About this role
About the Role
Responsible for end-to-end production planning and scheduling for in-house manufacturing and co-packing partners, ensuring demand fulfillment through optimal capacity utilization, cross-functional coordination, and robust MIS reporting. Drives plan adherence, maintains inventory health, and supports service performance. What You'll Do
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Develop and execute daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules aligned with demand forecast and capacity
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Ensure production plan adherence, optimize changeovers, and improve scheduling efficiency
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Coordinate with co-packers for capacity planning, scheduling, and execution tracking
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Monitor co-packer performance (OTIF, yield, quality) and drive issue resolution
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Collaborate with Demand Planning, Sales, Procurement, QA, and Logistics teams for demand–supply alignment
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Generate MIS reports and dashboards (plan adherence, OEE, IRM, inventory, losses) for performance tracking
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Analyse deviations and conduct RCA for plan misses, downtime, and supply constraints
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Align production plans with RM/PM availability and maintain optimum inventory levels
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Support S&OP / IBP processes and provide feasibility inputs for new products and promotions
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Maintain accuracy of planning data and ERP master data (BOM, routing, line capacity)
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Assist with analyzing of standards change, processing standards changes, troubleshooting issues with collective orders, routings, or BOMs, adding new lines for changes to production, packaging flow thru errors, etc. What We're Looking For
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Strong interaction with internal stakeholders (Manufacturing, QA, Procurement, Logistics, Finance)
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External coordination with co-packers and vendors
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Direct impact on service levels, inventory cost, and production efficiency