About the role
1. Production Planning
- Prepare daily, weekly and monthly production plans based on confirmed orders and delivery requirements.
- Review production drawings and order requirements before scheduling production.
- Plan production activities across CNC cutting, edge banding, drilling, assembly and finishing.
- Prioritize production orders based on delivery commitments, material availability and production capacity.
- Monitor planned production against actual output and identify deviations.
- Prepare and review Material Requirement Sheets (MRS) based on production requirements.
- Coordinate with Purchase and Stores to ensure timely availability of required materials.
- Identify material shortages in advance and highlight potential production delays.
- Track material availability against planned production schedules.
- Coordinate with relevant teams for material substitutions or urgent requirements when required.
- Track Plan vs. Actual production on a daily basis.
- Monitor order-wise production status and pending quantities.
- Identify bottlenecks, delays and capacity constraints affecting production.
- Escalate production deviations and coordinate corrective actions.
- Maintain accurate records of production schedules, pending orders and completion status.
- Review production drawings received from the Design team for completeness and production feasibility.
- Coordinate with Designers to clarify technical issues before releasing jobs for production.
- Prepare or coordinate cut-lists based on approved production drawings.
- Ensure required production information is available before releasing orders to the shop floor.
- Plan production based on available machine capacity, manpower and material availability.
- Coordinate manpower and machine requirements with the Production team.
- Identify capacity constraints and recommend changes to the production sequence.
- Support efficient utilization of CNC and other production machinery.
- Assist in balancing workloads across production processes.
- Coordinate closely with:
- Design
- Purchase
- Stores
- Production
- Quality
- Dispatch
- Design
- Conduct regular follow-ups on order status and production dependencies.
- Ensure timely communication of changes in production priorities and delivery requirements.
- Support smooth handover of production requirements from planning to the shop floor.
- Prepare daily and weekly PPC/MIS reports.
- Track:
- Production Plan vs. Actual
- Order completion status
- Material shortages
- Production delays
- Machine utilization
- Pending production
- Delivery commitments
- Production Plan vs. Actual
- Provide regular updates to the Production Manager and management.
- Maintain accurate production planning data in Excel/ERP systems.
- Identify recurring production delays and planning gaps.
- Suggest improvements in production sequencing, material planning and workflow.
- Support initiatives to improve productivity, production efficiency and on-time delivery.
- Maintain proper documentation and follow established production SOPs.
RequirementsRequired Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of Production Planning & Control (PPC).
- Good knowledge of BOM, MRS, cut-lists and material planning.
- Understanding of modular furniture/panel-based manufacturing processes.
- Knowledge of CNC cutting, edge banding, drilling and assembly processes.
- Ability to read and understand production drawings.
- Strong working knowledge of MS Excel for planning and MIS reporting.
- Experience with ERP/PPC systems is preferred.
- Exposure to IMOS, Cabinet Vision, CutRite or similar manufacturing software will be an advantage.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Bachelor's degree/Diploma in Mechanical, Industrial, Production Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or a related field.
- 2–5 years of relevant experience in PPC/Production Planning, preferably in modular furniture, cabinetry, interior manufacturing or a similar manufacturing environment.
- Candidates with prior shop-floor production experience along with PPC experience will be preferred.
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