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Brits: Production Planner posted by Mayfly Agri

Brits: Production Planner posted by Mayfly Agri

Posted on 2025-04-30 00:00:00

Employer Mayfly Agri
Category Other Manufacturing
Location North West  / Brits

Job Summary

Minimum requirements for the role:

  • Must have a relevant tertiary qualification
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in scheduling in a chemical manufacturing or manufacturing environment
  • Good knowledge and understanding of supply chain concepts and methodologies including MRP
  • ERP applications experience in SAP R/3, SAP ECC/APO, SAP 4 HANNA is essential
  • CPIM or related APICS qualification is advantageous
  • Ability to analyse data trends to understand supply chain effectiveness

 
The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Being responsible for detailed 3-week production scheduling and managing a 3-month capacity view of the production plan for both firmed and non-firmed demands forecast and requirements.
  • Planning production assets to ensure cost efficiency and operating cost-effectively.
  • Closely monitoring the result of Material Replenishment Planning (MRP) by analyzing the system-generated material requirement plan report.
  • Managing inventory of slow and no-mover materials, aiming to identify risks to the production plan, redeployment, or rework opportunities, and escalating any high risks to ensure meeting inventory targets.
  • Assisting in setting up material safety stock reasonably and working with colleagues to achieve inventory targets.
  • Ensuring the optimization of on-site inventory of components and formulated bulks to minimize working capital.
  • Following up on the Artwork labels change process to ensure the correct version is applied and minimizing material write-offs.
  • Using demand requirements to analyze production order fulfillment scheduling (actual vs. plan) and recommending actions for continuous improvement.
  • Proactively communicating a possible negative impact on the production plan and revising the production plan accordingly.
  • Managing material requirements by ensuring the procurement of materials is done in a timely manner by suppliers within the set KPI parameters and operating against MRPII philosophies and principles.
  • Ensuring all planned orders are updated in APO in line with the latest production plan and have the correct alternative BoM/routing assigned.
  • Maintaining the overall FF&P supply plan across a defined asset portfolio (work centers, routings, and plants), providing options to meet variances in demand and supply, and implementing tactical supply plans where appropriate.
  • Coordinating along with the supply chain teams, especially with FF&P Supply Chain Planners, Vendor Schedulers, and Manufacturing, to manage the production plan and ex-works shipments over a zero to end current season horizon.
  • Managing relationships with key stakeholders that include Logistics Order Management, warehousing, regulatory and FF&P supply chain planners at both regional and global levels, Plant and Production teams, FF&P asset maintenance scheduler, Vendor Schedulers, Demand Planners, and other relevant stakeholders.
  • Processing all late or change of delivery dates in the SUCAP system and reporting due to production changes or non-adherence.
  • Demonstrating a health and safety culture, leading by example, adhering to rules, and participating in site initiatives.
  • Reviewing the correctness of the rolling material forecast to suppliers in close collaboration with the Vendor Scheduler.
  • Timely communicating with all internal stakeholders, any production delays, material constraints, and possible customer sales losses to reprioritize the plan.
  • Fully understanding site production line flexibility, production capacity, and labor constraints, collaborating with Production supervisors to work out the weekly production plan with a 6-week rolling forecast, ensuring the effective use of assets and resources.
  • Maintaining the overall supply/demand balance through a review of the net demand & uncertainty, creating balanced production plans over the current season (up to a 12-month horizon), and working with FF&P SCPs to ensure an appropriate balance between manufacturing responsiveness, cost efficiency, and inventory holding, determining and implementing the need to hold safety stock.
  • Working as a key member of the Supply Chain Team to continually improve the responsiveness and efficiency of the Supply Chain within the portfolio.
  • Helping develop and then executing Tactical Supply Plans based on Regional Differentiation.
  • Working with the AI Asset Planner to ensure the supply of AI meets the FF&P plans.
  • Managing the Plant/Unit-specific aspects (e.g., codes, routings) of the range management process for regional SUs (product life-cycle), ensuring both the efficient introduction and removal of products where appropriate.
  • Maintaining the overall supply/demand balance through a review of the sales forecasts and AI net demands, creating balanced production plans, and providing a monthly inventory projection.
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