Planning Manager

Smartrac Technology Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.; Kedah; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Avery Dennison Malaysia is hiring a Material Planning and Production Planning Lead at the Kulim plant. The role reports to the Plant Manager and focuses on strategizing material and production requirements to support the plant's short-, mid-, and long-term needs.

Key duties include coordinating with Demand and Production Planning, managing inventory, leading outsourcing, driving cost savings, and delivering on-time production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Material Management or related field.
• Minimum 5 years in planning and team management in manufacturing.
• At least 10 years in material and production planning in foreign-invested company.
• Strong knowledge of material planning, production planning, scheduling, inventory control.
• Proficiency in data analysis and Oracle ERP.
• Fluent English in writing and speaking.

Responsibilities

• Plan material and production requirements to support short-, mid-, and long-term plant needs.
• Collaborate with Demand and Production Planning to align and purchase materials.
• Manage inventory levels and drive lead-time, pricing, and sourcing improvements.
• Prepare KPI, Risk Inventory, Spend Data, and OTD reports for cost optimization.
• Oversee production planning, forecast management, and capacity improvements.
• Maintain on-time delivery and optimize end-to-end lead time.
• Lead outsourcing and Oracle system launches in Operations.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

English proficiency

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree in Material Management / SCM / Business Admin

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

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 and mitigate loss, 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 nearly 60 countries. Our reported sales in 2025 were $8.9 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

ABOUT YOUR ROLE

This position reports to the Plant Manager, Kulim and will be responsible for planning material and production requirements to support the plant's short-, mid-, and long-term needs. This is a strategic position with the expectation that the candidate will eventually take over overall Material Planning and Production Planning.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE

Material Planning:

The person will be working very closely with the Demand and Production Planning to ensure direct materials and consumables short, mid and long term demand are properly understood, aligned, planned and purchased.

The person will be responsible and accountable to ensure that the material inventory levels are kept within our forecast and work with Procurement, Global Procurement and Suppliers to continuously drive improvements in terms of lead time, pricing, sourcing for business continuity, quality and delivery.

Prepare monthly reports and quarterly reports such as KPI report, Risk Inventory Report, Spend Data Report for cost saving, Supplier On Time Delivery (OTD) Performance Report and Supplier Performance Review Report.

Production Planning:

Production planning and forecast management for respective production lines.

Inventory management to streamline production, meet on-time delivery and achieve inventory performance targets.

Capacity analysis and improvement.

Production planning by quarterly according to the analysis of historical order, forecast, capacity and inventory status.

Overall responsible for production schedule to meet delivery targets and shorten end-to-end lead time.

Keep good communication and relationship with customers.

Outsourcing management.

Own full Oracle launch in Operation.

People management and coaching.

Work with the financial departments to come up with sales, contribution margin and spending plan, drive execution to meet the target.

WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU

Possess at least Bachelor’s Degree in Material Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or equivalent.

Minimum five (5) years of working experience and team management experience in the related field and manufacturing environment.

At least 10 years experience in material planning, production planning, control and management in foreign invested company.

Good knowledge of material plan, production plan, scheduling, inventory control and production control.

Good data analysis ability and computer application.

Flexibility for trouble shooting.

Good sense of customer service.

Good knowledge of Enterprise resource planning system (Oracle experience is preferred )

Good English ability, both written and oral;

Proactive and highly responsible attitude.

Good leadership skills.

Ability to work under stress.

Good communication skills in both written and verbal.

AVERY DENNISON IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER.