Job Description

Main Functions
Production Planning Coordination:
Responsible for managing the master production planning and capacity planning processes from order receipt to production plan approval. Coordinates with different departments (logistics, engineering, quality, material supply, production, warehouse) to ensure accurate and timely production execution and delivery.

Production Execution Monitoring:
Monitors and ensures that the production plan is in line with delivery deadlines. Key responsibilities include meeting the production schedule, managing and communicating any deviations, and closing work orders timely for financial reporting.

Product Life Cycle Planning:
Participates and understanding product lifecycle to accounts for resources, material, and capacity planning from introduction of new products into production and coordinating the end-of-life process.

Duties and Responsibilities
Optimize inventory levels:
Working with the materials management team, you are responsible for determining and tracking optimal inventory levels, taking into account the turnover rate and shrinkage. Set proper buffer level based on material classification.

Capacity Planning and Analysis:
Analyzes production capacities, machine time, and human resources to ensure production needs are met in both the long and short term.

Order and Production Tracking:
Responsible for tracking current orders and production statuses, analyzing discrepancies, and taking necessary corrective actions.

Manage objectives and KPIs:
Responsible for setting, tracking, and reporting department-related performance indicators (e.g., OTD – on-time delivery, inventory turnover, capacity utilization).

Team Leadership:
Manages the planning team, coordinates tasks on a daily basis, sets goals, and conducts regular performance reviews. Promotes team development and supports internal collaboration.

Qualifications/Experience
Higher education (logistics, engineering, or economics)
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in production planning or a similar field
Experience in a manufacturing environment is an advantage
Chinese speaking preferred, but not required

Primary skills/ competences
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Effective communication and presentation skills
Confident knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Independence, decision-making, flexibility

 

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work,

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