Dinesh Gupta

About Dinesh Gupta

Dynamic and results-driven Production Planning & Control (PPC) professional with 18 years of proven expertise in the tire industry, specializing in Mixing, Extrusion, Calendaring, and Tire Building planning & control. Skilled in production scheduling, demand forecasting, capacity planning, material requirement planning (MRP) and ERP-driven PPC systems. Strong command of Industrial Engineering methods including Capacity calculation, setting OEE targets, time studies and storage capacity optimization. Strong proven record of optimizing production workflows, reducing downtime, improving OEE, and ensuring on-time delivery. Recognized for driving operational excellence, cost efficiency, and productivity improvements.Currently associated with Continental India Pvt. Ltd. as Senior Engineer in PPC domain. my expertise are in following areas:• Spearhead end-to-end PPC functions covering mixing, extrusion, calendaring, and tyre building for multiple product categories.• Oversee critical functions & domains in planning, scheduling and operational efficiency across business segments.• My responsibilities span orchestrating plant production, managing launched procedures (SOP’s) and overseeing the production line by using ERP tools (EWM, APO, SAP & MMS tool).• Lead a team of 3 planners, ensuring accurate daily/weekly/monthly schedules aligned with customer demand and plant capacity.• Coordinate with procurement and supply chain teams to maintain raw material availability (rubber, carbon black, chemicals, reinforcement materials like fabric & wires), preventing production stoppages.• Optimized batch sequencing by reducing daily set ups for reducing downtime and improving throughput per day.• MIS reporting: RM budgeting, forecasting, daily Warehouse dispatch reports and monitoring production plan vs actual reports.• Optimum inventory management during inventory checks & rectifying any inaccuracies to maintain realistic stock records (EWM).• Monitor & control various planning parameters like superlative inventory control of compounds and components, production order creation, adhere Bill of Materials (BOM) management, Production planning & collaborate with rest PPC colleagues.• Coordinate with CFT like: Process, QM, PI, production, PO & Engineering for execution of SOPs’• Implemented SAP PP-based planning system, improving schedule.• Established KPI frameworks (OEE, cycle time, plan adherence, scrap rate), enabling data-driven decision-making at management level.• Successfully integrated new product lines into production without affecting delivery.

Experience

1. Senior Engineer

   Continental

   Jun 2010 — Present · Meerut Tehsil, IN

   Dynamic and results-driven Production Planning & Control (PPC) professional with 18 years of proven expertise in the tire industry, specializing in Mixing, Extrusion, Calendaring, and Tire Building planning & control. Skilled in production scheduling, demand forecasting, capacity planning, material requirement planning (MRP) and ERP-driven PPC systems. Strong command of Industrial Engineering methods including Capacity calculation, setting OEE targets, time studies and storage capacity optimization. Strong proven record of optimizing production workflows, reducing downtime, improving OEE, and ensuring on-time delivery. Recognized for driving operational excellence, cost efficiency, and productivity improvements

Education

• Dr. K.N. Modi Institute of Engineering and Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Chemical Engineering

• DR. K.N.MODI INSTITUTE OF ENGG. & TECH., MODINAGAR

  B.TECH, CHEMICAL ENGG.

  2002 — 2006

• U.P. Technical University, Lucknow

  B.Tech, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING