Role: Lead Material Planner
Location:Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra
Reporting to: Head of Central Planning
Team name: Central Planning

About the Team and the Role
The Central Planning team at Ather is responsible for driving end-to-end material requirement planning, lean and agile supply chain transformation, capacity expansion, inventory optimization, and service spares management to support rapid organizational growth.
This role is for a Lead Material Planner who will architect and deploy material flow methodologies, lead high-performing planning teams, and own the end-to-end Material Requirement Plan (MRP) and lifecycle inventory strategies.

Responsibilities
- Lean & Agile Supply Chain Transformation: Architect and deploy Lean/Agile methodologies across the planning ecosystem to eliminate waste, compress lead times, and build a responsive material flow.
- WCM & Industry 4.0 Integration: Embed World Class Manufacturing pillars and Industry 4.0 technologies (IoT tracking, digital dashboards, automated workflows) to build a zero-defect, smart supply chain.




- Team Leadership & Capability Building: Direct, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of Material and Production Planners, fostering accountability and continuous skill development.
- End-to-End MRP Ownership: Architect, release, and hold ultimate ownership of the end-to-end MRP, partnering with Sourcing to drive adherence, stability, and execution agility.
- Strategic Capacity & Portfolio Scaling: Maintain granular part-number capacity visibility and proactively align supplier capabilities with rapid product portfolio scaling and growth.
- Lifecycle Inventory Optimization: Champion inventory strategies across product lifecycles—managing active parts, mitigating/liquidating E&O; stock, and planning pipelines from Prototype/NPI stages.
- Advanced Spares Management: Lead forecasting, predictive modeling, and strategic management of Service Spares through specialized warehousing to ensure maximum vehicle

📌 Lead - Material Planning (Nagar)
🏢 the Team and the Role
📍 Nagar