September 14, 2024

Port Elizabeth

FULL TIME

Job purpose

Manage the Production Planning processes, outputs and resources to ensure customer OTIF and enhanced customer satisfaction within operation budgets.
Medium term production optimization and shift planning
Manage and guide IBP process.
Optimize Factory utilization, Demand-, Inventory-and Supply parameters with customer expectations

Responsibilities
Master Planning

Manage the creation of a factory wide masterplan, including production schedule, maintenance, laboratory, QA/QC, Warehouse and MRP across the value chain.
Balance demand and supply effectively to achieve strategic goals.
Provide “what if” capacity and schedule analysis for changing demand, staffing constraints, and new customer project awards.
Plan to minimize effects of resource constraints.
Develop and oversee capacity planning activities for sales and operations planning, master scheduling, marketing application timelines, materials requirement planning, detailed scheduling.
Suggest batch size changes, re-routing of products and outsourcing/purchasing of additional equipment, as required.
Optimize parameters across the value chain to unlock value.
Ensure that all units are aligned to produce an optimized plan.

Planning coordination and reporting

Manage, prepare, and facilitate the monthly supply point reviews for your specific unit.
Drive the adherence to key KPIs including budgeted, planned, and actual OTIF, ATP, Schedule adherence and recoveries.
Work with production supervisors and managers for optimal efficiency to meet the needs of internal and external customers.
Assess and report on manpower requirements.
Assist the creation of SKU, work centre and labour matrix to allow for optimization when demand or supply changes.
Ensure change controls are actioned appropriately.

Risk and Controls

Monitor sales against forecast volumes, identifying at-risk products.
Identify supply deficits, over-scheduling, capacity constraints and under-loaded schedules and highlight recoveries-related financial risks and critical materials shortages.
Ensure delivery terms are met, and that correct documentation accompanies consignments.
Input into routings, inventory policies and related pertinent processes.

Planning optimization

Develop and manage data from all value chain units to create optimization and simulation ability.
Work with the analytics team to continuously improve our ability to drive key KPIs.

Skills Required
Background/experience

Specific job skills

Computer literacy: proficiency in Excel, Word, Power Point, and ERP system.
Solid understanding of S&OP/IBP
Scenario planning, optimization and/or simulation experience
End to end understanding of Supply Chain operations in Plan, Source, Make and Deliver

Competencies

Ability to represent SAOPS in global planning platforms.
Strong leadership skill to guide business decision making considering service, cost and cash.
Taking Action.
Managing Performance
Performance driven and solution orientated.
Strong analytical and numerical skills a must
Highly collaborative, flexible and attention to detail
Conflict management and resolution