Inventory Coordinator

Y-Axis; Victoria; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Permanent position

Impactful role

Supportive team

Job summary

Y-Axis is seeking a Production Planner to convert customer demand into practical production plans across our manufacturing operations in Victoria. You will liaise with Production, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Moulding, Customer Service and Operations to ensure delivery commitments are achievable.

You will balance machine capacity, labour, tooling, material availability and maintenance, while maintaining planning data in the ERP/MRP system and driving efficiency across the plant.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations.
• Strong ERP/MRP system experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and data handling.
• Understanding of production scheduling and inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, monthly and rolling production schedules aligned to demand and capacity.
• Translate orders/forecasts into achievable production plans.
• Sequence production runs to maximise efficiency and minimise downtime.
• Balance capacity, labour, tooling, material and maintenance in plans.
• Monitor materials and finished goods, coordinate with Supply Chain.
• Track production performance and replan as needed, escalate risks.
• Maintain accurate planning data in the ERP/MRP system.
• Collaborate across functions to adapt to changing priorities.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning accuracy and efficiency.

Skills

Experience in production planning

ERP/MRP proficiency

Advanced Excel

Capacity planning

Inventory management

Organisational skills

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Proactive problem solving

Multitasking in fast-paced environment

Tools

ERP/MRP system

Excel

DELMIAWorks (IQMS)

Job description

We are a well-established manufacturer with a long history of delivering tailored solutions for businesses in the engineering and Industrial Manufacturing market. Built on strong values, operational excellence, and a commitment to customer partnership, the business continues to evolve and grow. With a forward-looking mindset, our client is investing in new opportunities, expanding into new markets, and strengthening its position for long-term success.

About the role

This is more than a scheduling position.

As our Production Planner, you will be at the centre of our manufacturing operation, translating customer demand into achievable production plans that balance machine capacity, labour, tooling, material availability, maintenance requirements and inventory objectives.

Reporting to the Production Manager, you will work closely with Production, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Moulding, Customer Service and Operations to ensure production priorities are clear, achievable and aligned with customer delivery commitments.

The role requires someone who can see the bigger picture while maintaining strong control of the detail, anticipating constraints, responding to changing priorities and ensuring risks are identified and escalated before they impact production or customers.

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Developing, maintaining and communicating daily, weekly, monthly and rolling production schedules aligned to customer demand and available capacity.
• Translating customer orders and forecasts into achievable production plans that support DIFOT and customer delivery commitments.
• Sequencing production runs to maximise machine efficiency and minimise changeovers, scrap and downtime.
• Balancing machine capacity, labour availability, tooling, material supply and maintenance requirements when developing production plans.
• Monitoring raw materials, labels, packaging and finished goods requirements, identifying shortages and excess inventory risks and coordinating requirements with Supply Chain.
• Monitoring production performance against schedule, replanning where required and proactively escalating risks to customer delivery or schedule attainment.
• Maintaining accurate production planning data within the ERP/MRP system.
• Working across Production, Moulding, Maintenance, Supply Chain and Customer Service to manage changing priorities and operational requirements.
• Identifying opportunities to improve planning accuracy, inventory performance and overall operational efficiency.

About you

You will enjoy solving problems, working with data and bringing structure to a complex manufacturing environment.

You will be comfortable balancing competing priorities, making fact-based planning decisions and working collaboratively across different functions to keep production moving.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Minimum 3 years' experience in production planning, scheduling, supply planning or manufacturing operations.
• Strong ERP/MRP system experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with data.
• Strong understanding of production scheduling, capacity planning and inventory management principles.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capability.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• A proactive, practical and solutions-focused approach.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Experience within injection moulding, plastics manufacturing, food packaging or FMCG will be highly regarded.

Experience with DELMIAWorks (IQMS) and an understanding of OEE, food safety and quality management systems will also be advantageous.

• Competitive remuneration package commensurate with experience and capability.
• Secure, permanent, long-term position.
• Opportunity to play an important role in improving how production planning operates across the business.
• Supportive team environment with the opportunity to make a genuine operational impact.