AVI Ltd. is known for its leading household brands across many categories including hot beverages, sweet and savory biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world-class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead, and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee, and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savory and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.An exciting opportunity exists for a Site Scheduler at NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED NBL Durban Tea. The successful incumbent will be responsible for controlling the production planning function, minimizing WIP, and ensuring realistic production schedules are planned to achieve optimum production efficiency to meet the master production schedule utilizing labor standards.Line Manager: Logistics ManagerJob Specification:Key Performance Areas:Planning/ Scheduling and Master Data:Compile Weekly Production Schedule (Pre plan) using the following:Barnton Plan – Received from Central Planning on a weekly basis.Check Stock status on Daily Stock Report (printed off the Intranet).Carton supplier Stock Report.Check Delivery dates for finished goods orders on SAP VA05 to prioritize sequence of jobs.Run out aged cartons to avoid run-ability issues on the lines.Complete rough copy of plan on Excel taking into account capacity constraints, time available, and changeovers.Plan in line with site requests on the following:Weekly planned maintenance.Trial request.Meeting.Present plan at the weekly planning meeting and make necessary changes depending on raw, packaging, and machine availability.Distribute Revised/agreed Plan to Factory.Print and review Daily Stock Cover Report on a daily basis to ensure stock availability.Discuss with Central Planning any issues that may arise with stock cover and adjust the weekly plan considering all available resources.Track daily plan vs actual.Communicate all Make to Order items to Packaging and Raw materials buyers.Planning in line with budgeted volumes.Assist Finance Manager with Site Budget:Production volumes smoothing.Line capacity.SAP Updates:Capture plan on SAP– Planning Board.Planned orders maintenance on SAP.Convert planned orders to Process Orders on SAP for updates on requirements for Raw and Packaging.Release Process Orders on SAP for manufacturing of items.Reporting:Compile the Daily Logistics Report – Plan vs Actual.Compile Weekly and Monthly Buker for site performance measurement.MPS.Adherence to Plan.Absolute Deviation.Compile monthly production reports.Monthly Overtime Report.Progressive Variance Report.Production History Report.MPS.Machine Capacity Review:Review machine capacity on a quarterly basis.Compile data and track quarterly production performance.Set up site meeting to review Planning efficiency.Minimum Requirements:Experience:3 – 5 years' work experience in an FMCG Industry.3 - 5 years' work experience in a production planning position.Qualifications:Grade 12 with a Tertiary qualification in planning & inventory management.National Diploma in Production Management/Logistics or relevant qualification.Advanced Excel skills.Additional Requirements:Adhoc overtime work.Stock count.
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