About Us
Established over a hundred years ago, Takasago is a global leading company in the flavour and fragrance industry, having developed flavours and fragrances for some of the world’s most successful manufacturers of foods, beverages, fine fragrances, home, and personal care products.
For over 35 years, we have been a leading industrial producer of L-Menthol, using our core technology, asymmetric synthesis.
This technology enables us to produce unique, novel, and nature-identical aroma ingredients, and in addition, to manufacture pharmaceutical intermediates, functional materials, and other fine chemicals.
Takasago Group maintains offices, production sites, and R&D centers in twenty-seven countries and regions.
Responsibilities:
The Assistant Manager, Production Planning is responsible for ensuring the production of the right products, in the right quantities, at the right time, while optimizing the utilization of available resources. The role involves coordinating demand forecasts, material availability, production capacity, and customer requirements to develop and maintain efficient production plans that support business objectives and customer delivery commitments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain production plans and schedules based on customer orders, demand forecasts, inventory levels, and production capacity.
- Ensure timely execution of production plans to meet customer delivery commitments and business requirements.
- Monitor production progress and adjust schedules as required to address changing priorities and operational needs.
- Collaborate closely with Material Management, Procurement, Warehouse, and Production teams to ensure material availability and production readiness.
- Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to balance customer demand, inventory levels, and production capacity.
Facilitate effective communication between departments to ensure smooth production operations. - Analyze production capacity, manpower, machine utilization, and resource requirements to support production targets.
- Identify potential bottlenecks, supply constraints, and production risks and implement appropriate mitigation plans.
- Support optimization of production workflows to improve operational efficiency.
- Track and analyze production performance against planned schedules and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Prepare planning reports, forecasts, and performance analysis for management review.
- Utilize data analysis to drive informed decision-making and improve planning accuracy.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing productivity, service levels, and operational efficiency.
Contribute to inventory management strategies to maintain optimal inventory levels while minimizing excess stock and shortages. - Participate in process improvement projects and system enhancements related to production planning.
Qualifications:
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Manufacturing Management, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 to 7 years of hands-on experience in Production Planning within a manufacturing environment.
- Practical experience using SAP Production Planning (SAP PP) module is required.
- Experience in inventory planning, material coordination, and production scheduling is preferred.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including data analysis, pivot tables, formulas, and reporting.
- Good understanding of production planning concepts, capacity planning, and inventory management.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Experience in high-volume manufacturing environments.