Karthi M
Coimbatore
Summary
Mechanical Engineer with over 8 years of experience in Production Planning and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) within both Make-to-Order and Mass Production settings. Proficient in translating production schedules into material plans, ensuring timely availability of components to meet manufacturing targets.
Expert in demand forecasting, BOM analysis, inventory control, and supplier coordination, with hands-on experience in using MRP systems to optimize material flow and minimize shortages or excess.
Also exposed to consumable purchasing, warehouse operations, and logistics planning, bringing a well-rounded approach to end-to-end production support. Committed to delivering efficiency, cost savings, and consistent on-time delivery.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
EXECUTIVE- Planning & Systems
Kobelco Industrial Machinery India Pvt Ltd
05.2023 - Current
- Developing and maintaining production schedules to meet customer delivery timelines.
- Coordinating with cross-functional teams including design, procurement, and shop floor to ensure smooth workflow.
- Monitoring daily progress and addressing bottlenecks to avoid delays in machine assembly.
- Managing capacity planning and resource allocation based on machine complexity and order volume.
- Ensuring on-time dispatch of equipment while maintaining quality and cost efficiency.
- Regularly updating management with production status and delivery forecasts.
- Implementing improvements in planning systems to reduce lead times and increase throughput.
- Executing Material Requirements Planning (MRP) to ensure timely availability of raw materials and components based on production schedules and sales orders.
- Analyzing BOMs (Bill of Materials) to generate accurate material demands and release purchase requisitions accordingly
- Coordinating with procurement, stores, and production teams to align material availability with manufacturing timelines.
- Monitoring inventory levels and adjusted MRP parameters to prevent stock-outs and excess inventory.
- Conducting periodic reviews of lead times, safety stocks, and lot sizes to improve planning accuracy.
- Developing and maintaining weekly, monthly and yearly production schedules based on customer orders, capacity, and material availability.
- Monitoring actual vs. planned production and initiated corrective actions to address bottlenecks or backlogs.
- Usage of scheduling tools (Excel/Schedlyzer/SAP) to create realistic and achievable plans while meeting internal and external deadlines.
Jr. ENGINEER- Production planning & Control
Argo-Hytos Pvt Ltd
06.2020 - Current
- Preparing production orders based on MRP generated requirements on daily basis after analyses in the view of process optimization & inventory control.
- Managing open production orders to balance the existing capacity & discuss with production supervisors to close the orders in time.
- Conducting daily meetings in the view of analysis the past date’s failures & arriving the solution from the team support.
- Providing the order confirmation for new customer orders through Inside sales in terms of meeting their timely demands & also working on monthly schedules.
- Arriving, scheduling & releasing orders of weekly plan for the production by considering the monthly demands, priority & capacity.
- Planning based on the forecast for the high runners to reduce the lead time for the parts with always having a view on ABC analysis to control inventory.
- Implemented batch production on high runners in the view of optimizing the storage space & also ensuring their periodic consumption.
- Handling on both domestic & oversea customers by understanding their needs & maintaining OTD above 95%.
- Presenting the sales value & production plan data to the management for updating the capacity utilization for the whole month & get support for completing the production on time to meet out the sales.
- Creating & handling of MM, BOM, Routing, Work-centre & Capacity.
ENGINEER- Toolroom Planning
L.G.Balakrishnan & Bros Pvt Ltd
05.2017 - 05.2020
- Achieved 100% production plan by meeting out all customer needs on time.
- Listed out the various tool requirements from component manufacturing sector and plan for raw material requirement and prepare schedule for suppliers.
- Coordinated with the suppliers through continuous follow ups to ensure the quality & on time supply.
- Continuously worked to improve the tool life by analysis on alternate raw materials/process or addition on new process such as coating.
- Attended the complaints from manufacturing sector & analyzed for the reasons & possibilities & worked with R&D & Design teams to provide solution & corrective action.
- Ensured the maintenance of optimum level inventories & their periodic consumption.
- Feasible parameters analyzed always for reuse of tools in the vision of cost saving.
- Developed local vendors in place of import & long-distance supplies to reduce the process time & cost of tool.
Education
B.E Mechanical Engineering -
United Institute of Technology
Coimbatore, TN05.2017
Higher Secondary Education - undefined
GKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Coimbatore, TN04.2013
High school Education - undefined
Sri Ramakrishna Matric Higher Secondary School
Coimbatore, TN04.2011
Skills
- Multitasking Capabilities
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Inventory Management
- Creativity
- SAP
- Scheduling
- MS Office
LANGUAGES
English
Tamil
Awards
Rewarded as “Achiever” for completing the schedules on time irrespective of situations, Continuously achieved above 93% OTD.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
- SAP PP & MM Module
- MS Office
- AutoCAD
- Creo
- Power BI (Beginner)
Disclaimer
I, Karthi. M, hereby declare that the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Certification
- Master Diploma in Product Design & Analysis.
Timeline
EXECUTIVE- Planning & Systems
Kobelco Industrial Machinery India Pvt Ltd
05.2023 - Current
Jr. ENGINEER- Production planning & Control
Argo-Hytos Pvt Ltd
06.2020 - Current
ENGINEER- Toolroom Planning
L.G.Balakrishnan & Bros Pvt Ltd
05.2017 - 05.2020
Higher Secondary Education - undefined
GKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School
High school Education - undefined
Sri Ramakrishna Matric Higher Secondary School
B.E Mechanical Engineering -
United Institute of Technology
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