JOB TITLE: Mill Planner
JOB LOCATIONS: : Jos, Plateau and Onitsha, Anambra
Function: Supply Chain
Job Class: JC 11
Reports To: Plant Manager
JOB DETAILS:
- Will be responsible for the planning of the production schedules and workflow to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay in fulfilling supply.
Key Accountabilities
Production & Packaging:
- Ensure packaging of agreed quantity of products meet sales & distribution forecasts.
- Coordinate production workflow for all product SKUs in the plant to deliver business plan On Time and In Full (OTIF)
- Planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.
- Determining manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover production demand.
- Ensure all materials (packaging, Raw materials, Chemicals, etc.) required to execute the plan are available before the plan is rolled out.
- Schedule shift according to production needs.
- Monitor jobs to ensure they will finish on time and within budget.
- Address issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption.
- Obtain output information (number of finished products, percentage of defectives etc.)
- Prepare and submit status and performance reports
- Ensure timely posting of production on SAP.
Maintenance:
- Ensure efficient operation of plant and equipment.
- Collate all maintenance issues submitted by Production supervisors and forward to Maintenance Engineer for maintenance planning.
Quality Assurance:
- Maintain quality assurance to ensure product quality and consistency.
- Monitor material usage rate for accounting and variance determination.
- Ensure the right materials (Packaging, Chemicals, etc.) are supplied for production.
Health, Safety and Welfare:
- Ensures health, safety and welfare of employees are assured so that organizational objectives can be optimally met.
- Carry out safety and 5S audit and follow through on close out of action points.
- Make sure working conditions and environment are in line with the law and company policies.
- Report unsafe conditions, near miss and unsafe acts and encourage others to do same using the Safety Observation Cards, also report same to the Plant Manager.
Leadership Responsibility:
- Ensure that departmental organization has the continuous availability of sufficient motivated and well-trained personnel.
- Assess performance and potentials of employees.
- Evaluate manpower requirements.
- Maintain and develop internal communication.
- Participate in appraisal of Junior colleagues.
Operational Responsibility:
- Ensure production plans are in line with sales demand plan
- Coordinate the execution of production plan in the most effective and efficient manner.
- Provide monthly shift roaster that assures adequate manning in all production sections to meet up with production plan.
- Make production reports (daily, weekly and monthly) available on time.
Education and Experience
- Minimum of First Degree (HND, B.Eng. or BSc.) in Engineering or Sciences.
- Minimum of 2 years of work experience in related field.
Knowledge, Skills & Attitude:
- Analytical-thinking and problem-solving skills
- Teamwork/Team Player
- People Management
- Good written and verbal communication
- Creativity/Innovation
- Relationship management
- Good written and verbal communications
- Good planning and organisation skills
- Integrity.
Deadline: November 24, 2021
Job Features
Job Category | Operator |