Job Description

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India Foods Business is a full-service manufacturing and marketing unit comprising over 500 employees spread across over multiple locations across India. Our strong suite of products includes the Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Haagen-Dazs and Nature Valley brands in both direct-to-consumer and B2B channels across Retail, Food Service and Bakeries & Exports. We combine the capabilities of a global enterprise with the entrepreneurial spirit and cultural awareness you would expect of a smaller local company.
Job Title: Senior Executive - Production Planning & Control (PPC)
Location: Nashik Plant
Department: Supply Chain
Reporting To: Manager - Supply Chain Planning
Role Purpose
The Production Planning & Control (PPC) function serves as the nerve centre of plant operations, responsible for translating demand signals into executable production schedules, ensuring resource optimization, and driving end-to-end supply chain alignment. This role is crucial to balancing operational agility with long-term planning and is expected to drive excellence in service levels, cost efficiency, and inventory health.
Key Responsibilities * Production Planning & Scheduling

• Design and maintain a rolling production plan that aligns with demand forecasts, plant capacities, and inventory norms.
• Generate SKU-wise weekly and daily production schedules by line, ensuring optimal resource utilization and minimal downtime.
• Collaborate closely with operations, quality, and maintenance teams to validate feasibility and proactively manage constraints.
• Workforce & Resource Planning

• Develop manning plans in sync with production schedules to ensure adequate and trained workforce availability.
• Coordinate operator callouts and handle unplanned absenteeism with agility to prevent line disruptions.
• Plan Adherence & Stability

• Strive for high plan adherence by locking weekly schedules with minimal mid-week changes.
• Anticipate risks (material shortages, capacity bottlenecks, machine breakdowns) and integrate mitigation plans within the scheduling process.
• Daily Operational Execution

• Manage cold room capacity and inventory flow with strict adherence to FEFO/FIFO principles and temperature standards.
• Play a pivotal role in trial planning, changeovers, MRP revisions, and NPD rollouts, ensuring they are embedded into the production plan without affecting BAU (business-as-usual).
• Lead daily and weekly review meetings, surfacing critical callouts and driving cross-functional resolutions.
• Inventory & Quality Control Coordination

• Partner with QA to manage pathogen testing holds, root cause analysis, and salvage planning, ensuring minimal impact on production and inventory.
• Own SLOB (Slow-moving and Obsolete) inventory reviews; trigger rework, liquidation, or write-off actions where applicable.
• Drive disciplined WO closure practices to reflect actuals and clean up systemic discrepancies.
• MIS & Performance Reporting

• Prepare and publish daily/weekly/monthly dashboards covering key PPC metrics like MSP, OTIF and inventory health.
• Actively contribute to the plant scorecard by supplying reliable, actionable data and insights for decision-making.
• KPI Monitoring & Improvement

• Monitor and drive improvements across key PPC KPIs such as:

• Master Schedule Performance (MSP)
• On-Time In-Full (OTIF) order fulfilment
• Reduction in FG SLOB
• Establish control systems and root cause analysis frameworks to address recurring KPI misses.
• Long-Term Capacity & Material Planning

• Conduct Rough-Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) to identify medium- to long-term capacity constraints and guide capital or hiring decisions.
• Collaborate with the MRP planner to maintain robust MRP parameters, ensuring seamless raw and packaging material availability.

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Supply Chain, or related field (MBA preferred).
• 3-7 years of experience in PPC in manufacturing/FMCG/food processing industry.
• Analytical mindset with proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and MIS tools.
• Sound understanding of manufacturing workflows, inventory controls, and planning algorithms.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams under pressure.
• Discipline, accuracy, and problem-solving orientation.
• Exposure to GMP, food safety, or quality assurance processes (preferred for food/FMCG sector).

COMPANY OVERVIEW
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best -- bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.