Production Planner

Production Planner

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Supply Chain & Procurement

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Nairobi

Full Time

Retail, Fashion & FMCG

Confidential

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Job summary

The Production Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining short, medium, and long-term production plans to ensure customer demand is fulfilled while maximizing manufacturing efficiency, optimizing inventory levels, and minimizing production costs. The role serves as the key link between Demand Planning, Procurement, Production, Quality, Warehouse, and Logistics functions to ensure materials, resources, and production capacity are available to meet
business requirements

Min Qualification:

Bachelors

Experience Level

Mid level

Experience Length

3 years

Language Requirement

English

Working Hours:

Full Time - 8 to 5

Applicant Location

Thika, Kenya

Job descriptions & requirements

DepartmentSupply Chain & Planning

LocationThika Factory, Kenya

Reports ToSupply Chain Manager

Direct ReportsNone (Individual Contributor)

Key Responsibilities

• Production Planning & Scheduling

• Develop weekly and monthly production plans based on demand forecasts, sales orders, inventory levels, and capacity constraints.

• Create and maintain detailed production schedules by product category and production line.

• Balance production capacity against customer demand requirements.

• Monitor production order progress and adjust schedules as required.

• Ensure efficient utilization of labour, machinery, utilities, and factory resources.

• Prioritize production based on customer requirements and business objectives.

• Coordinate production sequencing to reduce changeovers and improve line efficiency.

• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

• Run MRP within SAP Business One.

• Convert production plans into raw material, packaging, and consumable requirements.

• Ensure production materials are available to meet manufacturing schedules.

• Coordinate closely with Procurement regarding purchase requirements and supplier lead times.

• Monitor shortages and proactively escalate risks that may impact production.

• Inventory Optimization

• Maintain optimum levels of:

o Raw materials

o Packaging materials

o Work-in-progress inventory

o Finished goods inventory

• Develop production plans that minimize:

o Excess inventory

o Obsolescence

o Product expiry risks

o Stock-outs

• Review inventory ageing and recommend corrective actions

• Capacity & Resource Planning

• Analyse:

o Machine capacities

o Labour availability

o Maintenance schedules

o Production constraints

• Develop capacity plans to support business growth.

• Identify bottlenecks and recommend solutions.

• Support capital expenditure planning by providing production capacity analyses.

• Demand & Supply Alignment

• Participate in monthly S&OP meetings.

• Review forecast changes and translate them into production requirements.

• Conduct supply-demand gap analysis.

• Recommend strategies to mitigate supply shortages or excess inventory.

• Support new product launches and promotional planning.

• Production Monitoring & Control

• Track daily production performance against plan.

• Investigate deviations and identify root causes.

• Recommend corrective actions to improve plan adherence.