Boksburg: Supervisor: Production Planner posted by Chainlink Recruitment Ltd

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Supervisor: Production Planner to join our team in Boksburg. As a key member of our production planning team, you will be responsible for coordinating, controlling, developing, and managing production planning activities across various departments. You will also provide internal process training to department employees and develop models to base recommendations on resources required to achieve budget revenue, productivity, and results targets.

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.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years planning or management within a similar environment
• Minimum of 5 years in a manufacturing and fabrication process environment
• Knowledge of Visual Manufacturing or other MRP/ERP Systems
• MS projects software experience
• Minimum 5yrs of office Administration experience
• Business Central system experience and management
• Experience with ISO quality management systems and processes

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications not specified in the original job description.

Salary & Benefits

• R25,000.00 plus medical aid and provident fund