Job Description

Role Title: Production Planner Manager

Location: Virginia, Brisbane

Working Pattern: Office Based (1 days remote)

You’vebuilt experience, now use it where bold ideas meet real impact. At Opella,we’rechallenging how self-care works for millions of people andneedleaders and experts ready to shapewhat’snext. As an experienced Production Planner Manager,you’llbring your skill, yourcuriosityand your drive to make health simpler,smarterand more human.

About the job

Virginia Supply Chain Team is a passionate, diverse and high performing team, focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement to drive results.

Main responsibilities

The Production Planner Manager's role is to ensure an efficient and achievable production schedule is set to satisfy the requirements of the Industrial and Commercial arms of the business. Detailed capacity analysis work is to be performed to ensure the current and future demand plan can be met.

You will manage a small team of production planners and support the Plant Supply Chain Head in all their duties.

·Management of the daily work requirement of the Production Schedulers

·Working cross functionally with the Commercial Business on stock updates and requests to provide the right supply visibility in a timely manner

·Preparation and implementation of the Master Production Schedule via analysis of demand, manufacturing, engineering and business information

·Capacity Planning with Scenario analysis

·Achievement of Customer Service requirements and Service Level Agreements (SLA)

·Overseeing Finished Goods target inventory levels

·Conduct and document regular performance reviews and an annual review as well as regular personal / career development discussions with direct reports, in line with agreed Opella Performance Management Process

Health, Safety and Environment

Cooperate with Management to:

-Provide and maintain systems of work that are safe and without risks to both workers health and the local environment.

-Provide the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure the health and safety of employees, plus the local environment.

-Consult with employees about HSE matters so that they can contribute to decisions affecting their health, safety, and welfare, as well as initiatives to improve sustainability and reduce our environmental footprint.

About you

Experience

• 3+ years Production planning experience in Pharma or FMCG business

Soft skills

•Robust leadership and stakeholder management skills

Technical skills

•Constraints-based planning and scheduling

•Work Centre Capacity Planning knowledge

•Supply Chain Inventory Management

•SAP system knowledge (Essential)

•Advanced Excel experience

Education

•Supply Chain qualifications (APICS or similar)

Languages English

This is more than the next step in yourcareer;it’sa chance to lead change and help reinvent self-care for the world. Ifyou’reready to challenge, inspire and deliver impact that matters,we’reready for you. We are challengers. We are Opella.

About Us:

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the OverTheCounter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.  

Our mission is to bring healthinpeople’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.

At the core of this missionisour 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra,Buscopan,Doliprane,Dulcolax,Enterogermina,EssentialeandMucosolvan

As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active playersinthe journey towards healthier people andplanet Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com