Capacity Planning Engineer for Automotive TRIMS & Polymer Supply Chain

Mahindra And Mahindra Limited; Chakan; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited is seeking a Capacity Planning professional for TRIMS & Polymer domains. The role focuses on building a resilient supply chain through long-term capacity mapping and short-term mitigation strategies, coordinating with suppliers and internal teams to meet ramp-ups and SOP schedules.

The candidate will drive infrastructure development at supplier sites, oversee risk management, and contribute to digital capacity planning initiatives, ensuring delivery of parts as per

Qualifications

• B. Tech/BE in Mechanical or Production Eng, MBA preferred.
• 4–7 years of experience in capacity planning or supply chain within the automotive sector.
• Experience in APQP, PPAP processes and capacity development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead long-term capacity planning for automotive TRIMS & Polymer domains, including mapping and infrastructure enabling.
• Drive short-term capacity planning and mitigation of supply chain challenges across parts and suppliers.
• De-risk the supply chain by identifying alternate sources and coordinating with SSU to ensure ramp-up and capacity creation.
• Digitize capacity planning and monitoring via capacity planning tools to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with SSU, CDMM, PD, and SCM to ensure alignment with business demands and SOPs.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Influencing Skills

Project Planning & Execution

Risk Analysis

Supplier Selection

Pricing

Price Optimization

Supplier Risk Management

Sourcing

Strategic Sourcing

Benchmarking

Education

B. Tech / BE in Mechanical / Production Eng, MBA preferred

Job description

Capacity Planning _ TRIMS & Polymer Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

• Build a resilient supply chain for the Automotive Division through Long term Capacity planning and mapping:
  • a.Capacity assessment & planning for existing supply chain parts based on 3 years LTP
  • b.Action Planning for Capacity Shortfall mitigation for TRIMS & Polymer Domain
  • c.Enabling creation of required infrastructure at supplier end to meet demand through partnering with SSU/CDMM/PD/SCM monitoring at suppliers end
  • d.Ensure kick-off part development with close monitoring till SOP
  • e.SSU / SCM / SQE vulnerable supplier alternatives
  • f.New projects C/O parts capacity mapping (across Platforms cross commodities)
• Drive Short term Capacity Planning & supply chain challenges mitigation:
  • a. Identification of short-term challenges with Supply chain
  • b. Capacity enhancement on current parts
  • c. Quality related supplies issues (alternate sourcing / FTG corrections with current suppliers)
  • d. Ensure kick-off part development with close monitoring till SOP
• Ensure Close Monitoring of high risk projects requiring sharp ramp up to meet business demands
• Drive capacity augmentation, part availability with supply chain & SSU to ensure ramp-up for TRIMS & Polymer Domain
• De-risking supply chain - Identification of risk in supply chain, working along with SSU to identify alternate sources, Creating Capex budgets in line with the same, enabling VOBs & kick off capacity creation for TRIMS & Polymer Domain
• Digitization - Drive simplicity & efficiency through Digital Capacity Planning and monitoring (Implementation Capacity Planning tool)
• TRIMS & Polymer Domain Competencies:
  • Planning & Organising
  • Agile decision making & actions
  • Assertive Communication
  • Strong Business Acumen
  • Aptitude for technology
  • Relationship & Stakeholder Management
  • Review & Control
  • Analytical skills
  • Weld Line & FTG Understanding
  • Assessment of Shared & Dedicated capacity across supplier base
  • Capacity assessment techniques, Vendor assessment for capacity & development times
  • Arriving the Establishing FTG (Facilities, Tooling & Gauges) at supplier process to ensure products are delivered as per requirements
  • Development & Delivery of components across TRIMS & Polymer commodity through the development of FTG for capacity creation and Ramp-up
  • Product development through APQP, M&M requirements, MPDS process.
  • Knowledge & understanding of PPAP Process
  • Identify and eliminate the capacity constraints as per volume demand using method study tools (Man-Machine charts, deciding the online – offline strategy, low cost automation etc.).

Preferred Industries

• Automobile
• Farm Sector

Education Qualification

• B. Tech / BE degree in Mechanical / Production Engineering, preferrably MBA

General Experience

• 4 to 7 yrs experience (for smaller commodity we do consider GET/GATs with 1 yrs exp)

System Generated Core Skills

• Analytical Thinking
• Communication Skills
• Influencing Skills
• Project Planning & Execution
• Risk Analysis
• Supplier Selection
• Pricing
• Price Optimization
• Supplier Risk Management
• Sourcing
• Strategic Sourcing
• Benchmarking

System Generated Secondary Skills

• Negotiation
• Project Management
• Supplier Management