Mill Planner at Grand Cereals Limited

Location: Jos, Plateau and Onitsha, Anambra
Function: Supply Chain
Job Class: JC 11
Reports To: Plant Manager

Purpose of Job

• 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.