Job Description
Job Description
Position: Supply Planning Analyst – Availability Planning
Location: Ahmedabad
Overview:
The Supply Planning Analyst – Availability Planning is responsible for ensuring product availability across assigned Business Units (BUs) through proactive supply risk identification, mitigation planning, inventory optimization, and cross-functional collaboration. This role requires robust analytical capabilities to balance customer service, inventory, and supply chain efficiency while supporting business growth objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
• Monitor short-term and long-term supply risks across assigned Business Units and proactively identify potential service disruptions.
• Perform root cause analysis of supply constraints and develop actionable mitigation plans to minimize business impact.
• Evaluate alternative supply scenarios and recommend the most effective actions to maintain product availability.
• Collaborate closely with Production Planners across manufacturing sites to ensure alignment of supply plans and production schedules.




• Partner with Demand Planning and Customer Service teams to communicate supply risks, service impacts, and mitigation actions.
• Coordinate with Logistics and Control Tower teams to monitor product movements and ensure timely arrival of finished goods at DRP warehouses.
• Review safety stock and cycle stock parameters on a quarterly basis and recommend optimization opportunities.
• Monitor excess, slow-moving, and non-moving inventory and work with Business Units and Production Planning teams to minimize supply chain risks and write-offs.
• Evaluate and approve Additional Volume Requests (AVR) within defined timelines while balancing supply constraints and service commitments.
• Support New Product Launches (NPL), product transitions, and Run-In Run-Out (RIRO) activities through effective cross-functional coordination.
• Participate in daily and weekly supply review meetings with Demand Planning, Customer Ser

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