Pune Vision Plan Site Leader & India SV Demand Planning Lead

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Job Description:

There are two key components to the role. The role has responsibility for the Pune Planning Centre Operations & India SV Demand Planning.

Pune Vision Plan Site Leader

The Plan Leader for Pune Site is responsible for all the Plan team members at the site & overall operations of the Pune Site which supports both the Global Plan Team & the APAC Plan team. The site leader is responsible for ensuring the Pune site delivers all its Service Level agreements (SLA’s) to its key stakeholders ie Global Plan, APAC VC & APAC SV Plan team. The site leader will work closely with the key stakeholders & the Pune team to drive continuous improvement of the work processes and to drive maturity & simplification of the e2e processes. The site leader will also shape & drive execution of the strategic Vision Plan roadmap for the Pune Vision Planning Centre. The Vision Plan Site leader will also represent the Vision Plan team in the overall Pune GCC leadership Team and leverage/share learnings with the broader Med Tech teams at the facility.

India SV Demand Planning Lead

India SV in one of the fastest growing markets for APAC SV & also one of the top markets for SV globally.

The India SV Demand Planning Lead is accountable for leading and improving the demand planning and IBP processes for India SV by reducing forecast error, optimizing inventory utilization and influencing the cross-functional partnership. The India SV Demand Planning Lead will work closely with the India Commercial, Finance and Deliver organizations to drive IBP maturity, increase forecast accuracy, and orchestration of unconstrained demand conversations, including events such as promotions, NPI launches and Product discontinuations. The India SV Demand Planning Lead will ensure that the established forecasting process is well defined and that the Demand forecast is generated, reviewed and validated to enable visibility to product supply requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities

Job Scope

The role will cover all aspects of Demand Planning , Integrated Business Planning & Master Data Maintenance including

• Driving IBP maturity
• Market and Regional Forecasting and Demand Shaping (Demand Reviews)
• Statistical Forecasting leveraging Data & Analytics
• Short and medium-term Planning (1-24b months)
• Integration of Financial forecasting with IBP
• Scenario Planning & Inventory Optimization
• Regional Planning Metrics and Analytics
• Implementation of Best Practices and tools @ Pune Planning Service Centre
• Driving excellence in Global Master Data Maintenance in OMP
• Ownership of the overall forecast upload process for the APAC Region
• Oversight of all the Vision Plan operations at Pune facility & ensure delivery of the aligned SLA

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Regional and Global SC partners to improve overall IBP process, supporting PMR, Exec IBP and connection with Financial forecasting.
• Support Reporting & Data Analytics for Key KPI’s (MAPE, BIAS, NTS $, etc.) to Regional and Global management from Pune Service Centre
• Develop and maintain analytics to support continuous improvement (i.e. trends, forecast ability, Forecast Value Add), developing new and ad hoc reports as required.
• Continuously suggest and lead improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness of processes.
• Create and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures for all processes at Pune facility
• Responsible for the development of the Team members at Talent at the Pune Vision facility and to build a High Performance team
• Facilitate India Market Demand Reviews with the cross-functional teams and ensure forecast accuracy through shared commercial/ supply chain accountability.
• Translate India market intelligence, customer forecast, promotional activity, seasonality and other internal or external factors that impact demand into the forecast projections.
• Design and generate monthly analysis of demand, providing visibility to trends and anomalies to share with key stakeholders to enable better informed decisions.
• Identify opportunities to effectively shape demand to influence service and / or cost (i.e. inventory).
• Act as a central point of contact for for India Demand, Supply, or Service related concerns.

Key Requirements (skills, competencies, experiences, certifications)

Education and Experience

Essential:

• University Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance or equivalent. MBA in Engineering, business or equivalent is preferred
• Experience with ERP (SAP, APO, SNP, JDA, etc.) & Advanced Planning Systems
• Min 8 years of business experience with 5 years of experience in Demand, Supply, or Manufacturing Planning, IBP, and/ or Forecasting Experience, Medical device or Consumer industry preferred

Desirable:

• Planning Certification (APICS/ IBF)
• Green Belt Six Sigma Certification.
• Experience in driving & leading IBP maturity
• People Management experience
• Prior experience in Data & Analytics
• Familiarity with relevant legislation – e.g. Import/ Export legislation, GMP, ISO requirements

Skills

Essential:

• Excellent Business acumen & ability to partner with commercial team to drive change
• Strong communication skills with the ability to make the complex clear in both written & oral forms.
• Ability to build strong collaborative teams and relationships, leading cross functional/ virtual teams
• Strong Persuading and influencing skills
• Self-directed and ability to work with limited supervision
• Ability to influence Director & VP Levels within the organization and in a matrix environment.
• Good understanding of e2e Supply chain operations, lean, Value Stream with technical mastery in Planning
• In-depth knowledge of analysis and problem solving techniques.
• Strong understanding of financial valuation
• Strong analytically skills and statistics

Location

• This role will be based in the Med Tech GCC facility @ Pune, India
• Role may require approx. 10-15% travel