive any correspondence from our company within 30 days, we regret your application has been unsuccessful.

Should you meet the criteria and wish to apply, kind forward your CV, salary package details and notice period