Production Planner

Fosroc


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Jeddah
Contract type: Full time

Vacancy

Job title Production Planner
Department Manufacturing
Close date 6th Nov 2025
Location Jeddah

Job description

Job description
  • Optimize resources and the scheduling of resources to meet production demand.

  • Maintain planning and scheduling horizons to ensure visibility to all production stakeholders i.e., customer service, sales and supply chain functions.

  • Responsibilities
  • Coordinating planning activities with Customer Service representatives, Sales team, and Supply chain to ensure that products are manufactured on given time to meet Customer requirements

  • Ensure that committed production quantities are delivered on time and in full.

  • Attend the daily demand meeting to update the CSD and sales on the production plan.

  • Work with the materials planner to ensure that all raw materials are available for production to avoid production delays or disruption due to non-availability of raw materials.

  • Ensure timely update of production orders on ERP to minimize variances and enhance supply chain material planning efforts.

  • Use the sales forecast to prepare a long horizon production plan.

  • Implement manufacturing strategy for planning of products based on their planning key

  • (Critical, High, Medium, Low)

  • Monitor and consider on-hand stocks of finished goods and raw materials while planning.

  • Liaise with the maintenance planner to include the monthly preventive maintenance in the production schedule.

  • Monitor the daily productivity and report any issues.

  • Attend to actions related to slow or non-moving items.

  • Improve M-OTIF, Monitor OEE and utilization per line & per station, monitor forecast accuracy and its impact on planning.

  • Improve reworks of non-confirming products.

  • Monitor and coordinate with supervisors to improve material usage variance (MUV)

  • Follow-up of work orders from production cells and QC.

  • Set self as an example to colleagues in punctuality, commitment, respect to work hours, and dedication.

  • Carry over additional duties as assigned by the Production Manager or Operations Manager.

  • Skills required Essential:
    Fluent in English
    Excellent communication skills
    Interpersonal and leadership skills
    5 years’ experience in production planning

    Desirable:
    Project management background or experience is a plus
    Arabic speaking
    Saudi national
    Experience on production shopfloor in chemical industries.
    Experience in S&OP planning
    Educational requirements BSc degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing
    Job role notes Key Working Relationships:
    Internal:
    Production Planner (Daily)
    Production Manager (Daily)
    Operations Manager (Regular)
    CSD team (Daily)
    Maintenance planner (Regular)
    Material Planner (Daily)
    Operations Staff (Daily)
    Technical Staff (Regular)
    HSE team (Regular)

    External:
    Visitors (as needed)

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