Supply Chain Planner

DESCRIPTION

The Supply Chain Planner is responsible for planning and maintaining daily supply chain operations across one or more functional areas such as materials, production, inventory, logistics, customer service, demand management, or order fulfillment. This role ensures that internal and external customer expectations are consistently met by driving accurate planning signals, managing supply risks, and enabling efficient end-to-end supply chain performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement planning system strategies to improve planning signals across the supply chain.
• Execute daily operational planning processes within assigned functional areas.
• Monitor, analyze, and adjust planning system parameters to ensure alignment with business requirements.
• Use common processes, tools, and information systems to drive consistency and standardization.
• Analyze and interpret key supply chain performance indicators (KPIs) to identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Identify potential supply chain failures and proactively mitigate risks through effective planning and corrective actions.
• Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders, including global suppliers, to deliver short-term tactical improvements.
• Utilize planning systems as the primary tool to drive consistent supply and demand signals across the supply chain.
• Participate in functional and cross-functional process improvement initiatives.
• Manage part change control activities, including obsolescence, supersessions, and new part releases, while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Apply Plan for Every Part (PFEP) principles to ensure right part, right quantity, right time, and right place across the end-to-end supply chain.
• Establish and maintain valid master supply or production schedules aligned with customer requirements and operational capacity.
• Use advanced planning tools and dashboards to support parts availability decisions, inventory optimization, and root cause analysis.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Skills and Competencies

Functional & Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in Material Planning (must have).
• In-depth understanding of material availability and shortage management (must have).
• Experience working with global stakeholders and suppliers (must have).
• Inventory analytics and optimization (preferred).
• Allocation planning and constraint-based planning (preferred).
• ERP exposure such as Oracle or SAP (nice to have).
• Proficiency in materials planning systems and supporting tools (e.g., BI dashboards, Advanced Planning Command Centre, Excel, Access).

Behavioral Competencies

• Communicates effectively: Delivers clear, multi-mode communication tailored to diverse global audiences.
• Customer focus: Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric supply chain solutions.
• Drives results: Consistently achieves targets, even under challenging conditions.
• Global perspective: Approaches problems with a broad, enterprise-wide and global lens.
• Manages complexity: Effectively analyzes complex and sometimes contradictory information to make sound decisions.
• Optimizes work processes: Applies continuous improvement mindset to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Values differences: Recognizes and leverages diverse perspectives and cultures to strengthen outcomes.

Experience

• 6–8 years of experience in Material Planning , preferably within Manufacturing and/or Global Capability Center (GCC) environments.
• Demonstrated experience in managing materials KPIs, inventory optimization, master scheduling, and supply-demand balancing in complex supply chains.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree required.
• Engineering degree required; MBA in Supply Chain preferred.
• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification is an added advantage.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Job Supply Chain Planning

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2423099

Relocation Package No

100% On-Site Yes

Due to the operational nature and specific job duties of this role, work is required to be completed 100% in person/On-site.