Demand Supply Planner

An individual with

● At least 3+ years of hands-on experience in planning in demand and supply

preferably in an FMCG/grocery business in an ECOM/D2C/FMCG environment.

● Should have an in-depth understanding of driving /setting up S&OP cycles and

institutionalizing with all stakeholders in current/ former organizations.

● Must be comfortable working on unstructured data sets and can create

meaningful representations/dashboards. Should possess working knowledge of

statistical forecasting and algorithms associated with it.

● Should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the levers of the business and

can translate qualitative inputs into quantifiable outputs

● Should be able to create collaborative forums for demand-supply–capacity

alignment

● Standardize Inventory planning & policies activities but not limited to production

planning, days coverage, Reorder level, batch sizes, cycle stock, and safety

stock

● Should be a team player with a go-getter attitude, Passionate about the supply

chain.

● Should possess a high degree of persuasive skills, detail orientation, and be able

to communicate necessities in the right way

● Proficient in Excel and Tableau/Power BI

Expectations from the role:

● Set up and conduct monthly S&OP process with all necessary stakeholders for

rolling horizon to develop a consensus forecast for medium-term and short-term

along with Sales, Marketing, and Finance

● Undertake sensitivity analysis on consensus forecast and duly highlight risks and

opportunities to all necessary stakeholders. Cascade the final consensus across

the board promptly

● Set up and conduct weekly cycles of production planning, replenishment

process, and review mechanism with manufacturers and operations team on

inventory

● Develop and formalize inventory policies and master data management

guidelines for brand-SKU combinations. Update as and when needed

● Monitor capacities and accommodate constraints in forecast building; Work with

the operations team to debottleneck capacity to support business volumes and

growth

● Create a volume and value-based plan and cascade it down to vendors and

manufacturers for production & RM- PM Planning for a rolling horizon

● Measure and critically review compliances to the S&OP process along with bias

in as granularity as possible.

● Identify and onboard vendors that can routinely provide demand sensing to

correct plans and production. Validate consensus forecast through demand

sensing algorithms and conduct corrections as and when needed

● Production and dispatch scheduling

Key KPIs for the role

1. In Stock and Availability % age

2. Fill rate % - GT, MT & ECOM

3. Freshness %

4. S&OP process compliance

5. Bias%

6. Days On Hand- Inventory FG+ RM/PM

7. Master data completeness%

8. Forecast Accuracy

Interested candidates can share their CVs on info@xcelhroslutions.com