Production Planner at JMG Limited

JMG is a diversified solution provider with a broad portfolio in power generation, electrical infrastructures, and industrial equipment. With over 20 years of experience in Africa and strong partnerships with some of the world’s leading brands, JMG combines global technologies and regional expertise to fulfill the African market's development needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Production Planner

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Brief Description

• In charge of developing effective strategies to increase production efficiency and output.
• Ensure products manufactured are produced in a cost-effective way that meets quality specifications and make sure that products are ready to distribute to customers in a timely fashion.

Duties

• Plan and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.
• Develop a production schedule detailing all tasks and when they should be completed to meet predicted completion date based on sales requirement.
• Create a better workflow that uses company resources more effectively.
• Create new initiatives that boost product quality, reduce waste, and increase profitability.
• Liaise with HOD to determine customer requirements on weekly basis.
• Use production specifications to establish lead time of operation (ex: Assembly, Pre-test, Testing, Post-test and Panel Workshop sections) for the guidance of production workers.
• Confer with section team leaders and supervisors to determine the status of assigned jobs if it is in line with the plan.
• Expedite operations that delay schedule and alter schedule to meet target.
• Request/Create job orders on weekly basis and request the corresponding Bill of Materials to be transferred according to the plan from Store to Assembly floor for production.
• Report finished jobs after production to store for consumption and inventory reconciliation.
• Monitor production progress to ensure timely delivery. Identify delays and accordingly adjust schedules to meet deadlines.
• Reconcile the production warehouse and Open Job order ( MO ) on weekly basis for both extra/shortages materials
• Follow up on shortages materials with purchase/stores to get it solved in time avoiding waste of production.
• Evaluate current production processes and recommend improvements.
• Ensure strict compliance with standard operation procedures to minimize waste/scrap.
• Prepare production reports.
• Take up IMS responsibilities such as reporting unsafe act, condition or procedure in the work place, participating in fire or emergency drill at work, participating in incident reporting and investigation when necessary and adherence to Company policies

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical, Electrical or equivalent.
• Min. 3 - 5 years of proven work experience as a production planner.
• Strong planning/scheduling experience is required and preferably in a high volume made to order manufacturing environment.

Competencies:

• Strong understanding of manufacturing resource planning
• Excellent knowledge of production quality control principles
• Strong Knowledge of Quality System Procedure and SOP’s
• Experienced in working within ISO Guidelines
• Experience in production control, planning, inventory control and materials
• Strong project management skills
• Strong resource planning, scheduling and optimization
• Excellent coordination and team work skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent planning and organizing skills
• Highly enthusiastic
• Able to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
• Strong reporting skills
• Strong problem solving skills
• Highly attentive to details
• Strong MS. Office skills, Primavera
• Strong ERP knowledge and experience.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: F.esawe@jmglimited.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.