The Health Factory

About the Company
The Health Factory is a fast-growing Indian food brand redefining everyday staples through healthier alternatives such as zero-maida, high-protein, and clean-label bakery products. We operate across retail, D2C, e-commerce, and leading quick commerce platforms, with a mission to make healthy eating accessible, convenient, and scalable across urban India.
Role Overview
We are looking for a highly analytical, agile, and detail-oriented Executive – Production Planning to join our Supply Chain team. Given the short shelf-life and high-velocity nature of our products, our planning cycle operates on a tight, &amp; dynamic rolling window.
As the Production Planner, you will be the nerve centre of our operations—transforming volatile, real-time demand signals from quick-commerce and retail partners into precise, actionable production orders for multiple manufacturing plants. If you thrive in fast-paced environments where data meets real-time execution, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
1. Dynamic Demand Forecasting &amp; Estimation
<ul>
<li>Initial Benchmarking:
Generate and roll out the initial supply estimates every evening to give the manufacturing plants a baseline visibility.</li>
<li>Intraday Mid-Course Corrections:
Closely monitor real-time, incoming Purchase Orders (POs)</li>
<li>Predictive Adjustments:
Formulate and release at least
two revised rolling estimates
throughout the day. You will use historical data, day-of-the-week trends, weather patterns, seasonality, and upcoming festivals to accurately predict the final order quantum.</li>
</ul>
2. Final Order Finalization &amp; Plant Allocation
<ul>
<li>Hard Cut-off Management:
Reconcile all incoming POs exactly by the daily cut-off time.</li>
<li>Plant-Wise Allocation:
Convert the aggregated final order quantities into plant-specific production schedules based on individual plant capacities, geographical proximity, and SKU-wise efficiency.</li>
<li>Order Dispatch:
Ensure the final error-free order matrices are shared with respective plant heads and production teams immediately after the cut-off to kickstart the night production shift.</li>
</ul>
3. Data Analytics &amp; Process Improvement
<ul>
<li>Maintain and update the master demand-forecasting models to improve accuracy and minimize stock-outs or dump/wastage.</li>
<li>Post-facto analysis of forecasting vs. actual variance to identify patterns in quick-commerce (Blinkit, Zepto, Instamart) and modern trade behaviour.</li>
</ul>
Key Metrics for Success (KPIs)
<ul>
<li>Forecast Accuracy:
Minimizing variance between each estimate and the final PO quantum.</li>
<li>Fill Rate / OTIF (On-Time In-Full):
Ensuring plants receive exact data on time to maintain a &gt;99%+ fill rate for all dispatches.</li>
<li>Wastage/Dump Reduction:
Balancing supply precisely to avoid overproduction of all SKUs.</li>
</ul>
Qualifications &amp; Skills Required
Experience &amp; Education:
<ul>
<li>Education:
Graduate/Post-Graduate in Supply Chain, Operations, Statistics, Mathematics.</li>
<li>Experience:
1-3 years of experience in
Demand Planning / Supply Planning
within the
FMCG, Dairy, Q-Commerce, or Commercial Bakery
sectors (handling short shelf-life goods is highly preferred).</li>
</ul>
Technical &amp; Analytical Skills:
<ul>
<li>Advanced Excel Skills:
Must be highly proficient in data manipulation, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and building forecasting models. Knowledge of SQL or ERP systems (Odoo/Zoho) is an added advantage.</li>
<li>Predictive Mindset:
Strong understanding of how external factors (festivals, weekends, promotional events, seasonality) impact daily consumer buying patterns.</li>
</ul>
Behavioural Traits:
<ul>
<li>Thrives Under Pressure:
Ability to stay calm, focused, and mathematically accurate during the critical daily cut-off window.</li>
<li>Excellent Communication:
Strong stakeholder management skills to coordinate seamlessly between the Sales/Category teams and Plant Operations.</li>
<li>High Availability:
Comfort with a planning schedule that demands high availability.</li>
</ul>

Production Planning Executive (immediate joiners only)

Production Planning Executive (immediate joiners only)

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