Supply Planner

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We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Supply Planner to handle the replenishment of finished goods across the supply network in our geographical region. This role ensures the right finished goods stock is in the right place at the right time to meet customer demand while optimizing inventory levels and supply chain efficiency. It includes enhancing production planning to meet efficient capacity utilization and ensure the efficient and timely supply of raw materials to support production, and business needs, ensuring there is constant alignment with supply and demand to meet service, cost, and inventory targets.

By using our Global Planning Digital tool, Kinaxis Maestro, the Supply Planners own the replenishment and production plan of finished goods and raw materials across all warehouses and source plants for a given portfolio of products.

Supply Planners ensure that medium to long term network capacity is available and play a vital part in the facilitation of constraints resolution across network capacity. They track the Capacity: Demand (C:D) ratio to supervise production capacity, and raw materials levels for our manufacturing assets. They work closely with deployment planners, MPS, Material Requirement Planning (MRP) planners, Plant schedulers, Procurement teams and the Supply Planning Delivery Managers in the markets to have timely production and raw material capacity modelling in place for Sales & Operating Planning (S&OP) process, through Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP).

This position requires proven supply planning experience, combining strong analytical skills within our digital planning tool (Kinaxis) and the ability to foster collaborative working relationships with supply chain planning colleagues in local team and across other global markets.

What you will deliver (responsibilities)

Supply Network Replenishment Planning

Develop and complete Finished Good supply replenishment plans to balance supply and demand across regional warehouses and stocking points for the region, and ensure appropriate dependent demand is placed on our manufacturing and source sites using our Planning tool

Implement medium to long term supply network projections to identify constraints and possible mitigations to feed recommendations into the S&OP Supply Review

Support short term Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) deployment planners in facilitating resolution of any short-term constraints

Be responsible for the process for finished goods stock allocation for the PU, based on forecasted demand, service level targets, and inventory policies.

Own and ensure appropriate planning data is updated in line with global planning governance requirements (lead times, service levels, replenishment parameters)

Production Planning

Develop and manage mid-to-long-term production plans across multiple manufacturing sites, ensuring alignment with demand forecasts and inventory targets.

Identify medium to long term constraints by carrying out RCCP to feed the monthly Supply Review conducted by the regional S&OP Manager.

Work with regional Supply Delivery Leads and MPS planners to identify mitigations and options to resolve capacity bottlenecks, raw material shortages and demand fluctuations.

Own and ensure appropriate and relevant production planning data that is updated in line with global planning governance requirements, working with Plant manufacturing, procurement and other teams to gather & maintain (e.g. batch sizes, confirmed and theoretical capacity, cycle times, calendars).

Raw Material Planning

Develop and lead mid-to-long-term raw material plans to meet the total market needs across all manufacturing sites and relevant 3rd parties, ensuring alignment with demand forecasts and inventory targets, working in collaboration with Procurement to ensure these are shared with suppliers and variance from month to month is understood and communicated

Support New Product Introductions or Tender opportunities, by scenario-planning and ensuring raw material readiness and availability.

Own and assess the process to understand raw material and supplier constraints and risk of disruption, to feed into the monthly Supply Review conducted by the S&OP Manager

Work with Delivery Leads and MRP planners to identify possible mitigations and options to resolve short-term disruptions, including raw material shortages, and demand fluctuations.

Own and ensure appropriate raw material planning data reflects reality, and is updated in line with global planning governance requirements, working with Procurement, MPS planners, Plant manufacturing, other teams to gather and maintain (e.g. order quantities, lead times, calendars)

Inventory & Stock Management

Ensure inventory availability while minimizing excess stock and obsolescence.

Identify and mitigate risks such as stockouts, overstocking, and supply constraints.

Collaborate with deployment planners, production planners, procurement, and Supply Planning Delivery leads in the market to ensure seamless product flow.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

Work closely with Supply Planning Delivery lead, MPS, MRP planners, Procurement and plant teams to align production and replenishment strategies with business objectives (e.g. Make to order, make to stock)

Support the Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) and Sales & Operations Planning processes by working closely with S&OE Planning Delivery Leads, and S&OP Manager, providing insights and recommendations to resolve supply constraints and deliver improved availability balanced against cost and inventory

Systems & Reporting

Apply our end-to-end planning tool - Kinaxis Maestro to complete RCCP and Raw Material net requirements for medium to long term, using Scenario functionality to look at “what if” options to improve service and availability balanced against cost & inventory

Track and analyze key performance indicators including plan and schedule adherence, capacity utilization, availability, our own raw material forecast accuracy on supplier, raw material inventory turns, and supplier performance, stock turn rates, and forecast consumption.

Drive process improvements to enhance planning accuracy and supply chain responsiveness.

Support digital transformation initiatives to enhance production agility and to enhance availability and optimal inventory.

What you will need to be successful! (experience, job requirements & qualifications)

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, or related field.

• Experience: 8–12 years in supply planning, replenishment, or inventory management within FMCG, food & beverage, or manufacturing industries.

• Proven experience in Supply Planning using an advanced digital Planning tool, ideally Kinaxis Maestro

• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in supply chain software and ERP systems (SAP ECC, S4 Hana)

• Effective communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to effectively work with multiple across supply chain in India and other countries.

• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a dynamic, global and fast-paced environment.

You will work with

Supply chain planning team for your region, co-located in Pune, and with PU Planning & S&OP managers and S&OE delivery leads in the market as well as Procurement.

Why join bp

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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