Demand Planner

As a Demand Planner at Zydus, your role involves ensuring product availability at the point of sale for regulated markets. This includes analyzing data to identify business scenarios and opportunities, managing finished goods (FG) inventory in line with company norms, and generating requirement plans to align demand with supply constraints. You will also be responsible for resolving supply challenges by exploring alternatives and collaborating with manufacturing teams to review manufacturing plans and identify factors impacting FG availability. Key Responsibilities: - Ensure product availability at the point of sale for regulated markets. - Analyze data to identify business scenarios and opportunities. - Manage finished goods (FG) inventory across all levels in line with company norms. - Generate requirement plans and coordinate with supply planning teams to align demand with supply constraints. - Resolve supply challenges by exploring alternatives such as batch size changes and collaborating with manufacturing teams. - Review manufacturing plans and identify factors impacting FG availability. - Conduct MPRM, campus S&OP, E-S&OP, and S&OP forums. - Lead review meetings with business heads on critical project updates. - Communicate supply situations to markets for monthly and short/medium-term planning. - Participate in marketing reviews to address forecasting issues, non-moving inventory, and budget trends. - Collaborate with external partners to implement and validate demand planning automation tools. Qualifications Required: - B. Pharm / B.E. + MBA Zydus is an innovation-led global healthcare provider dedicated to discovering, manufacturing, and marketing a wide range of healthcare therapies. With over 27,000 employees worldwide, including more than 1,400 scientists engaged in research, Zydus is committed to creating healthier communities globally. Visit their website at https://www.zyduslife.com/zyduslife/. (Note: Additional details of the company are provided for your reference.),