Key Responsibilities:Team Leadership &

- Daily Execution Oversight

- Lead, coach, and develop a team of material planners supporting global service parts operations.

- Ensure planners execute daily schedule management activities, including reviewing material number changes, current part releases, supersessions, cancellations, and customer order changes.

- Monitor team performance related to schedule accuracy, backlog management, and exception resolution.

- Drive team engagement, cross-training, and capability development.

Material Planning &

- Scheduling Management

- Oversee schedules sent to suppliers and manufacturing plants to ensure alignment with customer demand and required lead times.

- Ensure proper management of future demand, within-lead-time changes, and backorder recovery.

- Approve escalations related to shortages and constraints.

SAP Planning Parameter &

- Data Integrity Oversight

- Maintain accuracy of SAP planning parameters such as safety stock, lot sizing, lead times, and MRP settings.

- Ensure correct setup of new parts, kits, packaged parts, and BOM information.

- Monitor data quality and resolve master-data issues affecting planning.

Supplier &

- Manufacturing Coordination

- Confirm planners submit schedules to suppliers and plants within required lead times to maintain supply continuity.

- Lead shortage recovery efforts and coordinate with planners.

- Manage escalations involving late delivery, capacity constraints, and abnormal demand.

Inventory &

- Risk Management

- Optimize inventory across the planner-managed portfolio to support availability while minimizing excess and obsolescence.





- Reduce premium freight through proactive schedule management and risk mitigation.

- Provide leadership with timely visibility of supply risks and mitigation plans.

Global Supply Coordination

- Support oversight of international supply flows from manufacturing sites.

- Address multi-plant supply issues and allocation decisions.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Drive collaboration with Logistics, Engineering, Production Control, Customer Support, and Quality teams.

- Lead or participate in cross-functional initiatives addressing systemic supply or operational issues.

- Communicate supply risks, impacts, and updates to internal stakeholders and leadership.

Process Compliance &

- Continuous Improvement

- Ensure team adherence to standard work, work instructions, and compliance requirements.

- Lead improvements that enhance planning accuracy, execution stability, and responsiveness.

- Support audit compliance and maintain process discipline.

Key performance measures:

- Schedule accuracy and on-time release

- MRP exception backlog and resolution speed

- Inventory turns and excess/obsolete inventory levels

- Supplier on-time adherence and shortage recovery effectiveness

- Premium freight reduction





- SAP data accuracy and planning master data quality

Competencies and behaviors:

- Adhering to the highest standards in what we do. We succeed through integrity, trust, and quality as we drive for results.

- Drive a positive customer experience. We deliver better outcomes when we understand our customers needs and execute appropriately.

- Improve the way the world works. We develop better solutions through innovation and a continuous desire to improve.

- Leveraging the power of teamwork. We develop better solutions by working together toward a common goal.

- SAP/ERP planning experience, including MRP analysis and parameter management.

- Strong knowledge of scheduling, inventory control, and supply chain processes.

- Advanced Excel and analytical/reporting capability.

- Effective leadership, coaching, and communication skills.

- Analytical problem-solving skills for complex supply challenges.

- Ability to work cross-functionally and adapt to changing priorities.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required.

- APICS/ASCM CPIM certification preferred.

Experience:

- Hands on experience of material planning or supply chain experience.

- Prior supervisory or team-lead experience preferred.

Scope factors:

- Supervises material planning activities

- Interacts regularly with multiple manufacturing plants and external suppliers.

- Requires continuous review of planning outputs, reporting, and metrics.

- Ensures alignment with work instructions, departmental procedures, and planning standards.

📌 Sr. Supervisor, Global Supply Chain (Pune)
🏢 247Hire
📍 Pune