Our client, a leading roofing manufacture, seeks a Work In Progress Production Planner to join their Nelspruit team.
Please email applications through to kay@armstrongappointments.com
Main job function
Duties and Responsibilities (include but not limited too)
Day to day production planning to run smooth with pre-planning for the following day.
Day to day liaison with Operations Manager, ensuring targeted milestones is met on time.
Ensure quality products are produced.
Meet lead times of 3 to 5 days.
Finished goods to be produced cost effectively.
Liaising between different departments (Sales & Operations) to ensure information received is correct according to customer’s requirements.
To become the pivotal point between the Sales Dept & Operations Dept.
Day to day liaison with Dispatch Supervisor to ensure goods are produced and delivered on time.
Convert Sales orders into production orders through ‘Syspro’ and ensure that correct material is available to meet the customer’s needs on time
Develop & maintain production planning schedule.
Develop Maintain & updating project schedule for onsite rolling.
Loading of Master Schedule through ‘Syspro’ to match the volume specified by the production planning schedule.
Notify all Stakeholders of any deviation due to machine breakdowns or material shortages.
Review & manage change requests from customers and making appropriate re-schedules.
Accurately create job cards
Accurately issue coils to the job (use SMS first)
Ensure that the correct coil is BTS’ed and the job is closed
Provide stockholding days forecasts
Be part of the Stock committee for ordering and placing of stock order.
Assist with Cycle Counts on a weekly basis
Ensure all jobs are reversed before quarterly stock takes
Assist in preparation of quarterly stock take one week before
Participate in stock take according to the published list for the quarterly stock count
Assist with work when other employees are off duty
Assist Operations Manager with ad hoc items as and when neededQualifications
Matric PLUS Production Management Diploma
Marketing and Sales Management Qualification added BONUS
Experience/Criteria
Minimum 2 years’ experience in WIP in a manufacturing environment
Minimum 1 year experience in stock control
Minimum 1 years’ experience in metal industry
Minimum 1 years’ experience using Microsoft Packages
A Consultant will be in touch if you are shortlisted for the position. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not have been contacted within 2 weeks. We will keep your CV on our database and contact you should you match the criteria of any other vacancies.
