Production Planning Specialist

• Develop and schedule workflow for each Manufacturing Center based on reviewed capacity.

• Process customer orders from Customer Service and define the target completion date.

• Collaborate with Materials Planning to ensure raw material readiness and address shortages when needed.

• Prepare and review weekly reports on delayed orders and forecast potential backlogs.

• Meet with Manufacturing teams to analyze root causes of order delays and define recovery actions.

• Align daily and weekly production schedules with the master plan.

• Coordinate promptly with production when issues arise or risks may impact delivery commitments.

• Review and maintain production capacity on a weekly and monthly basis.

• Monitor component availability before issuing the production plan.

• Participate in supporting new project launches.

• Manage Engineering Change activities to evaluate material impact on production.

• Generate weekly production work orders in ERP, print material request lists, and release them to production.

• Develop production master plans for each Manufacturing Center in line with headcount planning.

• Resolve supply and demand conflicts, including BOM routing and material issues.

• Maintain and improve documentation to comply with company standards and 5S housekeeping practices.

• Assist production in headcount reviews.

• Provide weekly Production Line Utilization reports.

• Approve and release holiday overtime plans.

• Track daily finished goods inventory, compare against delivery schedules, and report to relevant functions.

• Review daily production output with line leaders and adjust plans when required.

• Conduct weekly capacity reviews with Manufacturing Centers and plant management.

• Minimum bachelor degree or equivalent (Preferably Business/ Supply chain management)

• Minimum 5 years experience in Production Control/ Material Control/ Supply Chain Management

• Knowledge & experience with Oracle systems.

• Excellent in Excel (VBA/ Power BI is a big plus)

• Knowledge of APQP

• Business knowledge

• Good communication skills

• Fluent in English 4 skills

• Experienced in building new processes and plants.