Production Planner

About This Role

Vacancy

Job title Production Planner

Department Manufacturing

Close date 30th Apr 2026

Location Jeddah

Job description

Job description- Optimize resources and the scheduling of resources to meet production demand.

• Maintain planning and scheduling horizons to ensure visibility to all production stakeholders i.e., customer service, sales and supply chain functions.

Responsibilities- Coordinating planning activities with Customer Service representatives, Sales team, and Supply chain to ensure that products are manufactured on given time to meet Customer requirements

• Ensure that committed production quantities are delivered on time and in full.

• Attend the daily demand meeting to update the CSD and sales on the production plan.

• Work with the materials planner to ensure that all raw materials are available for production to avoid production delays or disruption due to non-availability of raw materials.

• Ensure timely update of production orders on ERP to minimize variances and enhance supply chain material planning efforts.

• Use the sales forecast to prepare a long horizon production plan.

• Implement manufacturing strategy for planning of products based on their planning key

• (Critical, High, Medium, Low)

• Monitor and consider on-hand stocks of finished goods and raw materials while planning.

• Liaise with the maintenance planner to include the monthly preventive maintenance in the production schedule.

• Monitor the daily productivity and report any issues.

• Attend to actions related to slow or non-moving items.

• Improve M-OTIF, Monitor OEE and utilization per line & per station, monitor forecast accuracy and its impact on planning.

• Improve reworks of non-confirming products.

• Monitor and coordinate with supervisors to improve material usage variance (MUV)

• Follow-up of work orders from production cells and QC.

• Set self as an example to colleagues in punctuality, commitment, respect to work hours, and dedication.

• Carry over additional duties as assigned by the Production Manager or Operations Manager.

Skills required Essential:

Fluent in English

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal and leadership skills

5 years’ experience in production planning

Desirable:

Project management background or experience is a plus

Arabic speaking

Saudi national

Experience on production shopfloor in chemical industries.

Experience in S&OP planning

Educational requirements BSc degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing

Job role notes Key Working Relationships:

Internal:

Production Planner (Daily)

Production Manager (Daily)

Operations Manager (Regular)

CSD team (Daily)

Maintenance planner (Regular)

Material Planner (Daily)

Operations Staff (Daily)

Technical Staff (Regular)

HSE team (Regular)

External:

Visitors (as needed)