Strategic Production Planner & Capacity Coordinator

VAT Vakuumventile AG; Batu Kawan; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

VAT Vakuumventile AG in Malaysia (Penang) seeks an experienced Production Planning Lead to manage demand forecasts, capacity planning, and scheduling across manufacturing lines. You will coordinate with procurement, production, and logistics to ensure timely delivery while maintaining quality and cost targets.

The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and hands-on experience with ERP systems such as Dynamics 365 and FASTEM.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in production planning.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with ERP systems and production scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate production planning to meet customer demand with on-time delivery and quality at reasonable cost.
• Perform long-term machine capacity planning and manpower forecasting.
• Collaborate with order processing to resolve scheduling or capacity conflicts in the best interest of the customer.
• Plan and adjust production schedules based on demand and lead times.
• Monitor daily production progress to ensure activities follow the plan.
• Coordinate with functions to ensure resources (manpower, materials, jigs, machines) are available.
• Support new product introductions by defining processes and resources.
• Ensure accurate data entry in Dynamics ERP (D365) and FASTEM systems.
• Communicate with responsible departments on quality issues, parts availability and delivery deadlines; implement improvements.
• Maintain optimum stock levels for finished goods and components.
• Accept tasks from supervisor to improve current systems.
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in Production Planning.

Skills

Production planning

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Tools

Dynamics ERP (D365)

FASTEM

MS Office

Job description

VAT Vakuumventile AG in Malaysia (Penang) seeks an experienced Production Planning Lead to manage demand forecasts, capacity planning, and scheduling across manufacturing lines. You will coordinate with procurement, production, and logistics to ensure timely delivery while maintaining quality and cost targets.

The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and hands-on experience with ERP systems such as Dynamics 365 and FASTEM.