Production Planning Specialist

The opportunity:

How you’ll make an impact:

• Own capacity planning and management framework. Maintain and follow‑up accurate capacity utilization by period of each work center and/or control points. Provide them visible to S&OP as well as Master Scheduling process.
• Own and maintain the capacity/loading measurement of each work center/resource. Ensure the accurate planning data of operations (duration, standard labor time…) for accurate capacity/loading evaluation and operations scheduling (of each order/design/period).
• Convert Master Production Schedule into feasible finite schedules by work center together with other secondary constraints as soon as receive the MPS schedule and give feedback to Master Scheduler.
• Balance load across bottleneck and non‑bottleneck resources. Manage the Assembly Buffer and Bottleneck Buffer.
• Maintain Master Data of routing, work center, and capacity setup, calendars in SAP. Follow‑up Production Order Management in SAP.
• Manage detailed and minor re‑scheduling for delays, breakdowns, and priority changes.
• Prepare and update short‑term production plans including Resource Readiness and Material Availability Check.
• Monitor the planned input, actual input, planned output, actual output at each control point. Give the feedback of execution to Master Schedule. Periodically review the planning parameters based on input/output control data.
• Publish capacity utilization and schedule adherence by period. Planned and actual performance reports.

Your background:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations, energy or heavy industry preferred.
• Hands‑on experience with ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and production planning tools.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and data‑driven decision‑making skills; advanced Excel proficiency.
• Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration skills; able to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Fluent in English; knowledge of Lean/Continuous Improvement methodologies is advantageous.