Looking for a senior production planner to lead the production planning team of a well established food manufacturing business to exceed production objectives in the most cost effective manner near Bankstown.
- Exciting opportunity to work for a leading company in food manufacturing
- Competitive Salary
- Immediate Start
As the senior production planner, you will be responsible for the creation and distribution of production schedules by allocating the materials effectively while evaluating suppliers and/or quantity timelines to match goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create, monitor and modify detailed weekly production schedules
- Liaise and negotiate with production managers and maintenance teams to ensure that other site activities will not impact the agreed production schedules
- Implement new processes and further improve current planning practices
- Mentor, develop and upskill planning team members to exceed role requirements
- Ensure team members perform their tasks in a timely and accurate manner
- Oversee the work of their team and act as a liaison between their team and management
- Set goals, lead team meetings, and provide support and guidance to team members where required
- Estimating the amount of material, equipment, and labor required for production.
- Promptly addressing and resolving production issues to minimize delays in production.
- Recommending viable solutions to reduce production costs as well as improve production processes and product quality.
- Compiling status and performance reports and submitting them to management in a timely manner.
- Promptly informing the relevant departments of changes to current production schedules.
Qualifications:
- CPIM accreditation or equivalent
- Proven experience as production planner in FMCG
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Customer-focused mindset
- High attention to detail
- Fantastic relationship building skills and a team player
- Flexible to working hours to facilitate business requirements
If this role is suited to you, please email your resume to gus@smsprofessional.com.au.