Production Scheduler

Production Scheduler

Come and join us at Danone's state-of-the-art production facility in Auckland! We have an exciting opportunity for a Production Scheduler to join our dynamic Supply Chain team.

Reporting to the Auckland Planning Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring our production lines operate efficiently and effectively. You will be responsible for developing and managing short-term production schedules, coordinating material availability, maintaining production orders, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to meet customer demand while optimising inventory and plant capacity.

This role is ideal for a highly organised and analytical professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and influencing outcomes across multiple stakeholders.

You will:

• Develop and maintain short-term production schedules (0-4 week horizon) to meet customer demand and production capacity requirements.
• Lead weekly production planning meetings and communicate schedule changes, risks and priorities.
• Create, manage and close production orders within SAP.
• Monitor production capacity and make recommendations to optimise line utilisation.
• Coordinate the timely availability of raw and packaging materials in partnership with the Materials Planning team.
• Manage packaging purchase orders and inventory levels to support uninterrupted production.
• Ensure batch allocations and recipe validations are completed before production runs.
• Maintain accurate production-related master data.
• Coordinate product rework requirements and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
• Support daily production meetings by providing updates on upcoming production plans and potential risks.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes and communication across functions.

You will have a tertiary qualification in Microbiology/Science or equivalent. You enjoy working in a laboratory environment and have a continuous improvement mindset and great initiative when it comes to supporting the team.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years' experience within Supply Chain, Production Planning or Scheduling, preferably in FMCG, food manufacturing or pharmaceutical environments.
• Experience working with ERP/MRP systems, ideally SAP.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work autonomously while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong planning, organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel and Office Suite skills.