Planning Manager (Production)
About the Organisation
This is an established Australian industrial manufacturing company that designs and manufactures a wide range of equipment all relating to fluid transfer. These products include grease and oil pumps and guns, fuel pumps, hose reels and flow meters. The main industries this company supplies to is agricultural, industrial, automotive, mining, aviation and marine. The range of products is low cost, but very high volume. Based in Turrella NSW, the company has circa 120 headcount across the business, including engineering and manufacturing.
About the Opportunity
This is a newly created role for the business. We are looking for someone who is able to drive change and set up a good planning system for the business. The business has experienced a significant growth over the last 5 years and is at a stage now where they need to bring on someone specifically to look after the Producion Planning side.
This is a critical hands on role for the business reporting directly to the Operations Manager. The core mandate of this role will be to look after all the production scheduling and planning for the manufacturing facility. This is a cross-functional role where you will be working with different departments across the company (Sales, Production, Engineering, Quality, Procurement). There is a big range of products (4000 SKUs). Some products go for short manufacturing runs as required to replenish stock, and other products are manufactured for specific customer orders. The volumes can vary significantly throughout the year for different product ranges.
Recruitment Process
This is an established Australian industrial manufacturing company that designs and manufactures a wide range of equipment all relating to fluid transfer. These products include grease and oil pumps and guns, fuel pumps, hose reels and flow meters. The main industries this company supplies to is agricultural, industrial, automotive, mining, aviation and marine. The range of products is low cost, but very high volume. Based in Turrella NSW, the company has circa 120 headcount across the business, including engineering and manufacturing.
About the Opportunity
This is a newly created role for the business. We are looking for someone who is able to drive change and set up a good planning system for the business. The business has experienced a significant growth over the last 5 years and is at a stage now where they need to bring on someone specifically to look after the Producion Planning side.
This is a critical hands on role for the business reporting directly to the Operations Manager. The core mandate of this role will be to look after all the production scheduling and planning for the manufacturing facility. This is a cross-functional role where you will be working with different departments across the company (Sales, Production, Engineering, Quality, Procurement). There is a big range of products (4000 SKUs). Some products go for short manufacturing runs as required to replenish stock, and other products are manufactured for specific customer orders. The volumes can vary significantly throughout the year for different product ranges.
- Develop, maintain and communicate a Production Plan, Master Production Schedule and a Capacity Requirements plan, based on sales forecasts and trends
- Monitor inventory levels of raw materials, and schedule delivery with suppliers to meet production requirements, adjusting production plans as required
- Develop and facilitate the S&OP process by using aggregate demand, aligning this with manufacturing and supply capacity, to develop a production plan and meet customer requirements
- Review WIP work orders and ensure issuing of parts and closure of work orders in a timely manner
- Presenting a one-month minimum visibility of production planning for all internal stakeholders
- Reviewing daily, weekly, monthly customer orders, export container orders and expediting where required to meet customer delivery expectations
- Planning and prioritizing manufacturing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay
- Analysing delays and interruptions and accordingly adjusting production schedule to meet deadlines. Resolving shortages of purchased materials, or providing alternative solutions to deliver on customer requirements
- Provide feedback to internal customers as to production lead times
- Liaising with Manufacturing, QA and Engineering with regard to production, maintenance and downtime requirements
- Create new processes, and ensure these processes deliver their intended outputs
- Minimum 3 years' experience working in a Production Planning and Scheduling role, ideally in a senior capacity.
- Previous experience working within a business with a high volume of SKUs.
- Solid understanding of purchasing, inventory and customer service demands.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong internal stakeholder relationships across multiple departments.
Recruitment Process
- Resume Submission – only successful candidates will receive a call
- Phone Call w Recruiter
- Video Interview w Recruiter
- 1st Round Interview w Operations Manager
- 2nd Round Interview + Site Tour of the office and manufacturing facility.
- References
- Offer to start
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- Contract Type permanent
- Reference BH-23959
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Industry
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Salary$110000 - $120000 per annum
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Contact Name
Orrin Huang
Planning Manager (Production)
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