Senior Executive Technical

Senior Executive Technical

Responsible for end‑to‑end production planning and scheduling for in-house manufacturing and co‑packing partners, ensuring demand fulfilment through optimal capacity utilization, strong cross‑functional coordination, and robust MIS reporting while driving plan adherence, inventory health, and service performance.

• Develop and execute daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules aligned with demand forecast and capacity.
• Ensure production plan adherence, optimize changeovers, improve scheduling efficiency, coordinate with co‑packers for capacity planning, scheduling, and execution tracking, monitor co‑packer performance (OTIF, yield, quality), and drive issue resolution.
• Collaborate with Demand Planning, Sales, Procurement, QA, and Logistics teams for demand‑supply alignment.
• Generate MIS reports and dashboards (plan adherence, OEE, IRM, inventory, losses) for performance tracking.
• Analyse deviations and conduct RCA for plan misses, downtime, and supply constraints; align production plans with RM/PM availability and maintain optimum inventory levels.
• Support S&OP / IBP processes and provide feasibility inputs for new products and promotions.
• Maintain accuracy of planning data and ERP master data (BOM, routing, line capacity).
• Assist with analyzing standards change, processing standards changes, troubleshooting issues with collective orders, routings, or BOMs, adding new lines for changes to production, packaging flow thru errors, etc.

• Strong interaction with internal stakeholders (Manufacturing, QA, Procurement, Logistics, Finance) and external coordination with co‑packers and vendors.
• Direct impact on service levels, inventory cost, and production efficiency.
• Moderate influence on planning decisions and execution priorities.

• Production planning & scheduling expertise.
• Strong analytical and MIS capabilities (Excel, Power BI preferred).
• ERP/planning tools knowledge (SAP PP/APO/IBP, Planet Together, Kinaxis or equivalent).
• Problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.
• Stakeholder management and communication.
• High attention to data accuracy and discipline.

• 5–8 years with exposure to co‑packers / 3P manufacturing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Supply Chain / Operations; MBA / PGDM preferred.

FMCG / Food & Beverage