Production Planner

HR Staff n' Stuff; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Long-term permanent position

Australian manufacturing company

Opportunity to make operational impact

Job summary

HR Staff n' Stuff is seeking a Production Planner to translate customer demand into feasible production plans. You will coordinate with Production, Supply Chain, Maintenance and Customer Service to ensure schedules are achievable and aligned with delivery commitments.

The role requires strong data skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage changing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Experience in injection moulding or plastics is advantageous.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

ERP/MRP systems

Production scheduling

Capacity planning

Inventory management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Time management

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Tools

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 us

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.

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration package commensurate with experience and capability.
• Secure, permanent, long‑term position.
• Established Australian manufacturing business.
• 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.