Capacity Planning _ TRIMS & Polymer

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited; Chakan; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited seeks a seasoned supply chain professional to drive capacity planning for the Automotive Division. You will map long-term capacity, coordinate infrastructure at supplier sites, and monitor ramp-up to SOP across TRIMS and Polymer domains.

You will also lead short-term supply chain mitigation, identify risks, and enable agile decision making with SSU, SDMM and cross-functional teams, ensuring reliable part availability and cost-effective sourcing.

Qualifications

• B.Tech or BE in Mechanical/Production Engineering; MBA preferred.
• 4–7 years of relevant experience in supply chain planning.
• Strong analytical and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan long-term capacity for automotive divisions across 3-year horizon.
• Identify short-term capacity constraints and drive mitigation.
• Coordinate with suppliers to enable FTG, tooling and ramp-up.
• Monitor projects with risk-based dashboards and ensure SOP readiness.
• Assess supplier capacity, APQP/PPAP processes and project execution.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Influencing Skills

Project Planning & Execution

Risk Analysis

Supplier Selection

Pricing

Price Optimization

Supplier Risk Management

Sourcing

Strategic Sourcing

Benchmarking

Negotiation

Project Management

Supplier Management

Education

B. Tech / BE in Mechanical or Production Engineering

MBA

Job description

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
• -Action Planning for Capacity Shortfall mitigation for TRIMS & Polymer Domain
• -Enabling creation of required infrastructure at supplier end to meet demand through partnering with SSU/CDMM/PD/SCM monitoring at suppliers end
• -Ensure kick-off part development with close monitoring till SOP
• -SSU / SCM / SQE vulnerable supplier alternatives
• -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

Critical Experience

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