Sr Production Planner

The role serves as a key link between Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, and Customer Service

Key Responsibilities

Capacity Planning

• Evaluate manufacturing capacity and resource utilization by RCCP. Perform RCCP (Rough Cut Capacity Planning in Rapid Response.
• Identify bottlenecks and recommend solutions to improve throughput.
• Maintain labor constraints in Rapid Response and ensure constraints are loaded for 12 months rolling.

Production Planning & Scheduling

• Develop and maintain short-term and long-term (Daily, weekly and Monthly) production plans.
• Create and optimize manufacturing schedules based on customer demand, inventory levels, and capacity constraints.
• Monitor schedule adherence and adjust plans to address changes in demand, material availability, or production issues.
• Execute exceptional demand cleanup.
• Clean up Past Due Firmed Orders.

Demand & Supply Management

• Review CTB Tactical View.
• Review demand and collaborate with Demand Planning teams.
• Analyze supply constraints, update in Rapid Response and develop mitigation plans.
• Ensure timely availability of materials and components through coordination with Procurement and Supplier teams. RM Components to be reviewed as per Jolly Roger tool
• Support SIOP activities.
• Participate in SIOE Review meetings.
• Participate in Supply review meetings.
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Inventory Management

• Monitor finished goods, raw materials, and work-in-process inventory.
• Identify excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory and discuss corrective actions with store, demand planning, offering, finance team
• Drive inventory optimization initiatives.
• Coordinate with production teams to balance workloads across manufacturing lines.
• Review RM and Sub Assembly PFEP

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Analyze production performance and key supply chain metrics.
• Use ERP/MRP, Rapid Response to manage planning activities.
• Develop recommendations based on data-driven insights.
• Resolve routing validation issues.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Procurement, Logistics, and Customer Service teams.
• Ensure Headcount availability and approval from global as per the requirement
• Participate in HMX, continuous improvement projects.
• Support NPI, business continuity and risk management planning.

KPIs

OTFP (On Time to First Promise)

OTTR (On Time to Request)

Schedule Attainment

cMPS

CTB Adherence

Past Due Reduction

Inventory Reduction

Safety Stock Compliance

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management / Operations / Engineering/ Business, or related field.
• 5-10+ years of experience in production planning, manufacturing planning, or supply chain operations.
• Knowledge of Kinaxis Rapid Response, SAP, (MRP/ERP systems) 
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.
• Experience with forecasting, inventory management, and capacity planning.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.