Assistant Manager Production Planning

About the role

The Assistant Manager Production Planning plans and schedules production activities to meet customer demand, optimizes resource use and maximizes efficiency. A key part of the role is monitoring and improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by working with production and maintenance teams to reduce downtime, improve quality and increase productivity.

Key responsibilities

• Identify resource bottlenecks early so that capacity investments can be planned strategically
• Minimize inventory costs by synchronizing production with actual demand and prevent over- or under-production
• Incorporate OEE data (availability, performance, quality) into scheduling decisions
• Set production order priorities based on due dates, customer importance, material availability and production constraints
• Monitor work-in-progress and reschedule proactively to address delays, bottlenecks or urgent orders
• Prepare weekly and monthly production plans for the OSD and sterile areas
• Respond to disruptions such as machine breakdowns or material delays by re-prioritizing or rescheduling
• Coordinate closely with production, validation and other cross-functional departments to meet production targets

Required profile

• B.E. degree, preferably with a Supply Chain certification
• About 3-7 years of experience in production planning within the pharmaceutical industry
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with SAP
• Excel, including pivot tables, lookups and formulas