Production Planner Manager

• Location: Virginia, Brisbane

• Grow your leadership skills

• Exposure to senior stakeholders

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.​

Our mission: to bring health in people's hands by making self-care as simple as it should be for over half a billion consumers worldwide.​

At the core of this mission is our 100+ loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and four specialized science and innovation development centers. ​

Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world's most loved brands, including Natures Own, Cenovis, Ostelin, Telfast, Buscopan and Bisolvon.

B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet.​

Find out more about our mission to bring health in your hands at ​

About the role

The Production Planner Manager sits within the Virginia Supply Chain Team is a passionate, diverse and high performing team, focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement to drive results.

The Senior Production Planner's role is to ensure an efficient and achievable production schedule is set to satisfy the requirements of the Industrial and Commercial arms of the business. Detailed capacity analysis work is to be performed to ensure the current and future demand plan can be met. You will manage a small team of production planners and support the Plant Supply Chain Head in all their duties.

Main responsibilities

• Management of the daily work requirement of the Production Schedulers

• Working cross functionally with the Commercial Business on stock updates and requests to provide the right supply visibility in a timely manner

• Preparation and implementation of the Master Production Schedule via analysis of demand, manufacturing, engineering and business information

• Capacity Planning with Scenario analysis

• Achievement of Customer Service requirements and Service Level Agreements (SLA)

• Overseeing Finished Goods target inventory levels

• Conduct and document regular performance reviews and an annual review as well as regular personal / career development discussions with direct reports, in line with agreed Opella Performance Management Process

About you

Qualifications:

• Relevant studies in Supply Chain or APICS preferred

Experience:

• 5+ years Production planning experience in a fast paced FMCG or retail business

• Proven examples of robust leadership and stakeholder management

Technical and Soft skills:

• High level communication, leadership and people management skills

• Constraints-based planning and scheduling

• Work Centre Capacity Planning knowledge

• Supply Chain Inventory Management

• SAP system knowledge (preferred)

• Advanced Excel experience

Why us?

At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

We Are Challengers.

We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:

All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.

Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.

Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.

Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.