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Role/ Job Summary

The Manager, Production Planning Cells will be responsible for managing the Companys and customers production targets and expectations amidst a highly disruptive supply chain environment. He/ she will need to have strong interpersonal skills and be able to connect the dots to ensure smooth supply chain from start to end. He/ she shall be highly motivated with experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment to lead the Company’s Planning Team.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

Deliverable and Purchase Management 

• To analyse supply and global sales forecast as well as Company’s in-house demand to optimize production supply while ensuring highest profitability.
• Sustaining existing network & managing supply chain, ensuring timely distribution. Monitoring availability of stock,making appropriate arrangements to ensure on time deliveries
• Interfacing with cross functional departments for ascertaining procurement plans for packaging materials, raw

materials & production consumables.

•  Developing and implementing key strategies for the purchase of materials from sources; achieving cost reduction in procurement.
• Processing the requisitions, price comparison statement, releasing purchase orders for suppliers, arranging prompt deliveries and meeting the time targets to a maximum extent for packaging and other consumables 

Continuous Improvement

• To develop mid-term to long-term strategies, and to translate ideas into plans for Management team’s approval.

Product-mix Optimization

• To streamline and optimize high mix production.

Cost and Efficient Supply Chain

• To secure mid-term to long-term capacity forecast and cost-competitiveness from global suppliers.
• Planning of required materials as per production plan, forecast & BOM.
•  Controlling inventory through inventor control methods and maintaining appropriate level of inventory, identification
• of surplus, obsolete & scrap materials & disposal of scrap materials.
•  Managing the inventory levels thereby ensuring optimum use of inventory as per BOM.

Inventory Management

• To forecast inventory costs, establish inventory policies based on changing environments, and to balance between available raw materials and inventory costs.

Mentor

• Responsible for identifying and developing team members for succession planning. 
• Review and plan for training & development of staff after identification of training gaps.

Other

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications, Competence & Skills

Technical/ Professional

• Bachelor’s Degree in Technical Engineering/ Business/ Supply Chain
• Minimum 5 years related industry experience in high volume-high mix manufacturing and production planning background
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a managerial role
• Proficient in an ERP system, preferably SAP system (PP module) with good knowledge of supply chain, materials flow concepts and production planning reporting/ metrics

Technological

• Excellent knowledge of M.S. Excel and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of PV value chain
• MES (Manufacturing Execution System) and ERP knowledge

General

• Must be able to multi-task and able to communicate clearly all goals to all levels
• Highly organized and hands-on
• Highly fluent in both written and spoken English
• Team leader, self-driven and able to work under pressure with a sense of urgency
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced work environment 
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills

People/ Relations

• Energetic team leader with strong sense of responsibility and integrity
• Strong presentation skills – Prepare aesthetically-pleasing presentation slides and present to Management

Additional Advantageous Skills

• Interpersonal effectiveness – Build and maintain relationships at all levels of the organization and outside the organization that are based on mutual trust and respect
• Dynamic & committed with proactive working attitude
• Strong passion for improvement, organizational, analytical and interpersonal & people skills

Incase the below interests you, kindly share your CV to [email removed]

Regards,

Saraswata Biswas

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