Production Planner cum Buyer

Tahlia Waters; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Tahlia Waters seeks a Production Planner to develop and maintain comprehensive production plans driven by customer orders and forecasts. The role partners with Procurement and Warehouse to ensure material readiness and tracks progress against the master plan.

The candidate should have a Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Supply Chain Management with at least 2 years in production planning in manufacturing, preferably UPS. Strong SAP and MS Office skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Supply Chain Management.
• At least 2 years' experience working as a Production Planner or similar in manufacturing.
• UPS manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience in production planning and quality control activities.
• Experience in manufacturing resource planning.
• Good knowledge of MS Office and SAP.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop, issue, and maintain detailed daily, weekly, and monthly production plans based on customer orders, forecast demand, and project priorities.
• Create production schedules considering machine capacity, labour availability, tooling requirements, and material readiness.
• Work closely with Procurement and Warehouse to ensure raw materials, components, and consumables are available to support production schedules.
• Track work orders, manufacturing status, and production completion against plan.
• Prepare and issue production progress reports, delay analysis, and recovery plans.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Materials management

Communication

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Manufacturing resource planning

Education

Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Supply Chain Management

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

The Role

• Develop, issue, and maintain detailed daily, weekly, and monthly production plans based on customer orders, forecast demand, and project priorities.
• Create production schedules considering machine capacity, labour availability, tooling requirements, and material readiness.
• Work closely with Procurement and Warehouse to ensure raw materials, components, and consumables are available to support production schedules.
• Track work orders, manufacturing status, and production completion against plan.
• Prepare and issue production progress reports, delay analysis, and recovery plans.

What Do You Need to Have?

• Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Supply Chain Management.
• Candidates must possess at least 2 years' experience of working on a Production Planner or other similar position within manufacturing environment. Those with working experience within Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) manufacturing environment will be preferred.
• He/she must possess working experience with production planning and quality control activities.
• Candidates must possess working experience in manufacturing resource planning.
• Good knowledge of MS Office and SAP system.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication abilities.