Production Planner

Fosroc; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Production Planner to optimize resources and scheduling. The ideal candidate will ensure timely delivery of production quantities and work collaboratively with various teams. A BSc in industrial engineering or manufacturing, alongside 5 years of experience in production planning, is required. This role is critical for maximizing productivity and efficiency within the production line.

Responsibilities

• Optimize resources and scheduling of resources to meet production demand.
• Coordinate planning activities with Customer Service and Sales teams.
• Ensure timely delivery of committed production quantities.
• Attend daily demand meetings to update production plans.
• Work with materials planner to ensure availability of raw materials.
• Use sales forecast for long horizon production planning.
• Monitor daily productivity and report issues.

Skills

Fluent in English

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal and leadership skills

5 years experience in production planning

Experience on production shopfloor in chemical industries

Experience in S&OP planning

Education

BSc degree in industrial engineering or manufacturing

Job description

Job description

Optimize resources and the scheduling of resources to meet production demand.

Maintain planning and scheduling horizons to ensure visibility to all production stakeholders i.e., customer service, sales and supply chain functions.

Responsibilities

Coordinating planning activities with Customer Service representatives, Sales team, and Supply chain to ensure that products are manufactured on given time to meet Customer requirements.

Ensure that committed production quantities are delivered on time and in full.

Attend the daily demand meeting to update the CSD and sales on the production plan.

Work with the materials planner to ensure that all raw materials are available for production to avoid production delays or disruption due to non-availability of raw materials.

Ensure timely update of production orders on ERP to minimize variances and enhance supply chain material planning efforts.

Use the sales forecast to prepare a long horizon production plan.

Implement manufacturing strategy for planning of products based on their planning key.

(Critical, High, Medium, Low)

Monitor and consider on-hand stocks of finished goods and raw materials while planning.

Liaise with the maintenance planner to include the monthly preventive maintenance in the production schedule.

Monitor the daily productivity and report any issues.

Attend to actions related to slow or non-moving items.

Improve M-OTIF, Monitor OEE and utilization per line & per station, monitor forecast accuracy and its impact on planning.

Improve reworks of non-confirming products.

Monitor and coordinate with supervisors to improve material usage variance (MUV).

Follow-up of work orders from production cells and QC.

Set self as an example to colleagues in punctuality, commitment, respect to work hours, and dedication.

Carry over additional duties as assigned by the Production Manager or Operations Manager.

Skills required (Essential)

• Fluent in English
• Excellent communication skills
• Interpersonal and leadership skills
• 5 years experience in production planning
• Experience on production shopfloor in chemical industries.
• Experience in S&OP planning

Desirable

• Project management background or experience is a plus
• Arabic speaking
• Saudi national

Educational requirements

BSc degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing

Key Working Relationships

• Production Planner (Daily)
• Production Manager (Daily)
• Operations Manager (Regular)
• CSD team (Daily)
• Maintenance planner (Regular)
• Material Planner (Daily)
• Operations Staff (Daily)
• Technical Staff (Regular)
• HSE team (Regular)

External

• Visitors (as needed)