Responsibilities
- Support the Planning Manager in implementing production plans within defined limitations.
- Collaborate closely with manufacturing sites to ensure daily production targets are met proportionally and with procurement to secure timely availability of required inputs.
- Adjust production plans at the beginning of each Fortnightly Normal (FN) cycle based on demand, plant capabilities, and supply constraints for raw and packaging materials.
- Create unit-level raw and packaging material demand forecasts from product plans and upload them into the system for procurement use.
- Prepare and track raw and packaging material coverage at operational units, anticipate supply and consumption issues, and maintain preventive and corrective action plans.
- Monitor production output at the level of streams, products, and packaging formats.
- Produce and distribute daily reports to plant and planning teams for system health tracking, delivery updates, and issue logging.
- Engage with procurement and plant teams to identify, escalate, and resolve planning-related issues.
- Report on production outcomes and reconcile them with stock-keeping unit (SKU) variances.
- Create, document, and share weekly, fortnightly, and monthly production performance reports across the organization.
- Evaluate the feasibility of production plans against plant capacities, including emulsion and resin output, labor availability, and other resources.
- Assist in defining specifications for new products, shades, or SKUs prior to their inclusion in FN-level planning.
- Enable fulfillment of non-inventoried items and direct customer sales orders.
- Manage priority SKUs to ensure timely supply between distribution channels and manufacturing units.
- Coordinate supply for export requirements across international business units and plants.
- Optimize AIG production by balancing material efficiency with production scheduling.
- Understand real-time changes in plant production schedules, align them with demand forecasts, and serve as a liaison between manufacturing and supply chain functions.
- Identify and execute improvement initiatives related to automation, elimination of non-value-added activities, and other developmental projects.
