Job summary: The team is responsible for developing accurate demand plans using shipment history, market trends, and POS data, while coordinating with sales and operations to forecast at the SKU level. They manage inventory by identifying shortages, executing transfers, and ensuring timely order placement. The team conducts in-depth analysis of purchasing, sales, and inventory functions, solves operational issues, and maintains clear communication with business units through regular meetings and reporting.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Allocate work, monitor team performance, provide coaching
- Develop team capabilities through training, knowledge sharing, and continuous feedback
- Establish priorities, manage workloads, and ensure sourcing projects are completed on time and within budget
- Monitor supplier performance and implement corrective actions to improve quality, delivery, and service levels
- Use current and historical shipment information, market trends and POS data to develop demand plans and execute inventory buys
- With internal sales and operations team to develop specific forecasts down to the SKU-level, and anticipate changes which can impact planning
- Identify stock shortages and initiate transfers between warehouses to maintain the minimum required inventory levels for the item
- Solve problems as they arise, conduct ad-hoc analysis as needed, and provide recommendations for current operational procedures
- Understand business dynamics and deliver periodical, in-depth analysis of Purchase,



Sales and Inventory management functions under various parameters
- Create and input project inventory into the system, and coordinate with the product team to ensure timely order placement and follow-up Perform additional duties as required and or requested
- Communicates with the Business units on a regular basis and conduct meetings and provides accurate analysis

Desired Candidate Profile:

- Bachelor's degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, International Business, Marketing, or related discipline.
- MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is preferred.
- 5-8 years of experience in forecasting/planning analyst role, Product Sourcing, Procurement, Product Development, or Supply Chain, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or team leadership role.
- Analyst team in MSI is driven by a purpose to solve the Business problems to help the Organization to reach recent heights
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A clear understanding of measurements which could include sales, Inventory weeks on hand, weeks of supply, etc. and how to positively impact these metrics
- Excellent and timely cross functional communications across teams
- Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities
- Excellent in Microsoft excel
- Strong in analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of Business, Process and Pro-activeness
- Flexible to Work from Office
- Open to short term overseas business travel
- Candidates with a valid Us visa is a plus

📌 Senior - Inventory Planning & Replenishment Analyst (Bengaluru)
🏢 MSI Services
📍 Bengaluru