Job Description

Responsibilities / Tasks

• Responsible for production planning and materials management with an aim to meet customer delivery schedule with optimum lead-time, inventory and utilization of workshop capacity.
• Define project schedule according to established manufacturing sequence and lead time.
• Periodic progress review, monitoring, tracking and updating projects progress as per plan. Proactively identify schedule and cost variations and take necessary actions.
• Organize and manage review meetings with internal stakeholders, group customers and manage correspondence.
• Identifying and resolving issues that arise during the project lifecycle.
• Monitor and align availability of inputs (drawing & materials) as per workshop loading plan.
• Advance planning and procurement of long-lead items to meet customer delivery schedule.
• Sub-contracting planning and procurement as per delivery schedule.
• Study build package/drawing set and define procurement strategy for all materials and accordingly define the material master in SAP.
• Study build package/drawing set and create multi-level manufacturing bill of material (BOM) in SAP according to procurement strategy and manufacturing sequence.
• Create Project, WBS structure and generate demands in SAP. Do material requirement planning (MRP) and generate purchase requisitions and planned orders. Release production orders for in-house manufacturing items.
• Allocation of available materials to project and utilization of inventory.
• Manage revision of build package and accordingly update the schedule, BOM, production orders and timely communicate to all stakeholders.
• Establish and monitor SAP parameters including safety stock and maintain optimum inventory of raw material and long lead items to achieve customer delivery requirements.
• Co-ordination with cross functions for smooth execution of assigned projects.
• Packing and dispatch planning and preparation of related documents.
• Contribute to various organization initiatives related to Lean, 5S, SOC, BBS, ISO, Digitalization, New Product Development, Lead Time Reduction etc.
• Maintain trustworthy relationships with all stakeholders and group customers.
• Experience and knowledge of SS equipment fabrication for Dairy, Pharma and Food applications.

Your Profile / Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Mechanical/Fabrication/Production Engineering with 8 to 12 years of experience preferably in production planning in fabrication industries.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of production planning and materials management in project driven make to order manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of project planning software MS Project and SAP PP, PS & MM Modules.
• Should be familiar with operational excellence tools like Lean, 5S, Gemba, Kaizen and ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001.
• Should have the ability to manage assigned projects / tasks independently.
• Positive mindset, quick learner, team player and customer centric approach.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills in English.

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