LEAD - Production Planning & Distribution

Key Responsibilities/What You Will Do

1. Demand Planning and Production Scheduling

• Collaborate with the sales and marketing teams to gather demand targets and use historical data and market trends to predict future product demand and plan the manufacturing schedules.
• Develop daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules based on channel demand forecasts and allocate production capacity based on demand, ensuring minimal downtime and efficient use of machinery
• Monitor production progress to ensure timely production and dispatch and adjust schedules to accommodate any delays, downtimes or changes in demand for optimum utilisation of capacities.
• Oversee the movement of raw materials and finished goods between manufacturing facilities and DCs.

2. Distribution Planning

• Monitor inventory levels at DCs and production units to meet continuous demand.
• Work with logistics teams to ensure efficient distribution of products across channels while allocating products to different channels based on their demand targets and business priorities.
• Track production, inventory, and distribution processes KPIs to identify and implement process improvements plans while enhancing efficiency and reduction in operations costs.

3. Risk Management:

• Identify risks for supply chain disruptions, production delays and proactively mitigate them through effective communication.
• Develop contingency plans for unexpected changes in demand or supply chain challenges.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the operations and production teams.

4. Reporting:

• Provide daily reports on production schedules, inventory levels, and distribution status to the department head, channel leads and senior management.
• Analyse performance metrics and make recommendations for improvement.

Qualifications & Skills/What You Need

• Bachelors degree / professional certification in Supply Chain or Production Management.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) system or any other
• production planning automation systems.
• Minimum of 3-4 years of working experience as a lead production planner in any big FMCG
• supply chain and overall experience in supply chain operations a minimum of 8-10 years.
• Should have working experience with any big FMCG brand in omnichannel D2C and
• distribution business, both.

Personality traits

• Technical proficiency to read, write and understand demand forecasting statistical models.
• Should have strong mathematical, operational, reporting and communication skills.
• Solution oriented and problem-solving mindset.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Team Player and should have the ability to influence decisions across cross functions beyond their own function.

You will feel right at home with us if:

• You have strong communication and collaboration skills.
• You are passionate about pets and love innovating.