The Senior Supply Planner will operate as the planning team leader for day-to-day planning operations. The role will manage end-to-end supply planning across assigned plants, tollers, product families, and/or business segments, guide other planners, drive planning governance, ensure material and production readiness.
Key Responsibilities
Develop short-term and long-term supply plans by converting demand forecasts into feasible production, replenishment, and deployment plans.
Own master production scheduling, material requirement planning, capacity planning, and inventory planning for assigned scope.
Coordinate closely with demand planning, production, procurement, logistics, quality, customer service, and commercial teams to ensure supply continuity and customer service delivery.
Monitor MRP exceptions, planning parameters, lead times, lot sizes, safety stock, BOM accuracy, and master data quality to improve plan reliability.
Identify supply risks including material shortages, supplier delays, capacity constraints, quality issues,



and production disruptions; develop mitigation and recovery plans.
Lead daily and weekly planning reviews with plants and cross-functional teams to track schedule adherence, service risks, inventory health, and open actions.
Manage inventory performance including DOH, ageing, slow-moving/non-moving stock, excess and obsolete inventory, and inventory turns.
Support S&OP; processes by preparing supply inputs, highlighting constraints, and providing data-driven recommendations for decision making.
Drive continuous improvement projects in planning processes, reporting, automation, inventory optimization, and cost reduction.
Build planning dashboards and KPI trackers using Excel, Power BI, SAP or other planning systems to improve visibility and governance.
Operate as the planning team leader for day-to-day planning operations.
Act as the first-level backup for the Planning Manager during leave, travel, business reviews, escalations, or crisis si

📌 Sr. Planner (India)
🏢 Ecolab
📍 India