Master Planner- SET

Alfa Laval Corporate AB; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa Laval Corporate AB is seeking a Master Planner in Pune to oversee production planning and align with order handling, purchasing, and manufacturing teams to meet delivery commitments. The role emphasizes capacity planning, resource utilization, and effective cross-functional communication.

The candidate will coordinate with OH, buyers, and engineering to ensure timely execution of customer orders, maintain plan accuracy, and support MOVEX/D365 updates.

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Mechanical or Production with PPC experience (5–7 years).
• Experience in resource planning processes.
• Proficiency with IT tools and ERP systems.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of Alfa Laval products and AL processes.
• Familiarity with ISO quality systems.
• Pricing understanding.

Responsibilities

• Create production plans for manufacturing activities to fulfill customer orders.
• Monitor capacity planning and adjust a 6-day target plan.
• Communicate changes with OH, buyers, and manufacturing.
• Drive continuous improvement and Lean Six Sigma initiatives.
• Coordinate with functions to optimize resources and timelines.

Skills

Resource planning

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Product knowledge

AL Processes

ISO System knowledge

Pricing

Education

Degree/Diploma in Mechanical or Production

Tools

MS Office

ERP systems

MOVEX/D365

Job description

Vacancy for Master Planner

Join us as a Master Planner based in Pune for SET Decanter, ensure seamless production planning and timely customer order fulfilment through effective communication, alignment, and collaboration with Order Handling, Purchasing, and Manufacturing teams, thereby meeting customer delivery commitments.

About the Company

In Alfa Laval, we are every single day contributing to a more sustainable future for our planet through engineering innovation. Our global team designs and implements the refining, recycling and purifying process that allow our customers to be better themselves. You will find our work in leading applications for water purification, clean energy, food production, waste processing, pharmaceutical development and much more. The people of Alfa Laval enjoy the freedom to pursue ideas and the resources to see those ideas to become reality, in an environment that welcomes drive, courage and diversity. The result is a company where we all can be very proud of what we do.

Our core competencies are in the areas of heat transfer separation, and fluid handling. We are dedicated to optimizing the performance of our customers' processes. our world‑class technologies, our systems, equipment and services must create solutions that help our customers stay ahead. Please feel free to peruse our website www.alfalaval.com.

The position / About the Job

In this job the Master Planner would be responsible for:

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Create production plan for manufacturing activities to execution customer orders

• Short term and long term Capacity Planning overview of man, material and machines.
• Set and follow up targets, Firm 6 days manufacturing plan.
• Monitor the 3-day plan and daily performance, reschedule if any changes are required with proper reason.
• challenge the manufacturing cell or the buyers/ purchase team if require.

Processing and Execution of Manufacting orders

• Monitor the daily performance with concern TMs, reschedule if any with proper reason,
• Monitor the daily value addition for cell and DFC for manufacturing unit.
• Monitor the M.O. DOT of each cell.

Effective utilization of Resources

• Maintain takt
• Scope of flexibility
• JIT to be achieved
• Optimum utilization of resources
• Take initiative for LSS GB projects
• Responsible for the cells planning and performance.
• Drive the team towards the Objectives and Goals.

Communication with Key stake holders

• Highlight and Coordinate with Buyers for material availability.
• Timely communication about delay of components for rescheduling MOs./Load.
• Communication to Buyers and Manufacturing about any change in customer orders.
• Communication to OH about delay well in advance, so that can be communicated to Customers.
• Active participation in Cell board meeting and new initiaves
• Raise problem cards on CSB boards as and when required.

• Part of KPI targets – DOT, IDS, and DPMO.
• Ensure a good level of coordination between OHs, buyers, TM's and other support functions.
• Analyse and present how forecasted sales volumes affect the workload in the workshop, as well as raw material and components + MOVEX.
• Support for the costing updates as and when required.
• Monitor and communicate current workload and capacity situation in the workshop – Planning, (MOVEX and D365).
• Prepare, secure and review next 3 days plan daily.
• Secure frozen production schedule minimum next 6 days.
• Expectation is to complete PA of the machines 1 week before Ex-work delivery.
• Expect to support for MOVEX/D365 updating if any.
• Monitor to Schedule and Close M.O.s on time by TMs.
• Constant awareness about future shortages minimum N5W.
• Respect and follow ALPS standards.
• Train and coach, your sub ordinates to work in the system – Organization (MOVEX/D365).
• Expect to create a cordial relation within the organization.
• Being a Green Belt at least 2 GB projects are to be completed per year.

Knowledge, Qualification and skills

• Degree/Diploma in Mechanical or Production with 5–7-year experience of PPC.
• Resource planning
• IT tools
• Soft skill of MS word, excel and Power Point
• Product knowledge and AL Processes
• ISO System knowledge
• Pricing

Attitude and motivation

• Presenting and communication
• Planning and organizing
• Delivering results and meeting Customer expectations
• Good Team Player.

Key Relationship

• Team Managers manufacturing
• Unit Managers
• Buyers
• Quality control
• Order handler
• Engineering
• Stores

Direct Responsible for

• Plan and support for execution of Customer Orders at right time.
• Shortages follow up with buyers
• Support for Team Managers for daily production activity

Indirect Responsible for

• Support for new improvements in his area.
• Support to order handlers and buyers as and when required.

Who are you?

As a person who synchronizes the flow of material along the entire supply chain. This is performed at both an S & OP level and Master Planning level to optimize the utilization of production, supply capacities, inventory levels, and seasonal stock as well as balancing of supply and demand.

What can you be?

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering / Production Engineering from a reputed institute.
• 3 to 5 Years of experience in the same field
• Good English both oral and written.
• Good coordination and communication skills.
• Good knowledge of MS Office
• Experience of working with ERP systems
• To take initiative for problem-solving and improvement activities
• Making an immediate value-based decision
• Work according to the priority’s safety, quality cost

Why should you apply

• We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
• Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities to mingle and to learn.
• Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success; you will be learning new things every day.

"We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games."