Production Scheduler

Our Company

We help our consumers to imagine and create better places and spaces in which to live and work. DuluxGroup's origins date back to 1918, with its original heritage in decorative paint for Australian and New Zealand homes. Headquartered at Clayton in Victoria, DuluxGroup operates 22 main manufacturing sites, more than a dozen distribution centres and more than 100 company owned trade stores as part of an extensive supply chain across Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, as well as Asia, the UK and Europe. Our Supply Chain is the heart of our success and is driven by our passionate, innovative people.

Your role

Join the Dulux team in Rocklea, QLD as a Production Scheduler and work with our close-knit team and the wider site to ensure we produce the right quantities of our speciality paint and solvent products each day.

Reporting to the Planning Manager, you’ll be responsible for the production planning activities for 1900+ SKUs made at Rocklea. This includes creating detailed production schedules based on the plant’s capabilities and maintaining product master data to reflect production routings. 

Day to day you’ll be:

• Setting the manufacturing schedule for the site
• Working closely with key stakeholders to ensure plans are achievable
• Updating and modifying production plan as changes arise
• Inventory management of stock levels around our national network of distribution centres
• Maintaining material Master Data and carrying out weekly reporting
• Multi-skilling around other planning roles to support the team when needed

Benefits

• Enjoy comprehensive, holistic health and well-being support, including our Wellbeing Hub and full EAP support
• Let us cover the gap for you, employees with private health insurance extras cover can claim up to $1000 out of pocket gap costs annually 
• Give back to the communities in which we live and work, with our “Community Action Day” and other programs
• 20 weeks paid parental leave (primary carers) and 2 weeks paid partner leave available from the first day you start working with us

Skills and Experience

This role will see you liaising with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, so you’ll need to have great communication skills, a resilient attitude and be a positive team player to succeed. You’ll also be driven to achieve and keen to learn.

To be successful you must effectively maintain production planning activities in line with achieving the results required by the business, focusing on safety, quality, cost and on time delivery. In addition you’ll need to actively contribute to the continuous improvement of the plant by supporting and improving systems and processes used for production planning.

Other key skills and experience include:

• Experience within a manufacturing environment or similar will be highly advantageous
• Production scheduling experience is essential
• Tech savvy – ideally ERP systems (SAP/SAP IBP) and MS Excel
• A tertiary qualification within Engineering, IT, Science or Supply Chain will be highly advantageous

In return you’ll be part of a complex and challenging environment where you’ll be supported to grow your skills and develop your career alongside a team of professionals.

Imagine a better place

At DuluxGroup, we believe in the power to 'Imagine a better place', and we want you to be a part of it!

You'll work with over 50 iconic, trusted household brands with a 100+ year history, have the stability of working for a global company and your work will have a real impact. Join us and be part of our growth trajectory as we continue to expand our business globally and innovate in our industry.

At DuluxGroup, we foster a culture of inclusion, diversity, and flexibility. We care about your wellbeing, and we prioritise your safety in everything we do. You'll work alongside people who value your unique perspectives and contributions.

If you're ready to join a compassionate and collaborative workplace, your opportunity starts here.