Production Planning Coordinator

Nat Habit; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Nat Habit is seeking a Production Planning Coordinator in India to translate demand signals into executable production plans, balancing freshness with capacity and inventory limits. You will ensure raw material availability and align finished goods with real demand, avoiding waste in a fast-moving perishable goods environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on planning, KPI-driven improvements, and collaboration across procurement, production, and distribution.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in production planning or related supply-chain roles.
• Strong analytical skills; proficient in Excel/Google Sheets for planning models.
• Solid understanding of MRP, BOMs, lead times, and inventory norms.
• Familiar with KPIs like fill rate, plan adherence, forecast accuracy, and wastage.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Convert channel-level demand forecasts into daily/weekly/monthly production plans across SKUs, accounting for shelf life, batch sizes, and line capacity.
• Build and maintain a rolling production schedule that balances freshness, service levels, and minimum waste.
• Sequence production to hit dispatch cut-offs and freshness SLAs, and re-plan quickly when demand or supply shifts.
• Run material requirements planning: explode BOMs, net off inventory, and raise timely procurement requirements for raw and packaging materials.
• Coordinate with procurement to prevent stockouts and excess, and flag long-lead or at-risk items early.
• Track line and manpower capacity against the plan; surface bottlenecks and propose adjustments.
• Plan material & production for delivering across fulfilment centres daily and ensure the mode assignment to shipments.

Skills

Production planning experience

Analytical skills

MRP concepts

Operations KPIs

D2C knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering / supply chain / operations

Tools

Excel/Google Sheets

ERP systems

BI/dashboarding tools

Job description

About Us: We are making natural living a HABIT little by little. We do so by serving 100% natural self care to our consumers. The products are scientifically formulated, guided by ayurvedic principles & modern science. They are prepared fresh everyday in our ayurvedic kitchen, out of whole and raw ingredients such as fresh milk, curd, fruit pulps, flowers, herbs, nut & spices. They are finally tested clinically for efficacy & safety. This offering of Fresh Ayurveda has made a mark in the Indian personal care industry.

Today ~60Lac customers trust us for their personal care needs. The founding team has a strong startup experience, is well funded and backed by tier 1 institutional investors.

About The Role

The Production Planning Coordinator translates demand signals into an executable, freshness-aware production plan. You'll sit at the intersection of demand planning, procurement, and the production floor - converting forecasts into daily and weekly build plans, safeguarding raw material availability, and keeping finished-goods inventory aligned to real demand without over-producing perishable stock.

This is a hands-on, analytical, process-oriented role for someone who is comfortable living in spreadsheets and planning tools, thinks in KPIs, and enjoys bringing order to a fast-moving supply chain.

Key Responsibilities

- Convert channel-level demand forecasts into daily/weekly/monthly production plans across SKUs, accounting for shelf life, batch sizes, and line capacity.

- Build and maintain a rolling production schedule that balances freshness, service levels, and minimum waste.

- Sequence production to hit dispatch cut-offs and freshness SLAs, and re-plan quickly when demand or supply shifts.

Material & capacity planning

- Run material requirements planning: explode BOMs, net off inventory, and raise timely procurement requirements for raw and packaging materials.

- Coordinate with procurement to prevent stockouts and excess, and flag long-lead or at-risk items early.

- Track line and manpower capacity against the plan; surface bottlenecks and propose adjustments.

- Plan material & production for delivering across fulfilment centres daily and ensure the mode (rail/rode) assignment to the shipment according to freshness & stock levels.

Demand–supply coordination (S&OP linkage)

- Partner with demand planning to reconcile the forecast with production feasibility and highlight constraints for the consensus plan.

- Support unconstrained-vs-constrained demand discussions and help translate the demand from each sale channel into executable monthly production plans.

Inventory & freshness control

- Monitor finished-goods and raw-material inventory to keep it within target norms, minimizing both stockouts and expiry/wastage.

- Track ageing and near-expiry stock and drive corrective action with the relevant teams.

- Own and report core planning KPIs: plan adherence / schedule attainment, forecast-to-production accuracy, fill rate, wastage %, inventory days of cover, and material availability.

- Build and maintain planning dashboards and MoM trend views; run root-cause analysis (RCA) on plan misses and drive closed-loop improvements.

- Standardize and document planning SOPs, and continuously improve planning cadence, data quality, and tooling.

What You'll Need

Must-have

- 2-4 years of experience in production planning, supply/demand planning, or a related operations/supply-chain role (FMCG, D2C, food, cosmetics, or perishable goods strongly preferred).

- Strong analytical and Excel/Google Sheets skills - comfortable with lookups, pivots, and building clean, decision-ready planning models.

- Working understanding of MRP concepts, BOMs, lead times, batch/lot planning, and inventory norms.

- Fluency with operations KPIs (fill rate, plan adherence, forecast accuracy, inventory cover, wastage) and comfort turning them into action.

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, statistics, commerce, or a related field.

Good-to-have

- Exposure to S&OP / demand planning cycles and forecasting metrics (MAPE/WMAPE, bias/tracking signal).

- Experience with an ERP or planning system (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Zoho, Unicommerce, or similar) and BI/dashboarding tools.

- Experience planning for perishable or short-shelf-life products.

- Understanding of D2C/e-commerce dynamics such as COD mix and RTO impact on effective demand.

How you work

- Detail-oriented and process-driven, with strong ownership and follow-through.

- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment where plans change and speed of re-planning matters.

- A clear communicator who can align procurement, production, and planning around one number.

Why Nat Habit

- Play a central role in a supply chain where freshness is the product, and where good planning is visible in every shipment.

- High ownership and direct impact on fill rate, wastage, and customer experience from day one.

- A growing D2C brand building modern, data-driven operations from the ground up.

Website: www.nathabit.in

Instagram: www.instagram.com/nathabit.in