Title: Assistant Manager - Demand Planning ( EAST)

Reports to: Senior  Demand Manager.

Purpose:   

Is fully responsible for Demand Planning for one region across franchise, inventory planning – Norms setting at C&FA level, improvement in customer service, managing fill rates for key accounts, and supporting the country S&OP processes.

Educational Qualifications & Skills Required

 - Engineering/ Science/ Commerce Graduate with management post graduation from recognized B-Schools.

 - Knowledge and hands on experience of latest practices in Demand Planning, forecasting and inventory management

 - Knowledge and end user experience of any ERP system (preferably SAP/ SAP-APO) and its operation.

 - Strong statistical knowledge, good in data analysis with MS tools like Advanced Excel, MS-Access

 - Strong communication skills, analytical & problem solving mindset.

Experience Required
 - 3 to 5 years experience in the area of demand planning & customer service management.

Location of the position - Kolkata,  East Branch Office

Demand Planning:

 - Generate statistical forecast using Mercia/ APO and incorporate market intelligence using field forecast to arrive at final forecast.

 - Generate SKU wise short term (0-3 months) and long term forecasts.

 - Support BP planning process

 - Analyze sales trend and forecast error to identify areas of opportunity for inventory optimization

 - Maintain all system Parameters for forecasting & deployment planning.

 - Generate DRP and ensure stock availability in co-ordination with planning and distribution.

 - Carry out casual analysis for MAPE and Bias/OTIF/CFR and suggest corrective actions.

 - MAPE/ Bias

 - CFR/OTIF

 - S&OP Achievement

 - Sales plan attainment

Inventory Management:

 - Set Inventory norms across stocking locations sufficing appropriate service levels and Inventory Targets.

 - Coordinate deployment of stocks from plants to distribution centers as per forecast.

 - Carry out slow moving and non-moving stock analysis and highlight to central Demand team for action.

 - Support initiatives like VMR (Vendor Managed Replenishments)

 - Inventory Days

 - SLOB % of inventory

C&FA management

 - Helps to maintain good warehousing practices at C&FA

 - Identifies process improvement opportunities to increase warehouse efficiency

 - Visits C&FA to understand operational challenges- space, resources and provides feedback to central team for action planning

Self Development:

 - Keep up to date on relevant Supply Chain technology and process trends amongst key customers and competitors for the franchise

 - Maintains up-to-date knowledge of relevant franchise products

 - Continue to progress understanding and application of Process Excellence tools

 - Best practice assimilation and implementation

 - Personal development plan in place

 - Product training plans prepared and executed

 - Visits to customers Technical update training plans prepared and executed

Corporate Ethics & Standards

 - Actively support corporate policy and ethics leading by example

 - Compliance to guidelines

Please send your resume to leena@careeravenues.net