Production Planner
Givaudan · Cairo
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Production Planner - Your future position?
As a Production Planner, you will be mainly responsible for planning and scheduling production orders for manufacturing facility to achieve and maintain KPI targets (OTIF/OTAR , golden rules/best practices, SLOB, etc.). Based in our 6th Ocotber City (Cairo) site, you will report directly to the Planning Manager.
In this exciting role, you will:
- Follow the parameterization in SAP.
- Identify and resolve shortages through efficient scheduling to ensure an appropriate level of inventory following corporate standards.
- Ensure customer (internal and external) response on time, managing realistic daily plans considering capacity and raw material availability (MRP).
- Work under the standards of quality, safety and industrial hygiene and good practices.
- Identify and implement opportunities for improvement.
- Track production orders and escalate problems.
- Communicate and interact with relevant departments and business partners in order to solve issues.
- Achieve and maintain service level targets.
- Obsolescence Control (use of SLOB Tool for Inventory at Risk assessment).
- Review customer orders for raw materials resale demands.
- Resolve or escalate issues related to orders, working with production, customer care and regional and global affiliates as required.
- Produce daily, weekly and monthly status reports (e.g. COOISPI schedule, OTS, past due purchase orders) and distribute.
- Receive and record vendor confirmations, file purchase order documents, other duties as required. Work with materials planners and purchasing group to resolve vendor issues.
- Manage Packaging Supply.
You?
Your professional profile includes:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Foreign Trade or a related field
- 2+ years of relevant experience
- APICS Certificaction
- Experience using ERP / MRP systems
- Strong affinity to systems and analytical tools
- Fluency in English
Our benefits:
- Attractive package with benefits.
- Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.
- A creative team environment that will inspire you.
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.
Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.
Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.