Production Planner

AECI Limited; Midvaal Local Municipality; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

AECI Limited is seeking a Production Planner in Midvaal Local Municipality, South Africa. This role involves converting the Master Production Schedule into daily production plans, monitoring customer orders, and ensuring the effective utilization of resources. Candidates must have at least 5 years of relevant experience in production planning, with technical knowledge of machinery and SHE requirements in explosives manufacturing. The ideal candidate will possess Grade 12 with Maths or Accounting and is working towards a CPIM or similar inventory management qualification.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years relevant Production Planning experience within a production/distribution environment.

Responsibilities

• Convert the Master Production Schedule into daily or weekly Work Orders.
• Review new and amended customer orders on the SAP system.
• Monitor customer order tracking daily.
• Determine short-term changes to plans.
• Develop shift by shift and detailed product execution plans.
• Provide production instructions to plants.
• Maintain checks on plant capacity.
• Adjust plans based on production performance.
• Ensure all planned Orders are closed off.
• Oversee data capturing of material movements.
• Investigate material movement discrepancies when needed.

Skills

Technical knowledge of specific machines

Working knowledge of SHE requirements

Education

Grade 12 with Maths or Accounting

Working towards a CPIM or similar qualification

Job description

This role is designed to provide a professionally competent and managed MRPII based Plant Planning service to the relevant plant(s) to ensure the cost-effective utilisation of resources by means of daily production schedules for semi and finished products that satisfy the overall Master Production Schedule(s).

Roles and Responsibilities

• Converts the Master Production Schedule into specific achievable daily or weekly Work Orders for final and semi products
• Reviews new and amended customer orders on computerised SAP system
• Monitor the tracking of customer orders daily on the current tracking system
• Determines short-term changes to plans ensuring total resource capability to support the change
• Develop shift by shift and detailed product executing plans
• Provide production instructions to plants
• Maintains a constant check on the demonstrated plant capacity and advises when this differs from planned demand
• Adjusts Plant production plans based on Plant performance against production instructions
• Ensures all planned Orders are properly closed off
• Inspect and sign off documentation from the Plants for material movements
• Oversee the data capturing of material movements
• Investigates and recommends finished and semi-product material stock physical adjustments
• Investigate material movement discrepancies as required
• Verify bill of materials where material movement discrepancies exist
• Assists Plant Manager(s) and Manager in the evaluation of capacities, identification of step changes and bottlenecks and development of proposals to optimise operations, reduce lead-times and work in progress
• Develop plans and schedules for cycle counts
• Publish schedules to Plants and Cost Accountants
• Issue cycle count list to relevant stakeholders in the Plants
• Randomly conduct audits on stock takes when required
• Print out cycle count stock balance and liaise with Plant Managers for sign off
• Investigate and correct anomalies on cycle count stock balance
• Comply with governance & compliance policies and procedures
• Stakeholder relations and management

Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 with Maths or Accounting
• Working towards a CPIM or similar Inventory Management qualification would be an advantage

Skills Requirements:

• Technical knowledge (from practical experience) of specific machines in area.
• Working knowledge of SHE requirements in respect of an explosives manufacturing environment.

Specific experience required:

• At least 5 years relevant Production Planning experience within a production/distribution environment