Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.
Position Purpose
This position is responsible for creating and maintaining production schedules, optimizing resource allocation, and collaborating with various departments to meet production targets. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Job Description
Supply Planning / Scheduling (70%)
- Develop and maintain production schedules that meet customer demand, optimize resource utilization and minimize loses.
- Analyse demand forecasts, inventory levels, and production capacity to make informed production decisions.
- Collaborate with the production team to ensure work orders are executed according to the schedule.
- Monitor and adjust production schedules in response to changing circumstances, such as machine breakdowns or supply chain disruptions.
- Prioritize production orders to meet customer delivery requirements, considering order due dates and product specifications.
- Communicate production schedules and changes to various departments, including production, and customer service, to ensure alignment and coordination.
- Implement and maintain production planning software, tools and BOM to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Identify and resolve production-related issues and bottlenecks that may affect the production schedule.
- Ensure that efficiency standards are met in all production activities.
- Monitor and report on key performance indicators related to production schedules, on-time delivery, and inventory levels.
- Coordinate with procurement to ensure timely availability of raw materials.
- Attend (in person) Daily Integration Meetings as Planning representative.
- Attend weekly labour planning reviews for respective work centres.
- Attend monthly business reviews for area of control.
- Work with planners ensuring execution is as per tactical and strategic plans.
- Escalation of issues including variation in planned performance, purchasing performance, demand/ supply imbalance, raw material shortage.
Purchase Orders and Site Transfer Orders (15%)
- Manage Purchase Order through to delivery for specific vendors – Interco and External
- Monitor supplier performance and escalate non-conformance to buying/ procurement team
Other responsibilities include: (15%)
- Provide support to ther team members with leave coverage
- Participate in activities such as annaul stock takes
- General reporting for the ANZ business as required
Person Profile / Attributes
- Proactive: A proactive approach is essential for anticipating and mitigating potential production issues, which can help prevent delays and disruptions.
- Team Player: involves collaboration with various departments and teams. Being a team player and working well with others is crucial for success.
- Organized: An organized approach to work is necessary to keep track of production schedules, prioritize tasks, and manage resources efficiently.
- Sense of Responsibility: Production planners bear significant responsibility for the success of the production process. A strong sense of responsibility is crucial for meeting targets and fulfilling commitments.
- Customer Focus: Understanding the customer's needs and aligning production plans with customer demands is vital for ensuring customer satisfaction and on-time deliveries.
- Adaptability: The ability to adapt to changing circumstances and embrace new technologies or methodologies is important for staying competitive in the field of production planning.
- Stress Management: Production planning can be a high-pressure role. The ability to manage stress and maintain composure in challenging situations is a valuable trait.
What's in it for You?
- The chance to drive innovation and efficiency across the site
- Opportunities for growth and career development
- A collaborative & supportive work environment
If you are a motivated talent looking for a new career journey, then we want to hear from you!
Please note:
You must have permanent Australia work-rights to be considered for this job.
Requisition id: 50920
Relocation: No
Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
- Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at [email protected].
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