Smelter Blend Planner

Adani Group; Vidisha; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Group is seeking a Smelter Blend Planner to ensure uninterrupted feed for copper smelter operations through concentrate planning, blending, and material movement oversight. You will work with Raw Material Planning Head and cross-functional teams including commercial, port, operations, and finance.

The role emphasizes understanding copper concentrate characteristics, shipment schedules, stock norms, and data-driven decision support to enhance raw material security and governance.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in metallurgy, chemical, mechanical, mining or industrial engineering.
• MBA/PG Diploma in operations, supply chain, logistics or analytics preferred.
• 10–15 years in raw material planning, concentrate planning, logistics or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Concentrate material planning and availability aligned with smelter and feed requirements.
• Coordinate with port, logistics, and commercial teams for vessel scheduling and movement.
• Monitor stock, receipts, consumption, and deviations against plan.
• Drive governance, risk management, and continuous improvement in planning.
• Develop scenario plans for delays and disruptions; support SAP/system reporting.

Skills

Process Safety

Regulatory Compliance

Cross-functional Coordination

Inventory Governance

Education

Metallurgy / Chemical / Mechanical / Mining / Industrial Eng

MBA / Operations / Logistics (preferred)

Tools

SAP

MIS Dashboards

Job description

Purpose/Objective

• The Smelter Blend Planner will be responsible for concentrate material planning, inventory visibility, consumption alignment, shipment coordination, and raw material availability for the Copper Manufacturing Complex.
• The role will work closely with the Raw Material Planning Head in ensuring uninterrupted feed availability for smelter operations through effective concentrate planning, blending coordination, stock monitoring, logistics follow-up, and close coordination with commercial, port, operations, laboratory, finance, and supply chain teams.
• The incumbent is expected to develop strong understanding of copper concentrate characteristics, plant consumption patterns, shipment schedules, stock norms, quality parameters, and material movement processes to enable reliable planning, governance, reporting, and decision support for raw material security.

Key Responsibilities of Role

• A. Concentrate Material Planning & Availability - Prepare rolling concentrate material plans by using Blend optimization model aligned with smelter, SAP, Refinery, PMR feed requirements( in line with TOR ), production targets, stock norms, and shipment schedules.
  • - Monitor concentrate inventory across port, plant, yards, warehouses, and in-transit positions to ensure uninterrupted availability.
  • - Coordinate with commercial and procurement teams for shipment visibility, arrival schedules, allocation plans, and supply continuity.
  • - Track daily consumption, receipts, stock ageing, inventory coverage, and deviations against plan.
  • - Support proactive risk mitigation for feed shortages, shipment delays, quality variations, demurrage exposure, and operational constraints.
• B. Concentrate Quality, Blending & Consumption Coordination - Coordinate with operations, laboratory, quality, and process teams for concentrate grade, moisture, impurity levels, assay results, and blend suitability.
  • - Support development of concentrate blend plans considering copper grade, impurities, process constraints, availability, and plant performance requirements.
  • - Track planned versus actual feed consumption, blend deviations, quality impact, and corrective actions.
  • - Maintain material master data, quality records, stock reconciliation inputs, and planning assumptions for accurate decision-making.
  • - Provide planning inputs for feed optimization, process stability, and raw material utilization improvement.
  • - Optimize secondary materials, internal by products etc consumption plan basis concentrate blend for best utilization of resources and guide operation team.
• C. Logistics, Port Coordination & Material Movement - Coordinate with port, logistics, supply chain, and operations teams for vessel berthing, unloading, evacuation, storage, and internal material movement.
  • - Track vessel ETA, discharge status, rake / truck movement, yard capacity, handling constraints, and dispatch priorities.
  • - Support timely movement of concentrate from port to plant based on production priorities and inventory cover requirements.
  • - Monitor logistics-related risks including congestion, delays, demurrage, detention, handling losses, and storage limitations.
  • - Prepare daily and weekly material movement updates for planning reviews and leadership visibility.
• D. Inventory Control, Reconciliation & Reporting - Drive structured monitoring of opening stock, receipts, consumption, closing stock, in-transit material, and inventory cover days.
  • - Coordinate periodic stock reconciliation with finance, stores, operations, port, commercial, and weighbridge teams.
  • - Maintain planning dashboards, MIS reports, stock ageing analysis, shipment tracker, and concentrate availability summaries.
  • - Identify variances in book stock versus physical stock and support root-cause analysis with concerned stakeholders.
  • - Ensure accurate and timely reporting for daily production meetings, monthly reviews, and raw material governance forums.
• E. Planning Governance, Risk Management & Continuous Improvement - Establish planning discipline through daily reviews, exception reporting, escalation mechanisms, and corrective action tracking.
  • - Develop scenario plans for shipment delays, quality deviations, high / low stock situations, production changes, and logistics disruptions.
  • - Support digitalization of raw material planning through dashboards, automated trackers, SAP / system reports, and analytics-based decision support.
  • - Drive continuous improvement in inventory accuracy, planning reliability, stock visibility, and cross-functional coordination.
  • - Develop strong functional depth across concentrate planning, commercial interfaces, logistics operations, plant consumption, and inventory governance to provide reliable planning support and business continuity.

Technical Competencies

• Concentrate Quality Parameters Blending Support and Consumption Alignment
• Copper Concentrate Material Planning and Feed Availability
• SAP Planning Systems MIS Dashboards and Data Analytics
• Process Safety
• IBR and Regulatory Compliance
• Shipment Tracking Port Coordination & Bulk Material Logistics
• Inventory Management Stock Reconciliation & Coverage Analysis
• Planning Governance Risk Mitigation and Cross Functional Coordination

Qualifications and Experience

• - B.
• E.
• /B.
• Tech in Metallurgy, Chemical, Mechanical, Mining, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline.
• - MBA / PG Diploma in Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Materials Management, or Business Analytics will be preferred.
• - 10–15 years of experience in raw material planning, concentrate planning, supply chain, logistics, inventory control, production planning, commercial coordination, or operations planning in metals, mining, smelting, refinery, port-linked, or heavy manufacturing industries.
• - Minimum 4–6 years of exposure to copper concentrate / bulk raw material planning, shipment tracking, inventory reconciliation, stock governance, plant consumption planning, and cross-functional coordination.