Material And Production Planning Engineer

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Savli; On-site; INR 1,100,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy India Limited in Savli, Gujarat, India seeks a material planning and procurement professional to align forecasts with production plans and manage supplier performance. The role requires coordinating with purchasing, monitoring OTD, and driving cost-effective sourcing to support on-time delivery.

You will optimize inventory, review BOM data, and lead S&OP/S&OE processes with internal stakeholders, ensuring adherence to safety, quality, and environmental standards.

Responsibilities

• Focal point for material and operations planning.
• Forecasts: yearly, monthly and weekly material procurement and production plans.
• Coordinate with purchasing to ensure supplier quality, on-time deliveries, and performance.
• Track delivery dates and OTD, managing risks and recovery actions.
• Maintain a cost-effective procurement process for facility materials.
• Regularly review inventory parameters.
• Analyze reports to spot slow movers, overstock, and obsolescence.
• Verify BOM accuracy, planning parameters, and material master data.
• Review long-term forecasts and surface sourcing decisions.
• Lead S&OP and S&OE with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Adhere to Hitachi values, safety, and environmental standards.
• Identify cost-out opportunities in external purchases.
• Collaborate with Production to create day-wise plans and execution.
• Prepare monthly and daily dispatch plans with Customer Support.
• End-to-end material master process owner.
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills under pressure.

Job description

Job Description:

Savli, Gujarat, India

Job ID:

R0147966

Date Posted:

2026-11-03

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY INDIA LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Customer Service & Contact Center Operations

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

How you'll make an impact:

• Should work as Focal Point of material planning and Operation planning.
• Understand customer’s forecast and prepare Yearly, monthly and weekly, material procurement & production plan.
• Work with purchasing to communicate with suppliers on Material quality, on-time deliveries, and overall performance. (Supplier Evaluation)
• Monitor customer requested delivery dates and contractual on-time delivery (OTD) performance, proactively managing risks and recovery actions.
• Plans and maintains a material procurement process that establishes and achieves the least total cost, best quality and timely delivery for facility material purchases from internal/external suppliers
• Regular review of inventory parameters
• Analyze inventory reports to identify slow moving items, overstocked items, and obsolete inventory.
• Review BOM accuracy, planning parameters, material master data, and production order compliance to support efficient planning execution.
• Review long term forecast and make visible any sourcing decisions that might be needed
• Drives S&OP and S&OE with customer and internal stack holders.
• Perform all job functions with adherence to Hitachi's Values and Philosophy, Safety and Environmental Standards
• Work with purchasing to identify cost out opportunities related to outside purchased materials
• Work with Production to prepare day wise plan and execute.
• Prepare monthly and day to day dispatch plan and execute with Customer support team.
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• Responsible for executing the end-to-end Material Master Process
• Demonstrated strong organizational skills with the ability to work well under pressure.

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