Planning Assistant Manager

Position Objective

The primary responsibility of the role is to identify new products/modify existing products after conducting extensive market study, forecast their demand, take necessary approvals for production, identify all the requirements for product manufacturing in coordination with purchase, sales, marketing, and production department. He/she is further expected to Institute, conduct, and manage quality check processes for the same.

Responsibility :

• Ensure all the strategic plans, demand forecasting and other related functions are taken into consideration while drafting strategies for new product design and launch
• Seek management advice on the identified product and initiate the approval process in coordination with sales, purchase, marketing and production department
• Identify the sources for raw materials, prepare on a list of potential vendors/suppliers, conduct techno-commercial discussions, and then finalize the vendor/supplier with supervisor approval
• Calculate Capital Expenditure and ROI and check for testing facilities, machine and manpower requirements for in-house manufacturing of the product
• Full management responsibility for the new products and services development process, including production, championing and gaining approval for new products and services business plans.
• Oversight of new products and services development budgets, working closely with project leads to ensure timely and cost effective development and keeping close contact with Product Managers
• Conduct line trials in collaboration with Operations and Quality to test and transition new products into full scale production
• In-case in-house manufacturing is not possible, look for production outsourcing options and develop the required quality check

Improvement Activities

• Manage the continual development of processes as per the needs specified by the production level

Development

• Promote and environment of safe working culture and ensure adherence to health and safety guidelines

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of different products in the market and their market standing
• Knowledge demand forecasting technique
• Understanding of Capital Expenditure planning and ROI calculation techniques
• Understanding of production, purchasing, vendor development and marketing processes
• Knowledge of quality standards and guidelines
• Effective Team Player and Manage Self