Planning Engineer

Key Accountabilities:

• Develop, maintain, and control detailed production schedules aligned with the Master Production Schedule (MPS), customer demand, and delivery commitments.
• Ensure daily and weekly production plans are executed to achieve on-time customer deliveries and production attainment targets.
• Generate, release, monitor, and close production work orders, ensuring accurate allocation of materials to corresponding sales orders.
• Coordinate and synchronize production activities across different manufacturing sections to support delivery dates and optimal resource utilization.
• Determine production priorities based on customer requirements, capacity availability, material readiness, and operational constraints.
• Monitor schedule adherence, identify deviations or delays, analyze root causes, and communicate impacts to Sales and relevant stakeholders.
• Plan and control raw materials and purchased items by releasing, firming, deferring, or canceling orders in line with inventory status and demand changes.
• Maintain inventory levels within agreed targets, including safety stock control, while supporting uninterrupted production flow.
• Monitor inventory performance, identify slow-moving and obsolete items, and support actions for inventory optimization and reduction.
• Collect, analyze, and report key planning and supply chain KPIs such as Production Attainment, Loading Days, and OTIF to management.
• Resolve planning and scheduling issues through data analysis and cross-functional coordination with Production, Sales, and Procurement.
• Support continuous improvement of planning and material control processes through effective use and maintenance of MRP and planning systems.

Job Requirements:

• Years of experience: At least 2 Years of Experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree of Engineering (Production, Industrial, or Mechanical)
• Preferred Professional Certificates: (CPIM - ISO 9001 Principles - Root Cause Analysis Principles - Project Management Principles)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) – Intermediate to Advanced.
• Basic familiarity with digital forms, documentation, and online reporting tools
• ERP systems (SAP / Oracle) knowledge is preferred.