Production Planner

WAN LY PROTECTIVE PACKAGING SDN BHD; Ipoh; On-site; MYR 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Wan Ly Protective Packaging Sdn. Bhd. in Ipoh, Malaysia, is seeking an experienced Production Planner to create and manage master production schedules for injection molding and related plastics processes.

You will coordinate with procurement and tooling teams, issue shop-floor orders, optimize changeovers, track performance, and drive on-time delivery while controlling material usage.

Qualifications

• Experience: 2-5 years of production planning or scheduling experience specifically within plastics processing (Injection Molding, Extrusion, Blow Molding, or Thermoforming).
• Technical Knowledge: Plastic manufacturing operations, resin handling/drying requirements, mold setup times, press cavitation.
• Systems: Proficiency in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Create, manage and optimize daily, weekly and monthly master production schedules based on orders and forecasts.
• Issue detailed shop-floor work orders with machine allocations, resin grades, tooling requirements and target cycle times.
• Calculate raw material requirements using MRP/ERP systems; coordinate with procurement to ensure material availability.
• Schedule molds, dies and auxiliary equipment with tooling and maintenance teams.
• Sequence job orders to minimize changeovers, color purge downtime and drying lag times.
• Track daily output against targets and analyze root causes of scrap, downtime or delays.
• Re-sequence production as needed to handle breakdowns or rush orders.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance to meet yield targets and quality specs.
• Align with Logistics to maintain optimal inventory levels and meet shipping deadlines.
• Generate core performance reports (Schedule Attainment, Lead Time Variance, OEE, Scrap Rate).

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Analytical thinking

Inventory management

Capacity forecasting

Stress tolerance

Tools

Excel

Job description

Creating, managing, and optimizing daily, weekly, and monthly master production schedules based on customer orders and sales forecasts.

Issuing detailed shop-floor work orders with specific machine allocations, resin grades, tooling requirements, and target cycle times.

Calculating raw material requirements, including virgin resins, regrind ratios, colorants, additives, and packaging materials using MRP/ERP systems.

Coordinating with Procurement to ensure timely availability of raw resins and specialized component inserts to avoid line shutdowns.

Scheduling and tracking the availability of molds, dies, and auxiliary machinery (such as dryers, chillers, and hot runner controllers) with the Tooling and Maintenance teams.

Sequence job orders strategically to minimize machine changeovers, color-purge downtime, and resin drying lag times.

Tracking daily shop-floor output against production targets and analyzing root causes for scrap generation, extended cycle times, or unplanned press downtime.

Re-sequencing production schedules dynamically to handle machine breakdowns, mold failures, or urgent rush orders.

Collaborating with Quality Assurance to manage yield targets and ensure output meets quality specs (avoiding defects like flash, sink marks, or short shots).

Aligning with Logistics and Warehouse teams to maintain optimal inventory levels and fulfill shipping deadlines.

Generating core performance reports, including Schedule Attainment, Lead Time Variance, Machine Utilization (OEE), and Scrap Rate metrics.

Required Qualifications & Key Skills

Experience: 2-5 years of production planning or scheduling experience specifically within plastics processing (Injection Molding, Extrusion, Blow Molding, or Thermoforming).

Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of plastic manufacturing operations, resin handling/drying requirements, mold setup times, and press cavitation.

Systems: Proficiency in Excel

Core Competencies: Analytical thinking, capacity forecasting, inventory management, and high stress tolerance for agile schedule adjustments.

Wan Ly Protective Packaging Sdn. Bhd. was incorporated in year 2000, is a wholly local-owned and commenced operation in year 2000. With a work force of 156 involved in the Manufacturing of Plastic Cushioning Packaging Materials, for the electronics, marble and pottery industries locally and as in overseas.

Today, with the ever-growing foreign investment in Malaysia, Wan Ly Protective Packaging Sdn. Bhd. can be pride in the Manufacturing of Air Bubblepak, Expanded Polyethylene Foam (EPE), EPE Foam Netting and Laminated Cushioning Packaging Products. This forward-looking company has also decided to keep pace with the growth and to switch its resources to be the leading manufacturer of this Plastic Cushioning Packaging Materials. Wan Ly Protective Packaging Sdn. Bhd.now supplies its range of products to many of the leading manufacturers in Malaysia.

Now, after 6 years of experience in this field and with the extra know-how and experienced personnel, we at Wan Ly Protective Packaging Sdn. Bhd. are planning on an expansion programme so as to explore other areas, particularly overseas, to market our products.

The company's Mission is to become leading manufacturer of Good Quality Plastic Cushioning Packaging Materials, locally as well as export market. Good Quality and Service are our commitment to our customers and we would try to achieve in obtaining a lower rejection and wastage to our products. Eventually, this would also lead us to explore and penetrate into a new challenging market.

With the abilities and continued effort of its existing dedicated Director, Senior Management and Employees, where every effort would presently make the company to succeed in the future, which greatly depends on the ability to attract and retain skilled personnel.