Capacity Planning _ BIW
Mahindra Group · Posted Sep 21
Automotive, farm equipment, information technology, financial services, and hospitality services
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About the role
The Automotive Division supply chain function at Mahindra builds resilient supplier networks for Body-in-White (BIW) commodities, covering weld lines and press capacity. The role owns long-term and short-term capacity planning, supplier capacity assessment and de-risking, and ramp-up readiness for high-risk projects across platforms. It also drives digital capacity planning and monitoring tooling to create and sustain required supplier infrastructure.
What you will do
- Build a resilient supply chain for the Automotive Division through Long term Capacity planning and mapping: a.Capacity assessment & planning for existing supply chain parts based on 3 years LTP -Action Planning for Capacity Shortfall mitigation for BIW Domain (Weld Lines/Press Capacity) -Enabling creation of required infrastructure at supplier end to meet demand through partnering with SSU/CDMM/PD/SCM monitoring at suppliers end -Ensure kick-off part development with close monitoring till SOP b.SSU / SCM / SQE vulnerable supplier alternatives c.New projects C/O parts capacity mapping (across Platforms cross commodities)
- Drive Short term Capacity Planning & supply chain challenges mitigation: a. Identification of short-term challenges with Supply chain b. Capacity enhancement on current parts c. Quality related supplies issues (alternate sourcing / FTG corrections with current suppliers) d. Ensure kick-off part development with close monitoring till SOP
- Ensure Close Monitoring of high risk projects requiring sharp ramp up to meet business demands Drive capacity augmentation, part availability with supply chain & SSU to ensure ramp-up for BIW Parts (Weld Lines/Press Capacity)
- De-risking supply chain - Identification of risk in supply chain, working along with SSU to identify alternate sources, Creating Capex budgets in line with the same, enabling VOBs & kick off capacity creation for BIW Parts (Weld Lines/Press Capacity)
- Digitization - Drive simplicity & efficiency through Digital Capacity Planning and monitoring (Implementation Capacity Planning tool) - BIW Parts (Weld Lines/Press Capacity)
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Planning & Organising
- Agile decision making & actions
- Assertive Communication
- Strong Business Acumen
- Aptitude for technology
- Relationship & Stakeholder Management
- Review & Control
- Analytical skills
- Weld Line & FTG Understanding
- Assessment of Shared & Dedicated capacity across supplier base
- Capacity assessment techniques, Vendor assessment for capacity & development times
- Arriving the Establishing FTG (Facilities, Tooling & Gauges) at supplier process to ensure products are delivered as per requirements
- Development & Delivery of components across BIW commodity through the development of FTG for capacity creation and Ramp-up
- Product development through APQP, M&M requirements, MPDS process.
- Knowledge & understanding of PPAP Process
- Identify and eliminate the capacity constraints as per volume demand using method study tools (Man-Machine charts, deciding the online – offline strategy, low cost automation etc.).
- must be holding B. Tech / BE degree, preferrably MBA
- General Experience 6 to 10 years
Preferred qualifications
- Automobile Farm Sector
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Mahindra Group
The Mahindra Group is a multinational conglomerate federation of companies with a presence across more than 20 industries globally. The group holds leadership positions in utility vehicles, farm equipment, information technology, and financial services. Driven by its core purpose to enable people to Rise, Mahindra operates across over 100 countries.
- Industry
- Conglomerate
- Company size
- 327000+ employees
- Founded
- 1945-10-02
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman
Group CEO & Managing Director
Group Chief Financial Officer
Group Chief Technology Officer
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