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03/08 Kavita Sharma
Recruitment Executive at taggd.in

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Demand Planner - Pharma/FMCD (3-10 yrs)

Pune Job Code: 1134890

Demand Planner position is responsible for demand planning, order management and fulfillment activities associated with customers and products. This position is the integration point between the Sales, CS, Manufacturing and L&DC functions. Seamless Order fulfilment is the core responsibility of this position. This position leads the dialogue each month for their respective customers and products with key counterparts in Sales, factory supply planning, CS, L&DC and Controlling.

Job Description:

Tactical & Strategic Planning :

- Develop long & short-range demand plans as key input for supply & delivery planning.

- Engage with sales & customer service teams to understand demand drivers (qualitative inputs) and combine them with historical sales trends/seasonality and statistical forecasts (quantitative inputs) to finalise ONE demand plan.

- Work on system and process improvements to improve the inventory availability in network to help business team for successful roll out of GTM model.

- Work with business teams for enabling stock norm driven replenishment system to distributors (customers).

- Work with Plant Supply chain teams to develop pull based inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.

- Lead the S&OP process for Industrial Business with all stakeholders.

Operational Planning :

- Maintain inventory norms data, material master and network master data in system.

- Raise stock transfer orders from plants to distribution centers on daily basis.

- Review stock out/nearing stock out SKUs with Plant supply chain team on daily basis for improving network buffer fill rate and to ensure stock availability to customers.

- Interact with suppliers (for traded products) to maintain continuous supplies as per pull-based priorities on regular basis.

- Monitor and control the inventory in network, identify redistribution opportunities and execute.

- Engage with logistics, sales team & plant supply chain teams to reduce existing Slow moving or obsolete inventories.

Job Functions:

- Generate demand forecasts:

- Gather, analyze, and validate data

- Review sales trends, customer orders, promotional plans

- Achieve consensus for operational demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative planning process with sales, CS, Factory planning, L&DC and Controlling:

- Prepare relevant material to facilitate discussion & execution

- Provide input to volume planning (Latest Estimates / annual process)

- Facilitate and manage demand planning/customer meetings

- Achieve consensus with the business side and the supply chain

- Maintain planning system and software

- Enter and modify data and ensure the correctness of product hierarchy

- Monitor trends in forecast error, replenishment accuracy

- Identify relevant market-related data and competitive intelligence

- Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to end to end planning process

Metrics:

- Service Levels achievement in line with company targets - Availability failure and Broken Promises

- Inventory Targets achievement in line with company targets

- Optimize the end to end supply chain activities to contribute to the company's cash flow

- Customer Relationship NPS

Requirements:

- Minimum of 3 + years' experience in Demand/Supply/Inventory planning with an overall experience of 4-5 years in Supply chain.

- Bachelor's degree in Business, supply chain or statistics. MBA Preferred

- Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, planning and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.

- Knowledge of TOC, SAP/APO or Oracle or other software related to planning & optimization

- Experienced with other software packages including Microsoft Office & Power BI.

- This position requires strong analytical, organizational, decision making, and presentation skills.

- Strong interpersonal skills are also essential to effectively interact with all teams, areas and levels of business affecting the forecast process.

- Good facilitation skills are required.

- APICS certifications like CPIM preferred

- High level of Proficient with Analytical tools like excel (score more than 8)

- Behavioral Skill :

- Interpersonal skills,

- Cross functional coordination

- Presentation skills form a senior management perspective

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Women-friendly workplace:

Maternity and Paternity Benefits

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