Aditya Birla Group Hiring for Department Head – Production Planning and Control (PPC) at Karnataka, India Full Time

• Production Scheduling: Develop and maintain production schedules to ensure timely completion of manufacturing goals while optimizing resource utilization.
• Inventory Management: Monitor and manage inventory levels to ensure adequate supply of materials while minimizing excess stock and waste.
• Forecasting Demand: Analyze market trends and historical data to forecast production needs and adjust plans accordingly to meet customer demand.
• Process Optimization: Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies in production processes, implementing improvements to enhance productivity and reduce lead times.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including procurement, engineering, and sales, to align production plans with overall business objectives.
• Quality Control: Ensure production processes meet quality standards and compliance requirements, collaborating with quality assurance teams as needed.
• Reporting and Analysis: Generate reports on production performance, inventory status, and other key metrics, providing insights for management decision-making.

Requirements: 12-15 years of experience. Experience in having driven the manufacturing and production process, plannign and control in large SKU environment.

Reports to: Unit Head

Reported by: PPC Team members

Unit Details: The Belagavi unit of Hindalco, located in Karnataka, houses an alumina plant, a world-class research centre for alumina, and a carbon paste plant.

The alumina plant started operations in 1969. Since the 1990s, the plant has become a predominantly export-oriented unit of special alumina and alumina hydrates for non-metallurgical applications, like refractory, ceramics, polishing, fire retardant filler in polymer composites, alum, zeolite etc.

Over the years, the plant has expanded its capacity of speciality products with approximately 120 different grades, serving more than 600 customers across 32 countries. In addition to providing technical support to the alumina plants of the Aditya Birla Group on the Bayer process and special products, the research centre has been carrying out projects for international clients.

The Belagavi unit has earned recognition in the form of national awards in the areas of energy conservation, R&D excellence, environment and safety. It also has the Premier Trading House status.

The 1182-acre plant has a large colony for its workforce, with a well-equipped occupational health centre, club/community centre for sports and recreational activities and an upper primary school. The unit has adopted seven nearby villages and the CSR initiatives cover different areas like education, women’s empowerment, sustainable livelihood, health and infrastructural development.