Production Planning Coordinator

Avery Dennison Smartrac; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading materials science company in Dubai is seeking a team lead to oversee clerical and analytical tasks related to supply chain management. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of experience, preferably in printing manufacturing. Responsibilities include analyzing materials, capacity planning, and coordinating daily team activities to ensure optimized customer service. This role offers the potential for career growth within a dynamic industry environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in SML or related fields.
• Supervisory or Lead experience preferred.
• Knowledge of Offset, PFL, RFID, Flexo and Thermal preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze materials and capacity requirements based on customer demand.
• Set priorities and coordinate activities with other supervisors.
• Monitor actual performance versus objectives and prepare gap analysis.

Skills

Analytical skills

Understanding of Supply Chain

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Production, Logistics, Business, or related field

Job description

About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE : AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. We are Making Possible products and solutions that help advance the industries we serve, providing branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. We design and develop labeling and functional materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2024 were $ billion. Learn more at.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.

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Job Description

This individual acts as a team lead, oversees the clerical, support, analysis, and research tasks, and reviews reports compiled for Planning. Based on properly authorized customer demand, analyze materials and capacity requirements and communicate constraints to the concerned teams.

Coordinate the daily activities of the team and responsible for team leadership and tasks such as : attendance / vacation schedule, claims, training coaching and development, Interview

Responsibilities

• Based on properly authorized customer demand, analyze materials and capacity requirements and communicate constraints to the Ops manager and Sales team
• Set priorities for the team to ensure task completion; coordinate work activities with other supervisors
• Coordinate the business planning process (S&OP process) involving all the business functions (Sales, Customer Service, Product Development, Production, Warehouse & Shipping, Finance…) to ensure excellent customer service at optimized cost
• Be primarily responsible for capacity planning for the designated product line, coordinates with the operations teams to develop robust supply strategies that will drive improvement in service and cost
• Work with regional Supply Chain Planning teams and the country Demand Planning contacts (who will be charged with capturing and aggregating demand information from the country commercial organizations)
• Continuously monitor and check actual performance of the designated product line vs. objectives via weekly / monthly report, prepares gap analysis and corrective action
• Initiate and coordinate special Lean / Sigma and Kaizen projects ( Inventory Reduction, Vendor Managed Inventory…) in the designated product line(s)

Qualifications

Experience in Printing Manufacturing Industry is an advantage. Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Production, Logistics, Business, or related field. 4+ years SML or related experience.

Supervisory or Lead experience preferred, particularly within the printing industry.

Product or production process knowledge in Offset, PFL, RFID, Flexo and Thermal preferred

Proficient understanding of the fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of Supply Chain, Materials Management, and Logistics and all related focus areas.

Excellent analytical skills.

Green Belt or ELS certification preferred.