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Planning Manager
Job summary
A leading food manufacturer in Johor Bahru is seeking a Planning Manager to lead and optimise production planning. This role involves balancing forecasts, inventory, and capacity to ensure operational efficiency and support growth. Candidates should have at least 8 years of experience in production planning, ideally in the food industry, along with strong analytical skills and leadership abilities. The position offers a dynamic environment, attractive remuneration, and opportunities for career progression.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in production planning within manufacturing, with at least 3 years in a managerial role.
- Strong background in demand planning, inventory management and production scheduling.
- Proficient in analytical and reporting capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead overall production planning and scheduling to meet business demand.
- Manage raw materials and finished goods inventory to prevent shortages.
- Analyse data and demand trends for accurate forecasting.
- Resolve planning challenges such as production delays and material shortages.
- Drive cross‑functional collaboration to enhance efficiency.
Skills
Education
Tools
Apollo Food Industries (M) Sdn Bhd is seeking an experienced and highly driven Planning Manager to lead and optimise our end-to-end production planning function. This role is critical in balancing demand forecasts, inventory levels, production capacity and operational efficiency to support Apollo’s strong growth and delivery commitments.
- Lead overall production planning and scheduling to meet business demand while ensuring production continuity.
- Manage raw materials and finished goods inventory to prevent shortages or overstocking.
- Analyse data, demand trends and historical performance to support accurate forecasting.
- Resolve planning challenges including production delays, material shortages and demand fluctuations.
- Drive strong cross‑functional collaboration with Production, Procurement, Warehouse/Logistics, Sales & Marketing and QA/QC.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning efficiency, workflow and cost control.
- Present regular performance reports and planning insights to senior management.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Food Science, Supply Chain, Logistics or related field.
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in production planning within manufacturing (preferably food industry), with at least 3 years in a managerial role.
- Strong background in demand planning, inventory management and production scheduling.
- Proficient in ERP/MPS planning systems with excellent analytical and reporting capability.
- Strong leadership, communication, decision‑making and stakeholder management skills.
- Knowledge in GMP, HACCP, ISO / FSSC is an added advantage.
- Leadership responsibility in a key strategic function.
- Opportunity to contribute to operational excellence and organisational growth.
- Dynamic manufacturing environment with strong collaboration culture.
- Attractive remuneration package and career progression opportunities.
If you are a strategic planner with strong analytical capability, leadership confidence and passion for driving operational efficiency, we would love to hear from you!
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