Manager - Sourcing

As an Assistant Manager/Manager Sourcing (Production) at our Vikhroli, Mumbai office, your role will focus on end-to-end production-facing sourcing from manufacturers, ensuring efficient demand and capacity planning across multiple factories. Your responsibilities will include: - Analyzing manufacturing demand (STRs) to determine requirements across all factories and identifying unmet demand and capacity constraints. Developing and executing reallocation strategies considering freight and manufacturing limitations to create a balanced Manufacturing Plan. - Finalizing the Manufacturing Plan, ensuring alignment with business goals, and effectively communicating the plan to key stakeholders, including Factory and Procurement teams. - Reviewing and monitoring daily production plans from each factory to ensure alignment with operational cycles and overall supply chain objectives. - Consolidating and analyzing daily manufacturing reports from all factories, tracking plan vs. actual metrics, and providing detailed updates to the Category Manufacturing Manager. - Ensuring production processes meet quality standards and regulatory requirements, collaborating with Quality Assurance teams to address defects and maintain product integrity. - Identifying and analyzing data on production bottlenecks and inefficiencies, assessing STR requirements against plant capacity, and optimizing transportation lanes to address capacity constraints and maintain smooth operations. Qualifications and Experience: - Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, or related field. - 6-10 years of experience in supply planning, demand planning, or related supply chain functions. Key Skills: - Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a data-driven approach to decision-making. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to collaborate effectively across teams. - Experience in manufacturing planning, logistics, and multi-factory operations is a plus.,