Production Planner (Shift Work)

Job Description

At LEGO Manufacturing Vietnam, Production Planner plays an instrumental role in the key planning process of the Company, namely Flow of Finished Goods. This position is responsible to smooth the daily operations without affecting the plan of the next weeks.

Key responsibilities:

• Make detail plan to run each production lines in Pre-Pack, Final Pack factories in weekly basic, including change-over among different SKUs with best optimization.

• Check and confirm production plan to align with shipment plan and factory calendar that meet both Production’s KPIs and Company’s KPI.

• Closely monitor the output to ensure the execution by shift/ hours of the sequence of the Final pack, Pre-pack production follow the load plan which is released by planning team.

• Re-balance through the week the production plan (Pre-Pack, Final Pack) in a shift basis to adapt with master plan in SAP.

• Follow up the pre-pack plan, measuring and balance the manpower resource in terms of Pre-Pack Change overs.

• Control and proceed to fully utilizing usage of manpower, tooling/machine and time in each line/department to meet production schedule.

• Daily shop floor presence to clearly visualize the progress and problem of Production situation and quickly adapt in an ever changing.

• Generate report summary (Daily/Weekly/Monthly) that follows current standard format.

• Maintain stability in warehouse capacity through Pre-Pack Plan, focus on short planning horizon (2 weeks to 3 weeks continuously).

• Provide priorities to production area when an issue arises (absence of labor resource from production and maintenance, shortage of material, etc.) providing direction of which production lines need to be prioritized in the shop floor area.

• Alert to Materials Planning in case to have a shortage of material which is generated by a late delivery by a supplier, adjust the plan based on the best arrival date, advise the latest changes to the production planners.

• Daily follow up with the partners of the deviations which affect to deliver product on time (OTIF, Schedule Adherence, Accomplishment) by identifying the root cause and trigger actions.

Do you have what it takes?

• Graduated from College or University.

• 1 year experience in production planning processes including Inventory Analysis.

• Experience working with SAP.

• Fast response and problem solving methodology.

• Must be highly proficient with MS Office (excel).

• Have experience of Working in shift. Prefer candidate who is working in manufacturing industry.

• Good interpersonal skills, positive attitude.

• Able to communicate in English (speaking and writing) regarding planning scope of work.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

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