Production Planner (EE) - Cape Town

SUMMARY:
Plan production as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, making use of all resources and meeting customer’s requirements

POSITION INFO:

Job Specification

Knowledge of business principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, production methods, and coordination of people and resources

Planning — Knowledge of principles, methods, and planning tools for planning resources, machine capacity, system requirements inclusive of related cost and benefits

Food Production — Knowledge of techniques and equipment for manufacturing food products

Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture of food products

Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems

Material Resources — Understanding to allocate and fully utilise resources in a food manufacturing environment an understanding of the production planning role in the overall business environment 

Time Management — Managing one''s own time and the time of others

Coordination skills — adjusting actions in relation to others'' actions,

Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system

Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to deliver on production requirements

Information Gathering

Processing Information

Management Business Perspective using Financial information

Minimum Requirements

Degree or Diploma Tertiary Qualification in Production/Supply Chain

Qualification with the financial component 

Minimum of 5 years working experience in a Planning capacity or Similar roles within a Manufacturing Environment preferably Food Industry

3 years working experience on ERP/MPR

Driven environment

Administration

Attention to details

Analytical thinking

Computer skills – specifically ERP/MRP software, Excel

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