Job Description
About the role
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The Planning Manager will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and controlling project schedules across all interior design-and-build projects. The role requires close coordination with design, procurement, project execution, vendors, and client stakeholders to ensure project milestones are achieved efficiently.
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Key Responsibilities
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1. Project Planning & Scheduling
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- Own and publish comprehensive baseline project schedules for all active design-and-build projects, covering design, procurement, execution, and handover phases.
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- Develop detailed, activity-level schedules that clearly identify critical path, dependencies, and float.
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- Build master schedules and rolling look-ahead plans that surface risks and constraints weeks in advance, enabling proactive recovery.
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- Maintain and update all schedules as actuals roll in, keeping them alive and credible as the project's source of truth.
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2. Schedule Monitoring & Control
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- Track actual progress against planned schedules on a weekly basis; flag delays,
acceleration, and deviations immediately.
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- Conduct detailed variance analysis, dig into the why behind every slip: is it design approval, procurement, execution, or resource constraints?
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- Produce weekly project status reports and monthly scheduling reviews for management; articulate impact on project delivery dates and cost implications.
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- Ensure zero misses on timelines, hold the line on milestones and escalate deviations that threaten delivery.
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3. Risk & Recovery Management
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- Proactively identify schedule-related risks, design delays, vendor lead times, resource constraints, site conditions, and develop transparent mitigation strategies.
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- Monitor inter-dependencies between projects and functions to flag conflicts and resource contention early.
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4. Cross-Functional Coordination
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- Partner closely with Design, Procurement, Execution, and Site teams to
📌 Planning Manager (Pune)
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