Senior Supply Planner

General Description

General Responsibilities / Accountabilities

• Experience in Supply Planning and Vendor Collaboration. Experience in FMCG Sector preferred.
• Oversee and mentor the Planning Group to ensure a high level of proficiency and development.
• Create level loaded Master Production Schedule while maintaining targeted inventory levels.
• Ensure a consistent handoff of planning information to the production via the Material Planner(s)
• Identify and manage bottlenecks and capacity issues with the Production Management team, co-ordinate internally and externally the resolution of the issues"
• "Establish and monitor ERP system parameters, including safety stock levels for finished goods and raw material inventories."
• Experience in leading team of Supply Planning experts (Production & Capacity Planning)
• Experience in participating in S&OP Meetings.
• Experience in handling customer communication and acted as single point of contact for issue resoutions
• Hands on experience of working on planning tools like APO and ERP execution tools like ECC.
• Good understanding of planning methodologies like heuristics, optimization etc
• Deep expertize understanding of analyzing planning result output and scenario planning.
• Deep understanding of planning master data and its impact on plan quality.
• Very good collaboration skills and ability to interact with multi-cultural teams spread across geographies.

Qualifications (Education/Experience/Certification)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (IIT, IT-BHU, REC, DCE, BITS & Tier 1 Engineering Colleges preferred)
• MBA Operations/Supply Chain/Logistics / Engineering (preferred)
• Any relevant industry specific Certifications/Memberships (desirable)

Experience Requirements

• 8-12 years on supply planning of which minimum 2-4 years is team management

Personal Characteristics

• Hard Working and Confident
• High on Integrity
• Willingness to “do what it takes”
• Passionate about creating value and impact for the client
• A team oriented and collaborative approach
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, throughout all levels of the organization

Skill and Knowledge Requirements

• Industry knowledge of Manufacturing and FMCG
• Ability to lead and motivate teams working in a diverse multi-cultural environment
• Highly effective stakeholder management skills
• Hands on experience in SAP APO planning books (preferred)
• Hands on experience of working with an ERP tool (preferably SAP ECC)
• Good understanding of reporting tools like SAP BI (nice to have)
• Good understanding of collaboration tools like SAP SNC (nice to have)
• Working knowledge of Tableau Platform
• Demonstrated decision making and problem solving skills
• Comprehensive skills in query/reporting tools, spreadsheet applications and presentations