Production Planning and Control Engineer

Position: Assistant Manager PPC
Department: Production Planning & Control
Location: Pune
Industry: Automotive / Auto Components – 4-Wheeler Lighting
Reporting To: Plant Head / PPC Head

Job Purpose

To manage capacity planning, production scheduling, material planning and supplier coordination to ensure uninterrupted production, optimum inventory levels, and 100% on-time customer delivery.

Key Responsibilities

1. Daily Planning & Execution

• Prepare and monitor capacity planning for N+3 months across the plant based on customer demand and available capacity.
• Prepare and execute internal production plans in line with customer requirements.
• Take proactive actions to achieve 100% on-time customer supply and prevent delivery failures.
• Define and monitor safety stock levels as per company norms to ensure uninterrupted customer supply.
• Plan and schedule child-part requirements, including in-house, bought-out and imported components.
• Monitor plan vs. actual production, identify gaps, and coordinate corrective actions with Production and other functions.
• Coordinate with Production, Quality, Stores, Purchase and Engineering to ensure smooth execution of the production plan.
• Ensure compliance with applicable IATF 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, Customer Audit and EHS requirements related to PPC activities.
• Ensure timely creation, correction and updation of SAP master data as per business and planning requirements.

2. Supplier Part Procurement & Planning

• Prepare and monitor supplier part planning for domestic and imported components based on production and customer requirements.
• Ensure on-time procurement and availability of supplier parts to support production and customer deliveries.
• Monitor and maintain safety stock for Y & Z category parts as per defined norms.
• Ensure timely release of Purchase Orders (POs) to respective suppliers based on material requirements.
• Follow up with suppliers for PO commitments, delivery schedules, shortages and critical parts.
• Manage the Supplier Portal, including forecasts, schedules, delivery commitments and supplier-related transactions.
• Coordinate with Purchase and suppliers to resolve material shortages and delivery issues.
• Ensure timely correction and updation of supplier-related master data in SAP.

3. Inventory & Material Control

• Monitor RM, child parts, WIP and finished-goods inventory against defined norms.
• Identify excess, shortage and slow-moving inventory and initiate corrective actions.
• Optimize inventory while ensuring continuous production and customer supply.
• Monitor critical and long-lead-time components and establish appropriate planning actions.

4. MIS & Performance Monitoring

• Prepare and maintain PPC MIS, planning reports and management dashboards.
• Monitor key performance indicators such as Customer OTD, Plan vs. Actual, Inventory, Material Availability, Supplier OTD and Schedule Adherence.
• Escalate critical shortages, capacity constraints and potential delivery risks to management.

Candidate Profile

• Qualification: B.E./B.Tech/Diploma in Mechanical / Production / Industrial Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience: 5–10 years of relevant experience in PPC, production planning, material planning or supply-chain functions, preferably in the automotive / auto-component industry.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, capacity planning, material planning, MRP and inventory control.
• Hands-on experience with SAP, preferably in PPC/MM-related activities.
• Good understanding of BOM, child parts, bought-out parts, imported components, safety stock and supplier planning.
• Strong analytical, communication, coordination and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a customer-driven, high-volume manufacturing environment.

Key Skills

PPC | Production Planning | Capacity Planning | Material Planning | MRP | SAP/ERP | Inventory Control | Supplier Planning | Supplier Coordination | Production Scheduling | Child Part Planning | Domestic & Import Procurement | Safety Stock | Purchase Order Management | Supplier Portal | Customer OTD | Plan vs. Actual | Automotive Manufacturing | Auto Components | MIS | IATF 16949