Assistant Manager - Production Planning & Supply chain

Role & responsibilities

The S&OP Production Planner translates demand forecast into executable production and dispatch plans, ensuring alignment

between supply capacity and business demand. This role sits at the heart of the Sales & Operations Planning cycle and works cross-

functionally with Sales, Production, and Procurement, to deliver on-time, in-full service levels while optimising inventory and

operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

Own and drive end-to-end Sales and Operations (S&OP) planning, maintaining the production plan aligned to the consensus

demand plan on a rolling 3-month horizon.

Coordinate with the Sales team to build and validate the demand plan, and organize periodic S&OP meetings including

Demand Review, and Production Review.

Create a day-wise production plan cascaded across day, week, month, and quarter horizons.

Balance supply and demand by identifying gaps and capacity constraints; determine tradeoff decisions required and secure

sign-off from the Plant Head and Sales Director before execution.

Coordinate with the Procurement team to develop the RM procurement plan in line with the production plan.

Identify production risks and opportunities; escalate and resolve issues proactively with key stakeholders.

Generate and maintain KPI dashboards including production plan attainment, schedule adherence, OTIF, and inventory

health.

Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, tools, and data accuracy.

Interested candidate can share the CVs on [email removed]

Preferred candidate profile

23 years of experience in production planning or S&;OP in a manufacturing environment.

Strong knowledge of Sales & Operations (S&OP) processes, MRP/ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or equivalent).

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets

Excellent analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.