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Company name: Azelis India Pvt. Ltd. Position Name: Demand Planner Location: Airoli (Navi Mumbai) 5 days week, WFO Reporting : The Planner will report to Supply Chain Head contact Person: tushar.shete@azelis.com JD - The planner is responsible for managing and developing purchasing strategies across a defined principal portfolio as well as for formalising a stock policy according to demand forecasts, Principals capacities and available stocks in order to maximise NWC (networking capital) and COGS (costs of goods) efficiency whilst meeting principal needs and supporting best in class” customer satisfaction. This role interacts with both Commercial and Operational Teams, working closely with customer service and supply chain. Main Accountabilities Optimal Stock Management Manage demand planning for a defined principal portfolio. Manage procurement strategies, stock management actions and quality of tools. Set up and regularly maintain master planning data in ERP. Elaborate and provide purchase forecasts to suppliers when required. Ensure purchase orders alignment with forecasts provided. Optimize stock rotation, limitation of impairment and rationalization of logistics expenses. Ensure best balance between margins maximization (volume effect on COGS) / DIO optimization. Analyse sales and understand customers behaviours (volumes, seasonality, risks) while interacting with the Business. Liaise with business to ensure accuracy of sales forecasting. Analyse stock availability based on upstream and downstream information and open SO & PO in ERP. Generate and send replenishment reviews to Supply Chain. Collaborate with Supply Chain to ensure goods receipt if required. Collaborate with Supply Chain to create Principals ID cards, including Supplier requirements (minimum quantities, values, purchasing frequency etc). Ensure new Principal and Product set-up, identify sample stock requirement as part of the set-up process. Assist Supply Chain Administrators, Warehouse and Logistics functions for stock variance/discrepancies – investigation, explanation and corrective actions with financial impact on the business unit. Participate and initiate in conjunction with the Finance Team – stock count and reconciliation procedures for designated supplier portfolio and/or specific warehouse locations. Evaluate Company performance measurement techniques and identify areas of improvement through the setting and monitoring of KPIs. Draw up yearly budget and KPIs & tools to follow costs in detail and assess results; take corrective actions where needed - DIO per Department and per Supplier - Obsolete stock value - Impairment value. Exactness of replenishment reviews (number of modifications) - Accuracy of purchase forecasts. Ensure Conformity & Contribute to Sustainability Ensure compliance with quality processes, procedures and working instructions in order to maintain high service standards and quality of Data Management. Translate the Group’s Sustainability Strategy into concrete job-related action items and contribute actively and timely to the implementation of the sustainability KPIs. Contribute to Continuous Process Optimization and Excellent Teamwork Join Business Reviews (Department and Suppliers) and share Planning Dashboard. Ensure information flow to other team-members within the Supply Chain team. Continuously follow up on market trends, Principals/Suppliers organisations, product range specifications (goods availability, Minimum Order Quantity, leadtimes, pallet size, batch size, packing etc.) Follow principal supply behavior, detecting opportunities, developing operational relationship. Constantly look for possible savings (financial, time, resources). Key stakeholders of the Role Internal: COO, Supply Chain, Commercial and Operations team, SHEQ, Finance External: Principals, Forwarders, Warehouse Skills & Competences Commercial and dynamic mindset Passionate about achieving goals/targets
