Production Planning & Control Manager

What you’ll do

• Production Planning & Scheduling: Develops and prepares Monthly, Weekly, and Daily Production Plans and Master Production Schedules (MPS) based on customer demand and sales forecasts, balancing requirements against available capacity and ensuring adherence to production targets and delivery commitments.
• Demand & Capacity Planning: Analyzes customer demand trends, forecasts requirements, conducts capacity planning for all resources (manpower, machinery, testing, assembly lines), identifies bottlenecks, recommends corrective actions, and supports long-term capacity enhancement.
• Material Planning & Coordination: Ensures the timely availability of materials for production by coordinating with Procurement and Warehouse teams, monitoring shortages, expediting critical materials, driving material readiness, and maintaining optimal inventory levels.
• Production Control: Monitors daily production performance against plans, tracks schedule adherence and line productivity, manages production priorities, resolves planning conflicts, and ensures smooth workflow across all production stages.
• Inventory Management: Drives initiatives for inventory optimization, monitors inventory turns and stock health, works to reduce excess, slow-moving, and obsolete inventory, and ensures the accuracy of production-related inventory records.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborates extensively with various departments including Sales, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Logistics to resolve supply chain and production constraints and support New Product Introduction (NPI) planning requirements.
• You are:
• Educational Background: A bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Production, or Industrial Engineering is mandatory. An MBA in Operations or Supply Chain Management is preferred.
• Extensive Experience: Possessing 10-15 years of mandatory experience in Production Planning and Control (PPC) is crucial. This experience must include working in Make-to-Stock (MTS), Make-to-Order (MTO), and Configure-to-Order manufacturing environments, preferably within industries such as Genset Manufacturing, Power Equipment Manufacturing, Capital Goods, Electrical Equipment, Automotive OEMs, or Heavy Engineering.
• Core Technical Competencies: Must have strong proficiency in Production Planning & Control (PPC), Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Material Requirement Planning (MRP), Capacity Planning, Inventory Management, Demand Forecasting, and Production Scheduling. Experience with ERP Systems (Infor M3 knowledge is an advantage), BOM Management, and Production Reporting is also essential.
• Advanced Technical & Process Knowledge: Demonstrated understanding and practical application of Lean Manufacturing principles, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes are highly valued. Proficiency in data analysis tools like Power BI and Advanced Excel for KPI dashboard management and presentations is also preferred.
• Key Leadership & Soft Skills: Proven abilities in Analytical Thinking, Problem Solving, Planning & Organizing, Decision Making, Team Coordination, Stakeholder Management, and strong Communication Skills. The role also requires a Result Orientation and a Continuous Improvement Mindset.
• What you’ll get:
• A full-time role based in Pune.
• Competitive Compensation & Benefits
• Dynamic & Supportive Work Environment: Thrive in an innovative and forward-thinking culture that values your expertise and will foster professional growth.
• Accelerate your career with dedicated pathways for advancement, access to specialised training programs and ample opportunities for skill enhancement.
• Our people are can-do, positive, resilient and persistent. If that feels like you, apply now and build your career with the people bringing energy to the world.
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• Equal employment opportunity
• We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.
• We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.