Planning Controller – Home Security & Décor
| Location | Montague Gardens, South Africa |
| Date Posted | March 18, 2021 |
| Category |
Security
|
| Job Type |
Full-time
|
| Currency | ZAR |
Description
Our client, a Home Décor & Security product Manufacturer and Distributer in Montague Gardens, Cape Town, is looking for a Planning Controller. The successful incumbent will report to the Operations Manager.
Job Purpose
To manage the production planning process, from receipt of the job card for our client’s products, daily production planning and then delivery, to finished goods store, to meet the delivery timelines committed to the customers.
Duties and Responsibilities
Production planning
- Ensure that all job cards are collected from the Customer Services Desk department by 16:00 everyday for both internally manufactured sales orders and outsourced manufactured sales orders
- Send the outsourced manufactured sales order job cards, to them on a daily basis
- Create a daily production plan for the factory, that must take into account the following:
- Material availability on hand
- Capacity utilization per product line
- Delivery times committed to customers
- Planned maintenance on product lines
- Availability of factory staff
- Any shortfalls/excesses from the previous day production plan
- Repair jobs/NCR’s that need to be done
- FTPR’s per product line
- Meet with the supervisors and team leaders on a daily basis, as soon as the shift starts, and discuss with them the daily production plan
- On a daily basis, give the Customer Service Desk department an alert, if the delivery date committed to the customer will not be met, as well as informing them of the new expected delivery date
- Manage the outsourced manufacturing suppliers, and the outsourced ex-works suppliers, to ensure that they deliver their product within the committed manufacturing timelines
Reporting
- Generating and distributing the daily production plan;
- Running a daily report of all uncompleted job cards i.e. WIP.
- Running a daily report on status of outsourced manufactured sales orders and ex works sales orders
- Report on job cards where the time remaining to the committed delivery date to the customer, is outside of the tolerable limits
Department Management
- Management of employees;
- Coach and mentor direct reports to ensure personal development of team members;
- Ensure staff development so that the required expertise and skills are maintained;
- Ensure effective leave and absentee management;
- Investigate and resolve performance issues timeously;
- Foster a culture of teamwork and understanding;
- Ensure the team understand and protect the confidentiality of information;
Qualifications & Experience
- Qualification – Relevant Diploma or Degree
- Must have experience of being a Master Production Scheduler in a manufacturing concern
- At least 5 years planning administration experience in a manufacturing or related environment;
- Excellent Microsoft office skills;
Skills and Competencies
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Planning and organization
- Taking initiative
- High attention to detail
- Integrity – highly ethical and principled
- Ability to communicate and build relationships at all levels of the organisation
- Self-starter – has the ability to work unsupervised and manage own time and activities
Salary: R30 000 – R35 000 CTC