Production Planner - Yara Porsgrunn

About the unit
Yara Porsgrunn is a major production site for Yara International. The plant produces more than three million tons of fertilizer yearly in addition to various products for industrial applications. The plant has three production areas; Ammonia, Nitric Acid and NPK/Calcium Nitrate and approximately 500 employees.
Yara Porsgrunn has an annual turnover of about 8 billion NOK.

The Production Planner is responsible for planning the NPK production including raw material planning for Yara Porsgrunn. The Production Planner has an overall coordination role regarding optimization of plant performance, coordination of activities and plants. The Production Planner will be in close contact with global planners and operational departments in Yara Porsgrunn. The position plays a key part in ensuring full utilization of our production, warehouses and ensure good optimization across different markets and products. The position reports to the Logistics and Optimization Manager and is localized in Porsgrunn

Responsibilities

• Production planning NPK
• Raw material planning
• Coordinate production and delivery planning via vessels/containers/trucks
• Warehouse planning for NPK and raw materials
• Administration and use of production planning systems
• Maximize capacity utilization and optimize the relevant plants production outputs.
• Back-up for other planners

Profile

• Background in chemical or industrial engineering or other relevant subjects. Bachelor or master’s degree is preferable
• 5-7 years’ work experience, preferably from logistics/planning or industrial production
• High analytical skills and good numeric skills
• High problem solving skills
• Team oriented and proactive
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to build relations with colleagues and key stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills, and fluent written and spoken English, in additional one Scandinavian language