ERP-Driven Production Planner: Material & Scheduling

HENSOLDT AG; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

HENSOLDT South Africa requires a Production Planner to oversee planning, control and monitoring of production activities within an ERP environment. You will manage material availability, work order execution and cross-functional coordination to ensure demand fulfilment and production continuity.

The role emphasizes SAPICS knowledge, strong Excel skills, and a proactive approach to material and production constraints in a dynamic manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum tertiary qualification in Production and Inventory Control.
• SAPICS Certification or similar.
• Minimum 5 years of production planning experience in manufacturing.
• Proficient with MSOffice suite, advanced skills with MS Excel.

Responsibilities

• Analyse production demand, material requirements and planning parameters within the ERP environment to ensure material availability and the achievement of production schedules.
• Monitor production performance, material availability and operational variances through ERP and reporting processes to enable informed decision-making.
• Facilitate planning alignment with project, operations and production stakeholders to ensure demand fulfilment and resolve supply and production constraints.

Skills

Production planning

MRP

Data analysis

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Production and Inventory Control qualification

SAPICS Certification

Tools

Qmuzikor ERP

MS Excel

Job description

HENSOLDT South Africa requires a Production Planner to oversee planning, control and monitoring of production activities within an ERP environment. You will manage material availability, work order execution and cross-functional coordination to ensure demand fulfilment and production continuity.

The role emphasizes SAPICS knowledge, strong Excel skills, and a proactive approach to material and production constraints in a dynamic manufacturing setting.