Ensure continuous availability of optimal stocks at all nodes up to warehouses and would be responsible for the following:
Implementation & periodic review of inventory norms across all nodes.
Maintain & periodically review stock keeping unit classification and make relevant changes.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Category Management:
Ensure the right network configuration in consultation with the SBU.
Determine and ensure execution of deployment strategies for finished goods.
Regularly monitor stock availability/production adherence with regard to servicing on a daily basis.
Engage with the production teams so that production is in line with the demand, to ensure fulfilment of warehouse demand.
Inventory Management:
Monitor stock flow in order to ensure equitable distribution of stocks between warehouses by way of inter warehouse transfers if required.
Raises alarms for deviations / drops in stock levels in stock keeping unit of allocated category.
Liaise /coordinate with Logistics to ensure timely placement and movement of stocks to warehouses.
Systems & Processes:
Ensure that the agreed network/lanes are configured in SAP.
Coordinate with the production team for the production changeover and ensure demand realignment through the demand planner whenever required.
Re-run inventory model if need be, to assess recent norms with significant network changes.
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:
Team player
Business focus
Managing multiplicities
Data driven decision making