Role & responsibilities

Significant Competencies for Head PPC

Planning Accuracy | Capacity Planning | MRP/ERP | Customer Schedule Management | Inventory Control | OEE | Production Monitoring | Bottleneck Management | Automotive Core Tools | IATF 16949 | Advanced Excel | MIS & Dashboard | Problem Solving | Cross-functional Coordination | Leadership | Delivery Management For a Head PPC JD, I would particularly emphasize customer schedule management, capacity planning, RM planning, machine loading, bottleneck management, ERP/MRP, and 100% on-time delivery, because these are critical in sheet-metal auto-component manufacturing.

Key Skills

Production Planning & Scheduling

- Production plan preparation based on customer demand
- Daily/weekly/monthly production scheduling
- MPS and MRP planning
- Line loading and capacity planning
- Managing production priorities and urgent customer requirements
- Capacity & Resource Planning
- Machine and manpower capacity analysis
- Bottleneck identification and removal
- Capacity utilization improvement
- Planning for new projects and additional volumes
- Make-or-buy and subcontracting coordination
- Sheet Metal Manufacturing Knowledge
- Press shop operations
- Blanking, stamping, bending and forming
- Progressive/compound dies
- Fine blanking
- Welding and assembly processes
- Tool/die and machine capacity understanding

Automotive Industry Knowledge

- Understanding OEM/Tier-1 customer requirements
- Customer schedules and forecast management
- JIT/JIS concepts
- PPAP and APQP awareness
- Handling customer-specific delivery requirements

Inventory & Material Planning

- Raw material planning, especially sheet/coil requirements
- RM, WIP and finished-goods inventory control
- Safety stock and buffer planning
- Material shortage prevention
- Slow-moving and excess inventory control

ERP/MRP & Advanced Excel

- Strong ERP/MRP knowledge
- Production order management
- BOM and routing management




- MRP run and material requirement analysis
- Advanced Excel: Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, IF, dashboards
- Production planning MIS and KPI dashboards

Production Control

- Daily production monitoring
- Plan vs. actual analysis
- Schedule adherence
- Rejection and rework monitoring
- WIP control
- Dispatch and delivery commitment monitoring

Problem-Solving & Analytical Skills

- Root Cause Analysis
- 5 Why, Fishbone and Pareto analysis
- Bottleneck analysis
- Capacity-gap analysis
- Corrective and preventive action

Cross-Functional Coordination

- Coordination with Production, Quality, Purchase, Stores, Tool Room, Maintenance, Sales and Logistics
- Strong communication with customer-facing teams
- Ability to escalate critical shortages and delivery risks

Automotive Quality & Compliance

- IATF 16949 awareness
- ISO 9001
- APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC
- Traceability and production records
- Internal/external audit coordination

Cost & Productivity

- Productivity improvement
- OEE improvement
- Reduction of changeover time
- Inventory-cost reduction
- Machine-hour optimization
- Reduction of overtime and idle capacity

Leadership Skills

- Team leadership and manpower allocation
- Decision-making under pressure
- Prioritization
- Conflict management
- Training and mentoring PPC team members
- Strong ownership for customer delivery

Important Competencies for Head PPC Planning Accuracy | Capacity Planning | MRP/ERP | Customer Schedule Management | Inventory Control | OEE | Production Monitoring | Bottleneck Management | Automotive Core Tools | IATF 16949 | Advanced Excel | MIS & Dashboard | Problem Solving | Cross-functional Coordination | Leadership | Delivery Management For a Head PPC JD, I would particularly emphasize customer schedule management, capacity planning, RM planning, machine loading, bottleneck management, ERP/MRP, and 100% on-time delivery, because these are critical in sheet-metal auto-component manufacturing.

Preferred candidate profile

Qualification : BE- Mechanical

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