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Eaton Corporation Assistant Manager -Planning in Ranjangaon, India
Job Description
A Production Planner, or Production Scheduler, manages the scheduling and timeliness of the production process to ensure the company meets all deadlines. Their duties include managing material and equipment availability, scheduling production and monitoring the production process for problems.
Production planning and control focuses primarily on ensuring that the manufacturing process successfully completes orders on time and reducing lead times. This ensures that customer orders are fulfilled on time and within a short time frame and will improve customer satisfaction.
A manufacturing planner is responsible for keeping a production schedule on track. As a manufacturing planner, your job duties include developing a master schedule in consultation with management, ensuring all materials are stocked, and overseeing the workflow of the production facility.
production schedulers, production planners develop daily or weekly production schedules to ensure that production deadlines are met. They determine material, equipment, and labor requirements, prepare status and performance reports, and resolve production issues.
Plan and organize production workflow for one or multiple products. Review and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay. Estimate project needs of manpower٫ equipment and raw materials. Set goals٫ tasks and priorities for workers and other staff.
Set up and maintain tracking mechanisms to measure and report on the Delivery performance, identify areas for improvement, and adjust materials/manufacturing strategies accordingly.
Plan resources, arrangements & allocation of resources as per Capacity and Customer demand. Ensures logical sequencing of plan based on resources.
Monitors customer schedules Vs Inhouse schedules Vs. Material shortages on daily basis & highlights anticipated delays/Deviations in advance
Analyze the gaps between the planned vs actual and highlight the areas needing attention for the action
Production planning KPI is a measurable metric used to evaluate and assess the performance and effectiveness of production planning processes within a business or manufacturing environment.
A Production Planner, or Production Scheduler, manages the scheduling and timeliness of the production process to ensure the company meets all deadlines. Their duties include managing material and equipment availability, scheduling production and monitoring the production process for problems.
Production planning and control focuses primarily on ensuring that the manufacturing process successfully completes orders on time and reducing lead times. This ensures that customer orders are fulfilled on time and within a short time frame and will improve customer satisfaction.
A manufacturing planner is responsible for keeping a production schedule on track. As a manufacturing planner, your job duties include developing a master schedule in consultation with management, ensuring all materials are stocked, and overseeing the workflow of the production facility.
production schedulers, production planners develop daily or weekly production schedules to ensure that production deadlines are met. They determine material, equipment, and labor requirements, prepare status and performance reports, and resolve production issues.
Plan and organize production workflow for one or multiple products. Review and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay. Estimate project needs of manpower٫ equipment and raw materials. Set goals٫ tasks and priorities for workers and other staff.
Set up and maintain tracking mechanisms to measure and report on the Delivery performance, identify areas for improvement, and adjust materials/manufacturing strategies accordingly.
Plan resources, arrangements & allocation of resources as per Capacity and Customer demand. Ensures logical sequencing of plan based on resources.
Monitors customer schedules Vs Inhouse schedules Vs. Material shortages on daily basis & highlights anticipated delays/Deviations in advance
Analyze the gaps between the planned vs actual and highlight the areas needing attention for the action
Production planning KPI is a measurable metric used to evaluate and assess the performance and effectiveness of production planning processes within a business or manufacturing environment.
Role:
Order Management: Ensure daily order booking aligns with raw material availability and update status against the plan.
Daily/Weekly/Monthly Assembly Planning: Declare assembly plans at the start of each month based on past dues, customer urgencies, material availability, and manufacturing capacity.
Weekly Planning Coordination: Coordinate with Material and Supply chain departments to schedule weekly assembly plans in alignment with monthly production plans.
Monitor Daily Meetings: Attend daily assembly board meetings and align actions for stores/packing for material issues and QA for inspection priorities.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with in-house, subcontracting, supply chain and Quality to fulfill weekly assembly loading plans and address day-to-day issues in planning and execution. Focus on past due orders and address customer urgencies ensuring manufacturing activities aligning with third-party inspection notifications in line with the build plan.
Performance Monitoring: Monitor weekly assembly loading plans, analyze plan versus actual performance, take corrective actions as needed, and strive to maintain uniform daily build rates with maximum efficiency.
Ensure the system health to be maintained consistently.
Coordinate production workflow for one or multiple products
Plan and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay
Determine manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover production demand
Schedule shift according to production needs
Monitor jobs to ensure they will finish on time and within budget
Address issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption
Obtain output information (number of finished products, percentage of defectives etc.)
Prepare and submit status and performance reports
Collaborate with quality control, Materials, warehouse, engineering, SCM, and all other Functions
Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
Understanding of manufacturing processes and production planning concepts.
Experience with advanced ERP systems, especially Baan ERP, will be an advantage. Knowledge of advanced Excel.
Good at math and statistics
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, Excellent communication abilities
Capable of describing and documenting overall production planning strategies.
Contribute to and help maintain the planning framework for various types of production planning (material requirements planning, capacity planning, inventory management) across multiple manufacturing processes (in-house, subcontracting, and supply chain).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Skills:
Proven experience as production planner, Minimum 5-7 years of experience in production planning within a manufacturing environment, preferably in Automotive manufacturing or a similar industry.
Proficiency in ERP systems, for production planning and inventory management. Hands-on experience in excel.
Strong working experience with Microsoft office Tools (Word, Excel, Power point…), Visual Macro Excel proficiency will be added advantage.
Strong understanding of material requirements planning (MRP) and supply chain management.
Experience in coordinating with multiple departments to ensure seamless production planning and execution.
Analytical skills to monitor and improve production plans and processes.
Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with various teams, including materials, stores, quality, and assembly.
Problem-solving skills to address and resolve planning and scheduling issues promptly.
Ability to maintain a high level of organization and attention to detail to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. Understanding of S&OP (SIOP) is a must.
Strong understanding of Safety stock, Min-Max logic methodology, Demand management