Production Planner

HARTING Technology Group; Chennai; On-site; INR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

HARTING Technology Group in Chennai, India, seeks a detail‑oriented Order Handling specialist to manage customer orders from part creation through routing and workflow to production. You will ensure all order elements—part numbers, quantities, prices, delivery and payment terms—align with quotations and SAP workflows.

You'll create customer master data in SAP, monitor order changes and backlog, coordinate with suppliers and customs, and release production orders.

Qualifications

• Experience with SAP order-to-cash processes.
• Knowledge of BOM, routing, MRP in SAP.
• Ability to manage backlogs and coordinate with multiple departments.
• Strong attention to detail for order accuracy.
• Excellent communication with suppliers and customers.

Responsibilities

• Create material codes, BOMs, routing and workflow until production.
• Maintain customer master data in SAP and verify order terms.
• Monitor sales orders and backlog, communicate changes to customers.
• Coordinate with customs/shipping to ensure on-time delivery.
• Release production orders and monitor in-house production status.
• Maintain inventory levels, safety stock and reorder points.
• Ensure correct pricing, PO handling, and supplier follow-ups.
• Coordinate with SCM and QA for non-conforming materials.

Skills

Order processing

SAP experience

Vendor coordination

Forecasting

Tools

SAP ERP

XD01

VK11

VD51

Job description

1.Customer Order Handing( Inlucluding Part creation ,BOM, routing, WF)

• To create material code creation , for FG and Sub parts, BOM creation, production flow, Routingm, Wofk Flow until prodiction. Cheeck and make sure that order elements such as part number, quantity, price, delivery terms, payment terms etc. are in line with quotation from GPM or workflow in SAP.
• Create customer master data, condition, customer’s material number in SAP system (transaction code: XD01, VK11, VD51).
• Monitor from time to time sales order changes, e.g. delivery schedule/order qty. and price change, record reason of changes in item overview of SO. Any change of order has to be sent to customer for acknowledgement.
• Monitor backlog sales order on daily basis, reschedule sale order by BOP.
• For global “A” & “E” articles, directly handle customer cancellation request, record reason of cancellation in item overview of SO, select “Reason For Rejection” instead of direct deletion item in SO.
• For global “C”, “K”, “Z”, “G” articles, cancellation is not allowed unless excess materials cost is absorbed by customer or there are other written agreements.
• After MRP run call up MRP list (MD06) and Stock/Requirements list (MD04). If it is global material just check if all purchase orders are placed to GRAG vendors. If it is local material from local supplier, convert PlOrd into PurRqs into PchOrd manually. Check carefully the purchase price, delivery/payment term, then print out PO for approval.
• After got approval from SCM manager, send the PO to supplier and follow up PO acknowledgement, PO should confirm within 2 working days through e-mail, fax or telephone

Input PO confirmed date into SAP fr local materials.

Keep close connection with supplier in order to follow up each PO. If it is necessary, ask supplier to pull
in/push out the delivery date to meet our customers’ requirement.

Co-ordinate with Customs Clearance/shipping and supplier or organize an efficient and economic
transportation way.

Monitor/fix backlog purchase order on daily basis and push supplier if there is any delay. Identify supplier
shortage and communicate with related parties in order to control and work out a recovery delivery plan.

Check shipment discrepancy report and follow up credit note, debit note or replacement from supplier.

Work with supplier and SQE for arranging replacement or credit note for non-conforming material.

Co-operate with Purchasing to evaluate service for suppliers in regular basis.

Communicate regularly forecast information to suppliers in order to improve suppliers’ delivery performance.

3. Production Orders

Review MD06 on daily basis for in house production material.
Create PrdOrd or fix PlOrd in MD04 after check components status to confirm customer orders within threedays.

Create PrdOrd and issue to Shop Floor. If finished goods material status is “03” or "05", send e-mail to
related depts. to follow up.

Monitor backlog Production order on daily basis, co-ordinate with related Dept. to make sure production order
can be finished on time. If there is any delay, inform production supervisors and find out root cause in order to
control and work out a recovery delivery plan.

Confirm production orders once production finished/deliveries made.

4. Inventory Maintenance & Safety Stock and minimum lot monitoring and adjustment, inventory monitoring

Monitor safety stock and minimum lot size on monthly basis, adjust safety stock and minimum lot size based
on updated information (consumption, forecast), keep safety stock adjustment record for further reference.

Monitor stock level and find out stock days on hand destroyer, work with related Depts. or supplier to define
proper lot size or MOQ, control the inventory to a reasonable level. # Maintenance of Inventory, Inbound,
outbound monitoring, Material Put away , Raw materials, WIP,FG maintenance and Reporting

5. Workflow releasing

Release WF based on information from GPM or project leader, WF to operation plant should follow company
defined rules. Inform LS timely when WF is done in system.

To ensure that TP, MOQ & LT released are correct, cross check based on responsibility matrix is essential
requirement.

Maintain link between *YYC and non-YYC part if part number ended in *YYC.