A clothing company based in Kloof has a vacancy for an enthusiastic planner on a permanent full day basis to co-ordinate between Kloof and Newcastle, to facilitate smooth transition from pre-production to production and relieve pressure and improve communication between both offices.
Job requirements:
- Must be proactive and have a positive outlook on life.
- Willing to learn and go the extra mile.
- Be customer oriented.
- Excellent telephonic, written and communication skills (be highly administrative).
- Good organizational skills (time management etc.).
- Big heart.
- A can do attitude.
- Outgoing and confident.
- Fully computer literate.
- Multi task.
- Handle well under pressure.
- Meet deadline.
- Initiative.
- Follow through.
- Energetic.
- Work well in a team.
- Accurate.
- Good communication skills.
- 5 Min years’ experience in clothing industry.
- Pressurised environment so takes someone with developed skills to cope.
- Starting date for correct candidate: as soon as possible.
- Salary commensurate with experience.
- If you have not had any correspondence within 14 days please deem your application as unsuccessful.
Job responsibilities:
- Draw up and email weekly delivery updates to customers.
- Create Marker/Package issue plan to Newcastle from Kloof and co-ordinate flow.
- Ensure all components for packages for Newcastle are sent timeously and complete
- Maintain and update Production schedule with all relevant information e.g. fabric details, O/No etc., Sample approvals, Lab reports etc.
- Look at overdue and outstanding dates and follow up with relevant staff accordingly.
- Flag potential problematic styles by cross referencing style x delivery x units x fabric delivery x Sample x QA etc. and alert department.
- Daily meeting with staff to ensure targeted dates are met.
- Liaise with Newcastle Planner on daily basis about Fabric Delivery, New items added onto and cancelled off Production Schedule, status of Production packages to Newcastle and any
- Newcastle updates.
