BatchVon - Manager - Production Planning & Material Control

General Summary: Our modular furniture factories are looking for Production Planning and Material Control professionals who will effectively be the brains controlling the operations of the plants. Candidates need to be hands-on and capable of managing production planning, production supervision, inventory control and manufacturing center of excellence. They must have experience in Automobile, Auto Ancillary, Fenestration, Special Purpose Machines or similar other technology driven manufacturing setups.

- They will perform planning activities required to achieve production objectives in the manufacturing facility by scheduling stage wise production, coordinating the flow of raw materials and interim inventory and prioritize jobs to meet the order dispatch schedules. Candidates will perform work operations within material standard operating procedures, policies and goals involving planning and scheduling, expediting, inventory control, customer order filling and release, and company billing operations. 

- They will develop changes where production control and related policies and procedures are inadequate, and ensure all required processes are documented and up to date and all assigned personnel are trained to the released procedures.

Employment Type: Full-Time at Navi Mumbai

Salary: Higher than Market and Commensurate with profile strength

KEY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE OF PPC MANAGER

Education Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical / Production Engineering from premier colleges of India.

Experience Requirements:

- 2-6 years production planning, scheduling, and material control experience in a modern manufacturing setup in India, with exposure to smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, IIOT and related concepts

- Effective written and oral communication (English is a must; knowledge of Marathi, Kannada would be an added advantage), organization, and interpersonal skills; ability to review and interpret concepts and to communicate necessary actions and requests clearly and concisely

- Good ethical and moral judgment

- Familiar with short interval shop floor scheduling

- Ability to be flexible in a dynamic work environment

- Working knowledge of ERP and MES

- Good knowledge of Bill of Materials/ Purchase Orders / Sales Orders / Work Orders and other documentation

- Attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, self-motivated, ability to handle high volume workload, and changing priorities in a high paced environment

- Ability to deal with ambiguity associated with any new venture

Other Requirements:

- Candidate must be good in production planning fundamentals, operations research fundamentals and modern production philosophies especially JIT / Kanban.

- Candidate must possess proficient computer skills especially in MS Excel and CAD/CAM

RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRODUCT PLANNING AND MATERIAL CONTROL MANAGER

- Plans, prepares, issues, and controls machine wise production schedules.

- Ensures Raw Material Availability to SOP replenishment levels by co-ordination with procurement.

- Develops and maintains reports relating to stage-wise performance of shop floor.

- Actively contributes to further development of production planning systems in support of business goals.

- Correlates planning and scheduling of orders with machine loading and labor availability to obtain optimum utilization of equipment, efficient allocation of labor, and on-time delivery of products.

- Reports major variances from plan to appropriate management personnel along with a course correction action planning.

- Advises management when on-time order delivery is in jeopardy.

- Dynamic Shop Floor problem solving to ensure that the production targets are met in the event of outages.

- Ensuring product is prepared in advance of dispatch date.

- Daily review of dispatch to ensure on-time and accurate compliance with work orders.

- Participate in cost reductions and productivity improvement programs.

- Work with the manufacturing supervisors, procurement and other departments to ensure schedules are maintained.

- Work on developing and continuously improving the production planning algorithms of the factory.

- Interact with all levels of the organization including direct supervision of machine operators and managerial staff.