Designation: Assistant General Manager Department: Category (Footwear) Role/ Position: Business Planning Location of Joining: Mumbai Years of Experience: 12+ Years No. of People Reporting: 4 Reporting Manager: Director – Category (Footwear) Qualification Required: FDDI Post Graduate Preferably Business Justification for Hiring: With growing business & specific business channel requirements, there is a need for strengthening India footwear planning. Due to changing compliance / Quality requirements within footwear business, a combination of Imports & Local production is becoming critical. On day to day basis, there are challenges with India factory production output, there is a need to juggle the production planning to meet business requirements. Brief Overview of the Role: Complete ownership of Business planning which includes Production Planning, Merchandising, Vendor management, tooling management planning along with factory capacity planning. The role would be to drive the efficiency and effectiveness of the factory deliverables. The person will need to have strong sense of the current & future production output plan. Job Specification: Candidate qualified from FDDI / NIFT / production planning background Experience working with Footwear divisions Fluent in English communication, in both written and spoken. Fast learner, team player and has sense of urgency. Should possess Strong sense of process orientation Detail oriented, follows procedures & should have Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment Flexible work schedule: Able to work stretched hours as needed Job Description: Drive the overall business planning for footwear category PAN India Understand the dynamics of each channel – Retail, MBO, Distribution & Ecom to strengthen the business OTB planning & governance for the business & ensuring necessary approvals in place before placing buys Defining Footwear Annual Buy plan Governing agreed GM% deliverables for the business Managing and planning COGS% to MRP for the season For Local manufacturing, Measure & monitor factory KPIs and ensure that Vendor scorecards are maintained including OTIF and intime delivery percentage Plan & drive factory production capacity planning Ensuring the tooling requirement is aligned with the sales orders Align the factories to have proper communication to global team & defining SOP’s and industry best practices in planning & reporting Prepare detailed analytics with clear action points on a continuous basis including production tracking tools to provide effective and timely visibility to Brand Visits to production facilities for discussion on production planning & weekly monthly dispatches. Collaborate with all the factories to ensure on time deliveries, escalation of issues where required KEY STRENGHTS Dynamic & Versatile Analytical & planning skills Professional of MS-Excel, primarily Word, Excel, Power-point. Strong Decision Making Show more Show less