Head Production Planning Control

Role & responsibilities

Important Competencies for Head PPC

Planning Accuracy | Capacity Planning | MRP/ERP | Customer Schedule Management | Inventory Control | OEE | Production Monitoring | Bottleneck Management | Automotive Core Tools | IATF 16949 | Advanced Excel | MIS & Dashboard | Problem Solving | Cross-functional Coordination | Leadership | Delivery Management

For a Head PPC JD, I would particularly emphasize customer schedule management, capacity planning, RM planning, machine loading, bottleneck management, ERP/MRP, and 100% on-time delivery, because these are critical in sheet-metal auto-component manufacturing.

Key Skills

Production Planning & Scheduling

• Production plan preparation based on customer demand
• Daily/weekly/monthly production scheduling
• MPS and MRP planning
• Line loading and capacity planning
• Managing production priorities and urgent customer requirements
• Capacity & Resource Planning
• Machine and manpower capacity analysis
• Bottleneck identification and removal
• Capacity utilization improvement
• Planning for new projects and additional volumes
• Make-or-buy and subcontracting coordination
• Sheet Metal Manufacturing Knowledge
• Press shop operations
• Blanking, stamping, bending and forming
• Progressive/compound dies
• Fine blanking
• Welding and assembly processes
• Tool/die and machine capacity understanding

Automotive Industry Knowledge

• Understanding OEM/Tier-1 customer requirements
• Customer schedules and forecast management
• JIT/JIS concepts
• PPAP and APQP awareness
• Handling customer-specific delivery requirements

Inventory & Material Planning

• Raw material planning, especially sheet/coil requirements
• RM, WIP and finished-goods inventory control
• Safety stock and buffer planning
• Material shortage prevention
• Slow-moving and excess inventory control

ERP/MRP & Advanced Excel

• Strong ERP/MRP knowledge
• Production order management
• BOM and routing management
• MRP run and material requirement analysis
• Advanced Excel: Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, IF, dashboards
• Production planning MIS and KPI dashboards

Production Control

• Daily production monitoring
• Plan vs. actual analysis
• Schedule adherence
• Rejection and rework monitoring
• WIP control
• Dispatch and delivery commitment monitoring

Problem-Solving & Analytical Skills

• Root Cause Analysis
• 5 Why, Fishbone and Pareto analysis
• Bottleneck analysis
• Capacity-gap analysis
• Corrective and preventive action

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordination with Production, Quality, Purchase, Stores, Tool Room, Maintenance, Sales and Logistics
• Strong communication with customer-facing teams
• Ability to escalate critical shortages and delivery risks

Automotive Quality & Compliance

• IATF 16949 awareness
• ISO 9001
• APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC
• Traceability and production records
• Internal/external audit coordination

Cost & Productivity

• Productivity improvement
• OEE improvement
• Reduction of changeover time
• Inventory-cost reduction
• Machine-hour optimization
• Reduction of overtime and idle capacity

Leadership Skills

• Team leadership and manpower allocation
• Decision-making under pressure
• Prioritization
• Conflict management
• Training and mentoring PPC team members
• Strong ownership for customer delivery

Important Competencies for Head PPC

Planning Accuracy | Capacity Planning | MRP/ERP | Customer Schedule Management | Inventory Control | OEE | Production Monitoring | Bottleneck Management | Automotive Core Tools | IATF 16949 | Advanced Excel | MIS & Dashboard | Problem Solving | Cross-functional Coordination | Leadership | Delivery Management

For a Head PPC JD, I would particularly emphasize customer schedule management, capacity planning, RM planning, machine loading, bottleneck management, ERP/MRP, and 100% on-time delivery, because these are critical in sheet-metal auto-component manufacturing.

Preferred candidate profile

Qualification : BE- Mechanical