Position Details

Position: Manager Planning – Demand & Supply
Function: Supply Chain Management
Location: Kandivali, Mumbai
Reporting to: Head – Global Planning, Supply Chain Management

Role Overview

The role will be responsible for managing end-to-end Demand and Material Planning, ensuring optimum product availability, effective inventory management, capacity utilization, and uninterrupted material supply.

The position will also play a key role in S&OP;, RCCP, capacity planning, inventory optimization, production planning, and cross-functional supply chain improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and supervise the end-to-end Demand and Material Planning function.
- Prepare and review Rough-Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) and identify capacity constraints or underutilization.
- Ensure timely release of production plans aligned with customer demand and manufacturing capacity.
- Partner with Procurement to ensure uninterrupted availability of raw materials and packaging materials.
- Monitor key planning KPIs including Plan vs. Actual, Capacity Utilization, Production Adherence, Inventory and Customer OTIF.
- Review and optimize safety stocks, reorder points and procurement parameters.
- Identify potential stock-out risks, supply disruptions and material shortages and develop mitigation plans.
- Drive optimization of RM/PM inventory, including excess, obsolete, slow-moving and non-moving inventory.
- Support Annual Budgeting, Long-Range Capacity Planning and business planning activities.
- Support Recent Product Development (NPD),



technology transfers and product launches from a planning perspective.
- Conduct scenario analysis and business impact assessments to support supply continuity and sourcing decisions.
- Prepare planning dashboards, MIS and analytical reports for management decision-making.
- Drive continuous improvement through SAP, Power BI, advanced planning systems, automation and digital tools.
- Collaborate with Sales & Marketing, Customer Service, Procurement, Production/Operations and Corporate Supply Chain teams.
- Lead, coach and develop the Planning team and build functional capabilities.

Key Success Measures

- Inventory target achievement
- Customer OTIF
- Production/Plan adherence
- Uninterrupted material availability
- Capacity utilization
- Compliance with organizational policies and processes

Candidate Profile

Education:

- Bachelor's degree or postgraduate qualification in Engineering, Commerce, Science, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering or a related discipline.
- MBA/PGDM in Supply Chain/Operations would be an advantage.
- APICS CPIM/CSCP or equivalent certification would be preferred.

Experience:

- 8–10+ years of experience in Demand/Supply Planning within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Material Planning and S&OP.;
- Good understanding of inventory management, capacity planning, forecasting and supply chain KPIs.
- Hands-on experience with SAP (MM/PP/IBP or equivalent ERP), Advanced Excel and Power BI/planning analytics tools.
- Strong analytical, stakeholder management and team leadership capabilities.

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