Assistant Manager- Material Planning

Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Work as Resin RM Planner for India Coatings (MPY,ASC, ICO) to ensure the required service to the customer and the appropriate balance with costs and inventory for both finished goods and materials.
• Be the interface for Resin RM Supply Planning with Country BU Teams, IN Manufacturing Leadership, ISC Finance, RDI etc
• Ensure the region is meeting the targets month after month in terms of OTIF (Delivery Capability), Inventory (DIO) and SLOBs (%) optimizing the impact on manufacturing, logistics and procurement costs.
• Implement and develop the needed processes and tools to perform the required planning activities.
• Develop the team and ensure their engagement.
• Be the Point for Contact for RM Supply Planning Process Audits, Updates to Country Leadership Team, Finance team etc
• Support the BU Supply Chain Managers on side projects and the deployment of the strategy and operational plans into the region.
• Ensure a good communication and integration with demand/Bus, manufacturing, procurement, logistics and finance.

Key Skills & Competencies:-

1. Manage Resin RM planning for Coatings

2. Demonstrate leadership according to company values, walking the path with the team.

3. Implement the right and agreed governance in the planning team.

4. Ensure the right setting of objectives, performance and development of the team.

5. Liaise with BU leadership to ensure business targets are achieved.

6. Develop and implement details plans to improve performance on service, inventory and SLOBs, but as well on efficiency and improvement of the processes.

7. Work closely with regional supply planning manager and hub RM planning manager to deploy the strategy and plans within the region.

8. Ensure the right collaboration with demand management/planning teams, manufacturing, procurement, logistics, customer service and finance. Preferable MBA from Premium Institute with at least 2-3 years experience in FMCG, Paint/Coating or Retail industries Supply Chain Improvement or consulting

9. High level of experience on Supply Planning, IBP processes, Planning tools, Supply planning, planning in SAP ECC and BI

Key Performance Indicators:-

• DC: Service – ensure on time and in full targets (OTIF) measured as delivery capability are achieved.
• DIO: Inventory levels – maintain correct stock balance whilst adhering to operating working capital targets in days and in value
• SLOBs: manage SLOBs with proactive reduction once there and preventive not to generate them.