Executive - Sales & Operations Planning

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The S&OP Planner is responsible for quality and timely execution of the Sales & Operations Planning process, ensuring demand planning, supply planning, and inventory optimization. This role involves cross-functional collaboration to balance demand and supply. This role requires agile, analytical, and dynamic professionals who bring fresh perspectives, handling complex data, and drive cross-functional coordination.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for executing the S&OP process, ensuring alignment of demand, supply, and inventory to meet business objectives

• Develop and maintain demand plans using historical data analysis, market trends, and Collaboration with Sales and Marketing

• Align Supply plans, optimize production schedules, and coordinate with procurement and manufacturing teams

• Validate the Raw material Procurement Plans

• Monitor inventory levels, ensure DOH compliance with norms, and drive actions for slow-moving or excess stock

• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to ensure alignment of new product introductions and demand-supply reconciliation

• Coordinate with Production teams/schedulers for detailed production schedules and monitor adherence to plans, through S&OP regular reviews/meetings

• Adjust schedules for exceptional events and report deviations

Required Skills & Knowledge

• Experience in monthly S&OP cycle execution.

• Forecasting & demand planning fundamentals.

• Must have: Supply and production planning (MRP, RCCP, MPS).

• Inventory optimization and parameter setting.

• Must have: Data analytics proficiency (SAP, Advanced Excel, Power Query, Power BI, PowerPoint).

• Hands-on experience with APS tools (IBP, O9, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder).

Education

• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in supply chain management/engineering

Experience

• 4-5+ years of experience in S&OP environment including demand planning, supply planning/ production planning and supply chain analytics

• Chemical Industry experience preferred