Site Scheduler

**AVI Ltd. **is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury 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 savoury 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, minimize WIP and ensure realistic production schedules are planned to achieve optimum production efficiency to meet the master production schedule utilizing labour standards

**Line Manager**: Logistics Manager

**Job Specification**:
**Key Performance Areas**:
**Planning/ scheduling and master data**
- Compile Weekly Production Schedule (Pre-plan)
- using the following:

- Barnton Plan - Received from Central Planning every week.
- Check Stock status on the Daily Stock Report (printed off the Intranet).
- Carton Supplier Stock Report
- Check Delivery dates for finished goods orders on SAP VA05 to prioritize the sequence of jobs.
- Run out aged cartons to avoid run-ability issues on the lines
- Complete a rough copy of plan on excel taking into account capacity constraints, time available and changeovers.
- Plan in line with site requests on the ffg:

- Weekly planned maintenance
- Trial request
- Meeting
- Present the plan at the weekly planning meeting and make the necessary changes depending on raw, packaging and machine availability.
- Distribute the Revised/agreed Plan to Factory
- Print and review Daily Stock Cover Report daily to ensure stock availability.
- Discuss with Central Planning any issues that we may have with stock cover and adjust the weekly plan taking into consideration of 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
- 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 every quarter
- Compile data and track quarterly production performance
- Set up site meeting to review Planning efficiency

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Experience**:

- 3 -5 years’ work experience in the 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 and SAP skills

**Additional Requirements**:

- Adhoc overtime work
- Stock count

**Competencies**:

- Attention to detail.
- Good communication skills.
- Building relationships and networking
- Able to function in cross teams.
- Problem-solving
- Planning and organising
- Time management
- Minimising risk