Production Planner - - 40630 - Fletcher Building

General Information

Job Type

Permanent

Description

Who We Are

Stramit is “Australia’s leading vertically integrated steel manufacturer and total steel building material solutions provider” Part of the Fletcher Building Group employing 14,900 people across New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific. Our connected purpose is focused on ‘improving the world around us through smart thinking, simply delivered’ providing our customers real value.

The Role

We are seeking a driven individual to meet customer demands by coordinating the forward planning of our factory operations and optimise production schedules to ensure efficient processes.

This role involves close collaboration with various departments, including production and customer service to ensure manufacturing is scheduled and completed within agreed timeframes.

This is a full-time, permanent role based onsite at our Erskine Park Branch with requirements to be in the office Monday through Friday. This role will be part of our afternoon team, covering the hours of 11:00am - 7:00pm - perfect for those who want their mornings free!

Responsibilities include:

Monitor and optimise daily production and maximise capacity management.
Collaboration with customer service and other branches to prioritise and fulfil orders on time and to specification (DIFOTIS).
Support nightshift scheduling and ensure continuous plan adjustments using manufacturing reporting systems.
Maintain accurate data entry and ERP system updates.
Perform end-of-day tasks including report generation, label printing, and documentation coordination.
Communicate daily on key production impacts to customers, deliveries and shortages.
Balance production peaks and troughs to ensure consistent output.
Generate daily waste reports and identify raw material usage issues.
Oversee monthly cycle counts and inventory accuracy.

About you

High school certificate or Tertiary education.
Previous experience in data entry or a related field.
Previous experience with ERP/manufacturing software.
Experience in manufacturing or similar industry.
Understand customer needs and crafting clear plans to deliver exceptional results.
Collaborative and team orientated, skilled at partnering with cross-organisational functions to achieve outcomes.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Excellent planning, time, and priority management skills.

What we offer:

No matter who you are, if you have the drive and commitment to make a difference, you’ll have a bright future with us. You’ll be part of a supportive team continually finding better ways to do things – all aimed at making it easier for our customers to get the job done. We are proud to offer:

Parental Leave policy. Primary carers receive full base pay for 26 weeks or receive 50% of full pay over 52 weeks. Secondary carers receive 4 weeks of full pay.
5 additional leave days ‘New Parent Leave’ for primary and secondary carers during their first year back at work.
Strong Inclusion and diversity commitment to our team members including Gender affirmation leave (10 days), LGBTQ+ Rainbow Tick accreditation.
Full training, the latest technology, and tools of the trade to support your success at Stramit!
Gain access to training, growth opportunities, exclusive partnerships and discounts offered by Fletcher Building.
A Perkbox account - giving you 24/7 access to thousands of perks, benefits, discounts, wellbeing tools and more!
Free NAWO membership for all female employees.

Think you could be our next production planning expert? We’d love to connect and learn more! We’re excited to review your application and discover how your skills can help streamline operations and drive success at Stramit.