Planning Specialist - Paarl, South Africa - The Joblink

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Paarl, South Africa

1 week ago

Thabo Mthembu

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Contact person for this position:
Cathrine Hendricks


Role:


  • Processing customer orders efficiently and on time
  • Taking costoptimized production and customer requirements into account
  • Executing long term planning cycle, analyse rough cut capacity planning
  • Executing weekly shortterm planning cycle
  • Ensuring availability in raw and pack materials and finished goods
  • Optimizing production plans in accordance with the needs of the customers, suppliers' capacities, constraints of purchasing, production, and distribution processes

Duties:


  • Delivering KPI's (Cover days, Service Level etc.) as agreed quarterly and annually
  • SAP PP master production scheduling and running MRP
  • Creating weekly production plans considering productivity and capacity
  • Supply and material planning in coordination with sales, production and supply chain departments
  • Running material orders in coordination with Sales, production and supply chain departments
  • Continuously monitoring production plans, safety stock levels and MRP parameters
  • Sets up and maintains PP related master data in ERP system
  • Doing the material controlling according to production planning and shipping plans
  • Running daily follow up of raw material, product and material stocks and entering daily data to the SAP system
  • Participate in periodic forecasting meetings with Sales and other related departments
  • Lead additional planning meetings with Sales, Purchasing, Production, and Shipping
  • Assists with capacity requirements during the annual operating plan
  • Perform other related duties, as required

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:


  • Diploma/Degree in Production Planning or CPIM
  • Minimum 4 years of production planning experience
  • Experience in a Food manufacturing environment will be advantageous
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Professional experience in SAP/ R3 PP/PI will be advantageous
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Effective time management and planning
  • Rational decisionmaking, negotiating and influencing skills
  • An analytical work style
  • Being able to work collaboratively with other departments

BENEFITS

  • Pension fund
  • Half pay maternity leave
  • 13th cheque
**Salary: R35 000 to R38 000 CTC
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