Boksburg: Supervisor: Production Planner posted by Chainlink Recruitment

About the Role

We are seeking a Supervisor: Production Planner to join our Boksburg Branch team. As a key member of our production planning department, you will be responsible for coordinating and managing the production planning team and job costing on all released production orders. You will also provide internal process training to department employees and develop models to base recommendations to production manager and executive management.

Key Responsibilities

• Function as the focal point in creating a production schedule for New Capital machinery, rebuild machinery Production using the best combination of Visual Manufacturing MRP System, Excel, and Microsoft Projects.
• The production schedule purpose is to provide a means to track and manage daily manufacturing workload, provide feedback to Sales on in-house vs subcontracted manufacturing hours, and provide regular reporting on manufacturing status.
• Monitors, analyses, and reports performance to schedule of production activities utilizing information derived from material and production control systems.
• Coordinate with project managers, sales and production to sequence manufacturing, assembly, and installations.
• Assist the manufacturing department to actively manage the production schedule.
• Research and assign manufacturing times and due dates on parts as needed and document during the releasing process.
• Coordinate with departments and project managers as needed to identify and resolve issues regarding budget and delivery.
• Monitor quality, service and delivery issues and take corrective actions as needed.
• Provide continual improvement of the planning and reporting processes.
• Chair production foreman tracking meetings.
• Monitor all production planning meetings with required departments of production, procurement, inventory management, projects, engineering, capital sales and warehousing.
• Accurately maintain and manage Business Central database for all released and historical production orders.
• Research order and delivery discrepancies and resolve MRP related issues. Take appropriate corrective actions to prevent similar issues.
• Routine clerical duties to support department activities and equipment. Including supervision of others performing these duties.
• Stay informed of current projects manufacturing workload, and manufacturing processes.
• Function as the focal point to move towards a more efficient system of entering engineering releases. The goal is continual improvement of the processes being utilized.
• It is the responsibility of the senior planner to quantify the cost of all planned production jobs and report cost findings to the Financial Cost Accountant, considering the appropriate margin and quote released by Capital Sales.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years planning or management within a similar environment
• Minimum of 5 years in a manufacturing and fabrication process environment
• 8 years of underground experience as well as drilling & bolting exposure.
• Knowledge of Visual Manufacturing or other MRP/ERP Systems
• MS projects software experience
• Minimum 5+yrs of office Administration experience
• Business Central system experience and management
• Experience with ISO quality management systems and processes
• Strong project management, organisational and communication skills are required.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Self-motivated, energetic, dependable, honest, and thorough
• A versatile, self-starter with a positive attitude who is cautiously assertive.

Qualifications

No specific qualifications mentioned.