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Job Purpose and Impact

The Production and Distribution Planner   will assist with the preparation and delivery of production schedules and direct material requirements to collaborate controlled flow of goods and materials to meet production requirements. In this role, you will provide complex clerical assistance to support master production planning, execution, customer service interaction, business partnership, systems and data management as well as reporting activities.

Key Accountabilities

• Create, monitor and analyze production schedules in accordance with the standard best practice for managers
• Schedule the production process and departmental activities relating to material, manpower, and equipment availability.
• Monitor production process, workflow, and schedules to ensure on-time delivery.
• Efficiently assign production to minimize company costs and meet delivery deadlines.
• Work with the manager to execute and implement process improvements.
• stock adequate materials to avoid future shortages.
• Generate daily or weekly production reports to managers for critical decision-making purposes.
• Develop production schedules in accordance with sales forecast, plant, and employee capacity, and new business opportunities.
• Primary distribution plan , Planning and coordination of product distribution activities  to customers.
• Working with Production planning to determine shortages and excess of supplies of Finished Goods .
• Stock Availability at Warehouses- receiving, handling and rotating and storing of supplies.
• Assistance in risk- mitigation – Stock expiry , Obsoletion , Overstocking.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a year work experience as a production scheduler or in a similar position in the production industry
• Education: BBA, Diploma in SCM or equivalent
• Working: 6 Day
• Monthly Plant visits & additional visits as needed

Additional Skills required :

• Strong communication skills – written and verbal
• Strong analytical, leadership, and planning skills
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Attention to details
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Good work ethics
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and take independent initiatives when need arises.