Lead - Demand Planning

Mandatory to have someone with Team Management and hands on experience on tools like Kinaxis & O9 or similar.

• Enhance demand forecasting accuracy to minimize forecasting errors and reduce the need for last-minute production changes.
• Streamline demand planning processes to increase efficiency and reduce lead times, resulting in faster response to market changes.
• Responsible for Production Planning, Multi-modal Dispatch Planning & Material planning
• Develop factory-wise production plans & dispatch plans to meet desired stock availability levels
• Track plan achievement for factories & devise mitigation plans for short term supply issues
• Assess constraints on supply such as short-term capacity issues, packaging material and raw material & plan actions with cross function teams
• Support on strategic projects: Inventory Optimization, network study & long-term supply planning
• To look for Digitization opportunities towards continuous improvements
• Lead cost-saving measures in supply chain operations through accurate demand forecasting & effective inventory management, which results in reduced inventory carrying costs and operational efficiency
• Foster SKU segmentation & support SKU rationalization activity to reduce complexity. Operate on set inventory norms and work on optimization for improved working capital performance. Reduction in expiry to improve profitability of the organization.
• Ensure good forecast accuracy & stock availability consistently meeting or exceeding on-time, in-full (OTIF) delivery metrics resulting in high levels of customer satisfaction