Central Supply Planner

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Position Summary –

This role is a part of the supply chain organization and is primarily responsible for serving as a single point of contact for Global markets serviced by India based plants for demand qualification, supply plan validation and co-ordination for monthly planning & execution activities.

Strategic (Frequency: 6 months)

• Guide respective plant supply planners on analysis of supply side costs for C class products and identification of cost rationalization initiatives
• Monitor implementation of agreed cost rationalization initiatives and benefit realization across global DF plants in scope
• Guide plant supply planners on identifying bottleneck resources and de-bottlenecking them
• Identify and escalate consistent material and/ or capacity issues at plants to the Formulations Supply Planning Lead
• Participate in supply side review meetings to understand expected constraints and their impact on overall supply planning
• Oversee and provide guidance to supply planners to work with other teams to build the case for standardization, and batch size reduction
• Ensure review and validation of RM/PM inventory norms at plants every 6 months based on demand-supply variability, lead times and desired service levels and make suitable updates
• Facilitate best practices sharing and adoption to ensure consistency across supply processes and systems across plants
• Guide plant supply planners for collecting data for long range planning for respective plants

Operational (Frequency: Monthly)

• Represent the plant/s in scope in the monthly pre-S&OP and S&OP meetings and escalate open issues to the Global Supply Planning Head
• Represent the supply side and drive discussions with the demand team for arriving at consensus plans
• Understand and validate net production requirements on the plant
• Highlight significant changes in production requirements as compared to previous cycle
• Ensure updates of operational inputs like planned shut-downs etc. in the Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) tool
• Ensure updates of capacity occupancy for non-commercial demand basis inputs from R&D, MSTG, production
• Run the Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) tool on net production requirement for generating a capacity levelled plan
• Ensure timely MRP run to generate material requirements and check material availability with procurement team
• Generate monthly production plans that best meet demand and capacity/material availability at plants
• Validate & stress-test the generated plan to maximize commitments against requirements
• Track & monitor progress of plan execution and drive intermittent issue resolution with plant supply planners to maximize actual supplies against monthly commitments
• Track actual production on a weekly basis across plants in scope and ensure that delays, if any, are communicated to the demand planners
• Monitor and highlight significant changes, if any, in production requirements as compared to previous cycle across plants
• Moderate the exception management forums to ensure adherence to the defined exception management process for both demand & plant supply planners
• Monitor RM/PM inventory levels across plants in scope and ensure adherence to norms
• Drive co-ordination for new product launches with NPI team, markets and respective plant teams
• Monitor key metrics at overall level and review at plant level (R vs. C, C vs. A, RM/PM inventory, RM/PM write-off)
• Guide supply planners on root causes analysis and action planning
• Coordinate improvement activities and facilitate best practice (knowledge) sharing across plants in scope

Key performance metrics

• D vs C
• C vs S
• Inventory Days- RM/PM (as per scientific norms)
• RM/PM Write-off
• Adherence to agreed timelines for S&OP process
• Adherence to agreed timelines for NPL (on Supply Chain activities)