Production Planner - Expert
Sartorius · Bengaluru
- Experience10–11 yrs
- SalaryNot disclosed
- Work modeonsite
- Posted23 Sept 2026
About Sartorius
Sartorius is hiring in Bengaluru in pharma biotech. This role looks for around 10+ years of experience.
Skills
- Bills of Materials
- production scheduling
- materials management
- manufacturing processes
- SAP
- ERP systems
- Microsoft Office
- database management
- capacity planning
- S&OP
- Demand Planning
The role
A production planner at a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company creates production schedules, coordinates materials, and maintains SAP planning data for manufacturing operations. This person applies manufacturing processes, production scheduling, and materials management to align capacity, supply, and product availability.
Full job description
Introduction Join our Operations team as a Production Planner Expert and play a key role in ensuring the efficient planning and execution of production activities. Through effective production and capacity planning, material coordination, and operational performance monitoring, you will help enable reliable product availability and support the successful introduction of new products into operations. Based in Bangalore, India, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure products reach the marketplace on time while supporting our mission of delivering better health for more people.
Grow with us – Your Responsibilities
Maintain Bills of Materials and production structures in collaboration with Engineering and Design teams
Create and manage production schedules that support agreed forecasts and customer delivery commitments
Ensure production lead times remain realistic by aligning plans with material availability and manufacturing capabilities
Identify, escalate, and expedite material shortages while proactively addressing potential supply constraints
Control the sequence and priority of materials and services supplied to production cells across a diverse product portfolio
Partner with Sourcing to resolve existing and anticipated material supply issues, including storage capacity planning, while ensuring procurement delays do not affect manufacturing timelines
Support business functions through problem solving, stakeholder collaboration, and proactive communication with internal customers
Facilitate the introduction of new products from project BETA phase through full integration into operations
Create, analyze, and publish monthly team metrics, weekly capacity reports, and daily production order release and material issue reports
Attend daily review meetings to understand operational concerns and line stoppage issues and support resolution activities
Monitor and report key operational performance indicators, including Delivery Reliability, Inventory, and Planned versus Actual performance
Support S&OP and Demand Planning activities to ensure alignment between demand and operational capacity
Maintain accurate master data within SAP to support planning and operational excellence
What will convince us
Academic degree in a business-related discipline
Minimum 10 years of experience working in a technical environment within a production company
Experience working with ERP systems
Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and production operations
Experience in materials management and production scheduling within a production environment
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and experience with database usage and management
Effective problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills
Strong stakeholder collaboration capabilities and a customer-focused mindset
Self-motivated approach with the ability to work independently and drive results
Fluent English communication skills