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**Production Planning Specialist** at Capgemini leads production scheduling, ensuring effective planning, schedule adherence, and risk mitigation. **Key Responsibilities**: Prepare and maintain Master Production Schedules (MPS) considering multiple constraints, finalize and publish MPS, analyze scheduling insights, conduct weekly Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) reviews, develop daily production schedules, manage ERP exceptions, monitor production adherence, and coordinate with cross-functional teams. **Required Skills and Experience**: Strong **Production Planning and Scheduling** background (4-8 years), expertise in **Master Production Scheduling (MPS)**, proficiency in **ERP systems** (mandatory SAP, preferred SAP S/4HANA), and proven analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills. Familiarity with **line balancing**, **third-party (3P) capacity constraints**, and **operational priorities** is beneficial. Collaborates effectively in fast-paced manufacturing and supply chain environments.
- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Chennai
- Country
- India
Currency: Not specified
Full Job Description
Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way youd like, where youll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where youll be able to reimagine whats possible. Join us and help the worlds leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world.
Your Role
We are looking for a Production Planning professional with strong expertise in production scheduling, and exception management. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in SAP, with SAP S/4HANA knowledge being preferred. The role requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure effective production planning, schedule adherence, and risk mitigation.
In this role you will play a key role in:
- Prepare and maintain draft Master Production Schedules (MPS) by considering demand changes, distribution requirements, production exceptions, line balancing, and third-party (3P) capacity constraints.
- Finalize and publish MPS after validating production constraints, resolving escalations, and aligning with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Analyze scheduling insights and refine production plans based on inputs received from Materials, Factory Operations, and PIPO teams.
- Conduct weekly Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) reviews with plant teams to refresh MPS, assess short-term risks, and validate necessary plan adjustments.
- Develop and publish daily production schedules while considering material availability, production sequencing requirements, and operational priorities.
- Manage ERP execution and scheduling horizon exceptions by assessing feasibility, evaluating supply alternatives, performing system updates, and documenting resolutions.
- Monitor daily production adherence through direction-setting huddles, compliance reviews, exception tracking, and performance-to-plan analysis.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure continuity in production and timely resolution of operational bottlenecks.
Your Profile
- Strong experience in Production Planning and Scheduling.
- Hands-on experience in Master Production Scheduling (MPS).
- Expertise in Production Scheduling, Capacity Planning, and Exception Management for 4 to 8 years.
- Experience working with ERP systems, particularly SAP (Mandatory).
- Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA (Preferred).
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced manufacturing and supply chain environment.
WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE
- We recognize the significance of flexible work arrangements to provide support. Be it remote work, flexible work hours or alternative work schedules, you will get an environment to maintain healthy work life balance.
- At the heart of our mission is your career growth. Our array of career growth programs and diverse professions are crafted to support you in exploring a world of opportunities.
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
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