Production Planner

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Production Planner Assistant in Johannesburg to help ensure resources are available to meet customer demand. You will assist in determining production capacity and planning activities to optimize manufacturing efficiency, stock levels and costs, working with operations and logistics.

This role requires 2-3 years’ production planning experience and strong Excel/ERP proficiency to support ongoing capacity planning in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning within a manufacturing or related environment.
• 2-3 years’ production planning experience is essential.
• Geographic knowledge would be advantageous.
• Diploma or Degree in Operations management or related field.

Responsibilities

• Assist to determine production capacity needed to meet changing demands.
• Support planning activities to ensure targets are met and optimize efficiency, stock levels and costs.
• Integrate business demand requirements with operations and logistics.

Skills

Order fulfilment cycles

Process flow

Operations & logistics integration

Excel

MS Office

SYSPRO

Education

Diploma / Degree in Operations management

Tools

SYSPRO

Job description

The purpose of this role is to assist the Production Planner with ensuring that the right resources are available internally when required to meet the customer volume demands. Assist to determine the production capacity needed by an organisation to meet changing demands for its products and understand how the business operates and plans for future capacity requirements. Also, to assists with planning activities to ensure targets are met and that it optimizes manufacturing efficiency, stock levels and costs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge & understanding on order fulfilment cycles
• Business & process flow experience
• Ability to integrate business demand requirements with operations and logistics
• Any distribution requirement planning will be advantageous
• Proven track record within planning in a manufactory environment
• Geographic knowledge would be advantageous
• Diploma / Degree in Operations management or any other relevant tertiary degree / diploma
• 2-3 years’ production planning experience within a manufacturing or related environment is essential
• Experience in ERP systems (SYSPRO knowledge will be advantageous)
• MS Office knowledge and high proficiency in Excel