As a Production Planner, you will be responsible for creating and optimizing production plans using the E-PPDS tool in SAP S/4HANA. Your main goal will be to ensure a balanced and efficient use of production capacity, enabling timely delivery of customer orders while minimizing production losses. You will work closely with multiple departments — including Supply Planning, Production, Quality, Maintenance, Injection Molding, and Internal Logistics — to align plans, identify risks, and continuously improve planning performance.

• Production Planning & Scheduling: Plan and maintain production capacity using the E-PPDS tool in S/4HANA, ensuring an optimal production sequence and resource utilization;
• Order Management: Create, release, and monitor production orders in coordination with production execution teams;
• Capacity Optimization: Re-schedule and adjust plans to minimize downtime, losses, and bottlenecks, ensuring a smooth production flow;
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Participate in regular production planning meetings to align with Quality, Maintenance, Injection Molding, and Internal Logistics functions;
• Supply Chain Coordination: Communicate with Supply Planning to manage material availability risks and adjust plans accordingly;
• Customer Prioritization: Collaborate with Customer Service Representatives to ensure customer priorities are reflected in the production schedule;
• Bottleneck Management & Escalation: Identify potential bottlenecks or blocking points and coordinate timely resolution or escalation;
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvement opportunities within the production planning process to enhance performance, flexibility, and reliability.