Supplier Capacity Planning Analyst

Lincoln Motor Company; Chennai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincoln Motor Company is seeking a Supplier Capacity Planning Analyst to obtain, validate, and analyze supplier capacity data to ensure the supply base can meet current and forecasted production requirements.

You will collaborate with capacity planning, purchasing, supplier technical assistance, material planning and logistics, program teams, and regional constraint-management teams to develop mitigation plans and support monthly production planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline.
• At least three years of relevant experience in supply chain management, material planning, logistics, supplier capacity planning, production planning, procurement, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience with ERP, MRP, inventory-management, or production-planning systems.
• Ability to analyze demand, production capacity, utilization, and manufacturing constraints.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders across regions.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple studies, deadlines, and escalations.

Responsibilities

• Collect and validate supplier capacity data and manufacturing-constraint information across assigned markets.
• Analyze supplier production capacity against current operating plans, forecasted volumes, and new-program requirements.
• Prepare capacity studies in response to requests from regional vehicle-capacity planning teams.
• Identify bottlenecks, capacity gaps, and manufacturing constraints affecting production or launches.
• Develop mitigation plans with purchasing, supplier technical assistance, and logistics teams.
• Conduct short-term capacity studies to support monthly operating plans and changing production requirements.
• Support monthly programming by confirming planned volumes are supported by capacity.
• Prepare demand-versus-supply assessments for reported constraints.
• Develop constraint summaries using standard methods and reporting formats.
• Communicate capacity-study requests and deadlines to suppliers.
• Escalate unresolved risks to appropriate teams.
• Maintain capacity data in planning systems and generate status reports.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Capacity planning

Data validation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Automobile Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Production/Industrial Engineering

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

Job Description:

The Supplier Capacity Planning Analyst is responsible for obtaining, validating, and analyzing supplier capacity information to determine whether the supply base can support current and future production requirements.

The role works closely with capacity planning, purchasing, supplier technical assistance, material planning and logistics, program teams, and regional constraint-management teams. The analyst will prepare capacity studies, identify supply risks, support production-planning activities, and coordinate actions to resolve supplier capacity shortfalls.

The position requires strong analytical, planning, supplier-management, and cross-functional communication skills.

• Collect and validate supplier capacity data and manufacturing-constraint information across assigned global markets.
• Analyze supplier production capacity against current operating plans, forecasted volumes, and new-program requirements.
• Prepare capacity studies in response to requests from regional vehicle-capacity planning teams.
• Identify supplier bottlenecks, capacity gaps, and manufacturing constraints that could affect production or program launches.
• Work with purchasing, supplier technical assistance, material planning and logistics, program teams, and suppliers to develop recovery or mitigation plans.
• Conduct short-term capacity studies to support monthly operating plans and changing production requirements.
• Support the monthly production-programming process by confirming that planned production volumes are supported by available supplier capacity.
• Prepare demand-versus-supply assessments for reported constraints.
• Develop commodity constraint summaries and supporting analyses using standard constraint-management methods and reporting formats.
• Communicate capacity-study requests, collaboration requirements, deadlines, and system notifications to suppliers.
• Follow up with suppliers to ensure capacity information is submitted accurately and by the required deadline.
• Maintain supplier capacity data in relevant planning and capacity-management systems.
• Escalate unresolved supplier capacity risks to the appropriate purchasing, planning, program, and supplier-management teams.
• Maintain accurate status reports and communicate risks, assumptions, decisions, and required actions to stakeholders.
• Identify and implement process improvements that improve data quality, study completion, supplier responsiveness, or planning efficiency.

B.E / B. Tech (Mech, Auto, Prod)

Minimum 2+ Years relevant experience in MP&L / SCM

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
• At least three years of relevant experience in supply chain management, material planning and logistics, supplier capacity planning, production planning, procurement, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience in production planning and control, procurement, or supplier management.
• Experience using ERP, MRP, inventory-management, or production-planning systems.
• Ability to analyze demand, production capacity, utilization, and manufacturing constraints.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders across different regions.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple studies, deadlines, and escalations.

Preferred

• Basics on LLM, Power BI for Process automations and Projects.
• Experience in the automotive or high-volume manufacturing industry.
• Experience conducting supplier capacity studies or production feasibility assessments.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, tooling, cycle times, shift patterns, equipment utilization, and production bottlenecks.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookup functions, data validation, and capacity-analysis models.
• Experience with enterprise capacity-planning or supplier-management systems.
• Familiarity with constraint management, root-cause analysis, and capacity recovery planning.

Shift timings - 2.00 PM - 11.30 PM