Join one of Western Australia's leading print and packaging manufacturers and play a key role in keeping production moving from prepress through to dispatch. Crystal Printing is looking for a highly organised and practical Production Planner / Scheduler to coordinate production plans, priorities, lead times and workflow across our busy manufacturing operation. You'll work closely with customer service, prepress, digital, print, finishing and dispatch teams to ensure jobs are accurately planned and delivered on time. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys solving problems, managing competing priorities and working closely with production teams to achieve customer deadlines. The role also offers opportunities for career advancement for the right candidate.

About Us
Crystal Printing Solutions is a proudly WA-owned print and packaging manufacturer servicing clients across Australia. We produce a diverse range of printed packaging and commercial print products for customers in food manufacturing, retail, industrial and commercial sectors. Our continued growth has created an opportunity for an experienced planner to join our team and become an integral part of our production operations.

About the Role
Reporting to the Planning & Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating production schedules, managing workflow priorities and ensuring work progresses efficiently through each stage of production.

Key responsibilities
include:
- Creating and maintaining production schedules and manufacturing plans
- Coordinating workflow across prepress, digital, print, finishing and dispatch departments
- Planning production capacity and balancing workloads across departments
- Monitoring urgent jobs and reprints to ensure customer deadlines are achieved




- Confirming job specifications and production documentation are complete and accurate
- Liaising with supervisors regarding priorities, machine availability and production timing
- Communicating production schedules, delays and changes to internal stakeholders
- Coordinating outsourced work and related production requirements
- Supporting customer enquiries regarding delivery timeframes and production progress About You To be successful in this role, you'll demonstrate:
- Experience within commercial print, packaging, labels or manufacturing environments
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Ability to prioritise competing deadlines in a fast-paced setting
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- High attention to detail and problem-solving ability
- Confidence working with ERP, MIS or production scheduling systems
- Strong computer skills Highly Regarded
- Experience in planning, scheduling or a similar production coordination role.
- Understanding of production workflows and manufacturing lead times
- Experience with Quote & Print or similar print management systems
- Knowledge of estimating, production costing or procurement processes

What We Offer

- Secure, full-time employment with an established WA manufacturer
- Supportive team environment
- Diverse and interesting workload
- Opportunity to influence production efficiency and workflow improvements
- Long-term career opportunities within a growing business
- Competitive salary based on experience Apply Now If you enjoy production planning, coordinating workflow and helping manufacturing teams achieve results, we'd like to hear from you. Please submit your resume and covering letter outlining your relevant experience.

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