Production Planning Control Manager

Location: Dhāmnod

Job Description

Role:
Production Planning / Industrial Engineering Manager – Ethnic Ladies Wear

Location:

Dhamnod, Madhya Pradesh, approximately 70 kms from Indore
Department:
Production / Planning / Industrial Engineering
Reporting To:
Head of Manufacturing

Role Objective
The role will be responsible for effective production planning, Industrial Engineering, line setting, capacity utilization, productivity improvement, cost control and daily execution monitoring for ethnic ladies wear production.

The person should have strong garment manufacturing experience, especially in ethnic ladies wear, along with hands-on knowledge of the complete production process from fabric receipt to final packing and dispatch.

Key Responsibilities

1. Production Planning & Control
Prepare daily, weekly and monthly production plans based on order book, delivery timelines, capacity, manpower and material availability.
Ensure proper style-wise planning for cutting, embroidery, stitching, finishing, checking, packing and dispatch.
Monitor daily production achievement against plan and highlight shortfalls with clear corrective actions.
Ensure proper line feeding so that production does not get affected due to shortage of cut panels, embroidery, trims, fabric or other inputs.
Maintain production buffer as per business requirement and ensure smooth continuity of production.
Coordinate with Production, Cutting, Embroidery, Quality, Finishing and Dispatch teams for timely execution.

2. Industrial Engineering & Productivity Improvement
Apply Industrial Engineering methods to improve productivity, efficiency and output.
Prepare SAM, operation bulletin, manpower requirement, machine requirement and capacity calculation for each style.
Monitor line efficiency, operator productivity, WIP and bottleneck operations.
Identify low-performing operations and take corrective action through method improvement, operator allocation and line balancing.
Support productivity improvement through better workstation planning, style analysis and process simplification.
Track output per line, per operator and per style on a daily basis.

3. Line Setting & Line Balancing
Plan and execute line setting for new styles as per production priority.
Ensure machines, attachments, folders, manpower, operators and inputs are available before style loading.
Understand critical operations and ensure proper operator allocation based on skill level.
Minimize production loss during style changeover.
Ensure smooth movement of work from one operation to another.
Coordinate with Quality team during line setting to ensure first-time-right production.

4. Ethnic Ladies Wear Production Knowledge
Must have strong understanding of ethnic ladies wear production, including kurta, bottom, salwar, dupatta and related categories.
Should understand construction details, styling complications, critical operations, embroidery placement, finishing and quality requirements.
Should be able to identify production risks in advance and guide the team for smooth execution.
Experience in handling value-added and embroidery-based garments will be preferred.

5. Embroidery Planning & Coordination
Plan embroidery-based styles in advance to ensure embroidery does not become a bottleneck.
Coordinate with embroidery team for daily loading, output, quality and timely delivery.
Understand embroidery production flow, machine capacity, operator requirement and common embroidery-related issues.
Track embroidery WIP and ensure timely feeding to stitching lines.
Monitor embroidery output against plan and escalate delays immediately.

6. Costing, Rates & Cost Control
Should have practical understanding of garment rates, operation costing and production cost.
Review manpower deployment, productivity and output to ensure cost-effective production.
Analyze style-wise cost impact based on SAM, manpower, productivity and efficiency.
Identify areas of wastage, excess manpower, low output and process inefficiency.
Support management in rate analysis, cost optimization and productivity-based planning.

7. Process Knowledge – Fabric to Pack
Ensure complete process control from fabric receipt to final packing and dispatch.
Coordinate across Fabric,…