Production Planner

Job Title: Production Planner  
Salary Range: CAD$54,600– CAD$68,250
Working Type: On-Site


PURPOSE OF ROLE
To manage all aspects of the production planning at site in order to achieve the required Hilton standards of customer service level, production and stock movements, cost control and material optimization. To be a participant and team player within the Planning team, To be able to cross function within the Planning team, on the areas like forecasting and material planning
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Main activities of the business processes
Create and maintain the long horizon production plan
Create and maintain the short horizon production plan (day +0 and day +1)
Check on the parameters and KPI;s in Macro Planner and Scheduler
Secures the plans are executable in the given production time
Secures all materials are available in time and quantity
Check on primal availability

Other Activities, responsibilities and tasks
Providing suggestions to create better production plans and keeping up to date
Part of a positive working environment 
Providing clear data from sales performance/production results to Planning manager
Stock management of retail, primal and dry good
Highlights potential issues to Planning manager/management
Checks production progress during day and week
Reports to the Planning manager
Create and maintain a production planning by using the Quintiq application, ERP and procedures
Ability to reschedule the daily production planning to for example other lines, other sequencing
Signalling function from forecast data processing through to daily production plan including communication of planning data and issues to all relevant departments
Based on the most recent updated sales forecast produce and distribute daily production plans so that all daily sales orders are fulfilled on time, efficient production and logistics and required customer service level is achieved. Survey and communicate detailed weekly planned needs for primal, packaging, production capacities and component usage by line and shift
Be involved in stock control, procurement and logistics at site.  Proactively identify stock shortages, communicating and resolving the issues and advising Planning manager in regarding of purchasing and/or other departments of potential service issues.
Ensure efficient planning of production and timely communication of planning data to relevant departments.
Participates in meetings
Participates in the roster to execute daily operation tasks
Tracking production results/capacities
Maintain and report, serv levels, upgrades, KPI’s
Able to cover targeted tasks of other planning team members in case of absence
Cross trained in Material/Primal planning role.


KEY EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Ability and proven experience in Planning
Experience in manufacturing, supply chain, retail sector
Experience with ERP systems



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