Nigel Johnson

Capacity & Production Planner | Materials Coordination | ERP Systems

Montague Gardens, City of Cape TownMember since October 16, 2025

Capacity planningMPSMRPBOM maintenanceDispatch & export documentationQuality controlSysproSageAccpacExcelWordAccessOutlookbookkeepingPastel Accountingexternal-data reportingExcel VBA

About

Production planning and materials coordination professional with manufacturing experience spanning capacity planning, procurement, inventory, quality and dispatch. Skilled in MPS, MRP, BOM maintenance and operational reporting. Currently coordinates local and export production at ROGZ using Syspro.

Experience

Capacity & Production Planner - ROGZ

Current role | Syspro

Plan production and create jobs by SKU/Lug for Beltz and Podz products, covering local and export orders and South African stock requirements.
Review WIP, allocate export orders against stock, and communicate shortages and dispatch dates to Sales, Warehouse and Dispatch.
Coordinate production and procurement on material availability and schedule progress; issue stores dockets.
Provide weekly Syspro production and inventory figures to Finance; coordinate pro forma communications and silver-box assembly projects.

Material Coordinator - PROPET SA

Compiled daily production and consumption reports and month-end stock, movement and WIP reports.
Performed cycle counts; raised Sage requisitions, generated purchase orders after approval and tracked deliveries.
Recorded receipts and issues, raised non-conformance reports and supported stocktakes.

Master Production Planner, Buyer & Dispatch Supervisor - Colcab / Colcoil

(2017-07 - 2023)

Syspro

Prepared weekly coil and fin-press schedules in Excel and Syspro; created sales orders, jobs and stock codes and captured production receipts.
Costed and maintained BOMs, stock-item data and drawing references; coordinated component buyouts and supplier orders.
Supervised dispatch, export documentation, invoicing and job closure; maintained copper stock accuracy and led monthly stocktakes.
Produced forecasts, order-book, margin, WIP and on-time delivery reports; supported ISO 9001 audits and continuous improvement.

Production Planner - Alpine Injection Mouldings

(2016-01 - 2016-08)

Sage Accpac

Planned injection moulding, printing and assembly; maintained dashboards and set order commitment dates based on stock and materials.
Raised requisitions, purchase and manufacturing orders; maintained BOMs, monitored schedules and participated in stocktakes.

Production Administrator - Propet Fibre

(2014-06 - 2015-02)

Accpac | Fixed-term contract

Updated shop orders in Excel and Accpac, checked stock, and compiled monthly production, chemical and polymer reports.

Production Planner - Vitafoam

(2014-02 - 2014-06)

Fixed-term contract

Planned production against sales orders and delivery dates; distributed back-order and stock reports, monitored schedules and supported stock counts.

Call Centre Agent - Vector

(2013-11 - 2014-02)

Earlier Contract Roles

Customer orders and returns.

Picker - Kalahari.com

(2013-08 - 2013-08)

Earlier Contract Roles

Stock picking, scanning and handling-unit transactions.

Administration Clerk - Vector

(2012-12 - 2013-01)

Earlier Contract Roles

Invoice verification and filing.

Quality Inspector - NGK

(2011-09 - 2012-03)

Earlier Contract Roles

Production inspection and administration.

Data Capturer - IEC

(2011-04 - 2011-05)

Earlier Contract Roles

Captured hard-copy information into the IEC system.

Production Planner - Bowler Plastics

(2006-10 - 2010-03)

Manufacturing, Quality & Planning Roles

Prepared two-week schedules for approximately 52 machines; used MRP, assigned promise dates, created works orders and processed production and stock transactions.

Master Data Administrator - Bowler Plastics

(2006-05 - 2006-11)

Manufacturing, Quality & Planning Roles