Production Planner Executive

ROCKWOOL Group; Gujarat; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

ROCKWOOL Group in Gujarat, India is seeking a Demand Planner to manage inventory and forecast demand across multiple horizons. You will collaborate with sales, marketing and finance to align plans with production.

The role requires 5–7 years in manufacturing with production planning and control, and a BE Mechanical. You will track inventory, analyze trends, prepare reports and use demand planning software to refine forecasts.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years' experience in manufacturing with production planning and control.
• B.E. Mechanical degree.
• Knowledge of demand planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Tracking product inventory
• Maintaining knowledge of current and future trends
• Generating progress reports and presentations
• Identifying forecast changes
• Collecting data from internal and external sources on demand drivers
• Analyzing sales, stock, and other data statistics
• Reviewing historical sales trends
• Modeling data to forecast future demand
• Obtaining information on events affecting demand like promotions
• Gathering updates from vendors and distributors
• Developing demand forecasts at multiple aggregation levels
• Coordinating cross-functional research to reconcile variances
• Interacting with sales, marketing, and customer finance to understand drivers
• Using and maintaining the demand planning software
• Providing input to supply planning on inventory strategies
• Refining systems to improve forecasts

Skills

Demand forecasting

Data analysis

Forecasting software

Education

B.E. Mechanical

Job description

Role Summary :

Key Responsibilities & Job Content

• Tracking product inventory
• Maintaining knowledge of and understanding of current and future trends
• Generating progress reports and presentations
• Identifying forecast changes
• Collecting data from internal and external sources on factors known to affect demand
• Analysing sales, stock, and other data statistics
• Reviewing historical sales trends
• Modeling the data to forecast future demand
• Obtaining information on occurrences that could impact demand like promotions and production delays
• Gathering updates on vendors, distributors, sales, and other stakeholders that can affect demand
• Developing demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons
• Coordinating cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances
• Interacting with sales, marketing, and customer finance to understand demand forecast drivers
• Using and maintaining the demand planning software
• Providing input to the supply planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs
• Refining systems and methods to improve forecasts in order to better anticipate customer needs
• Education : B.E - Mechanical
• Experience : 5- 7 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment with Experience in Production Planning and Control