Manager - Production Planner presso Apollo Tyres Limited

Apollo Tyres Ltd is an international tyremanufacturer and the leading tyre brand in India. The company has multiplemanufacturing units in India and a unit each in The Netherlands and Hungary.The company markets its products under its two global brands – Apollo and Vredestein,and its products are available in over 100 countries through a vast network ofbranded, exclusive and multi-product outlets.

Job Title: Manager - Production Planner
Location: Gurgaon
Reports to (Position): Vibhav Verma
Department/Function: SCM

Purpose of the Job: Responsible for production planning of select categories, ensuring proactive fulfillment of SKU demand across all channels. Monitors production performance against planned targets (tickets) and supports the function with daily, weekly, and monthly MIS reporting. 

Major Responsibilities: 
• Receive demand plan and orders from all sales channels + regions and convert this to production plan.
• Work with plant PPC to get the most suitable production confirmation against plan.
• Provide supply confirmation to sales channels based on available stocks and production plan.
• Monitor actual production against plan at respective plants.
• Work with R&D and Plants on manufacturing capacity and capability enhancement projects.
• Work with R&D and Product Mktg on New Product Development and map it to plants as per manufacturing capability.

Skills: 
• Stock Out% and Demand fulfillment.
• Production ticket adherence (%) & Inventory Control (%)
• SLOB inventory.
• Improvement Projects

Relevant Experience: 
• 3-5 years in Production/Demand Planning in multiple source environment. 
• Exposure to manufacturing environment is desirable.

Education Qualification(s): 
• MBA from a Tier 1 institute.
• Bachelor of Engineering.