Manager – Supply Planning

• The role will be responsible to support the Supplier Planning deliverables and will be required to provide leadership direction to the team of Buyers and Planners at GSCCoE, build a scalable and capable organization through development and deployment of standard processes across all sites. The scope is further extended to taking new value add transitions, developing standard models, and suggesting best practices to Eaton sites with proven results.
• This individual will be responsible for collaborating with a cross-functional set of stakeholders across the divisions, to drive improvements in key Materials metrics. work with teams like SIOP and inventory for driving the key organizational initiatives.

1.To drive excellent collaboration with the Business SCM Leadership through communication & presentation skills to align with the objectives of the respective Business Group.
2. Has prior team management experience in the Materials Management domain
3. Should lead team by an example, Guide, drive, motivate & engage team to deliver on all key functional expectations such as Supplier OTD, VMI, Min-max performance, cost reductions & DOH improvements
4. Drive customer engagement and satisfaction by meeting customer expectations and needs, build customer facing KPIs, voice of customer thru periodic meetings and ensuring timely resolution to customer queries/feedback etc. To plan, schedule and manage the defined business services, delivering to agreed timescales, budget, quality criteria and commitments.
5. Will be responsible for growth of the team & scaling of existing roles from the supplier planning standpoint
6. Excellent communication & presentation skills to work with teams from different geographies (Global, regional & local materials management teams)
7. Enable the team to Own and drive Business Impact goals such as Inventory DOH reduction, Cost Out / Avoidance Opportunities

Qualifications:

Should be Graduate with Master’s degree (Preferably into Materials / Production / Operations Management) Engineering Graduate preferred, CPIM Certified

13 to 15 years of relevant experience into Materials Planning, Inventory Optimization & Control

Skills:

Materials Planning and Inventory Management, Data Analytics, Power BI, SQL, Python, Complex calculations and understanding
Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, operations and Supply Chain Management personnel
Should have strong functional knowledge & working experience related to Materials management & detailed understanding of concepts related to replenishment planning, MRP/ material planning & Inventory performance measures like Forecasting Accuracy & DOH