CopRice is the animal foods division of SunRice and is a leading supplier of nutrition products to the companion animal and livestock sectors. CopRice has been supplying quality feeds for animals for over 30 years across 6 sites in NSW and VIC. Over 2,100 employees, 30 brands, an unrelenting focus on innovation, and a commitment to our people, our communities and environment, we’re SunRice – an iconic Australian company and a great place to work. SunRice Group provides a real opportunity for passionate people to make a difference.
About The Role
Great permanent prospect to join CopRice in Leeton. As a Site Production Planner your responsibility is to develop and manage a production schedule aligned with the master production plan. You will assign production activities to minimize inventory holding costs, enhance manufacturing efficiency and ensure on-time delivery, while meeting service level commitments for internal and external customers.
Your Duties And Responsibilities Will Include
- Production Scheduling: develop and maintain detailed production schedules aligned with the master production plan.
- Capacity & Resource Planning: assess plant capacity and allocate resources (machines, labor, materials) effectively, and recommend shift patterns, overtime, and staffing adjustments to meet demand.
- Inventory Management: monitor raw material and finished goods inventory levels.
- Coordination & Communication: liaise with procurement, warehouse, and operations teams to ensure material availability.
- Performance Monitoring, Continuous Improvement and Risk & Contingency Planning.
About You
Bring your problem-solving skills and solutions mindset to this interesting and multi-faceted role. You will have strong communication and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to influence outcomes across departments. Your analytical and data-focused approach will set you up for success.
You Will Have
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in FMCG manufacturing environment.
- Solid understanding of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Proficiency in Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems (SAP preferred).
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including basic formulas and data handling.
- Working knowledge of SAP for production planning and inventory control.
- 5+ years’ experience in production planning and scheduling (desirable).
- End-to-end supply chain knowledge, from procurement to distribution (desirable).
- Experience in DIFOT (Delivery in Full, On Time) performance management and reporting (desirable).
- Strong understanding of world-class production practices, inventory control, and optimization techniques (desirable).
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operations, or related field (desirable).
Key Perks Include
- Corporate discounts across gym memberships, Bupa Health insurance, travel, car rental and home removalists.
- Access to staff allowances of SunRice products weekly.
- Banking benefits with our partnership with CommBank.
If you are ready for the next step in your career and this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply below! All correspondence will be dealt with in strict confidence.
SunRice is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SunRice will consider qualified applicants for employment based on their merit, individual skills, qualifications and other appropriate criteria relevant to the role for which they are applying.
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