Team Lead - Supply Planner Formulation, Filling and Packaging
Objective of the Position:
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- Responsible to handle supply plan for rolling 36 months for products formulated and refilled in APA India Contract Manufacturers (CM)
- Ensure flexible, reliable and timely import, formulation and refill planning and execution as per the customer demand
- Maintain SAP & SNP planning related master data for the given product portfolio.
- Optimize inventory level for all responsible products imported, formulated, refilled in India
- Responsible to ensure all SCM related KPIs and NCMs are managed for the given portfolio
Job Responsibilities:
Demand and Supply Planning:
- Challenge / Validate demand from India (planned and unplanned) to ensure good import, formulation and refilling planning
- Plan, optimize and execute import, formulation and refill planning at tollers to ensure timely supply of finished goods to the markets in line with customers’ requirements
- Ensure correct maintenance of all relevant master data in SAP and APO to enable accurate planning (including artwork)
- Prepare / actively participate in monthly meetings and highlight key issues to be addressed for follow up actions (IN Demand Review, SA Business Planning Meeting (BPM), Resource & Operational Planning (ROP) with India CMs, Country S&OP), escalate where needed to SCM RBU team leads
- Collaborate with country Operational Business Planner (OBP), lead monthly detailed demand and supply planning adjust import, formulation and refill plan accordingly in ROP
- Co-ordinate with AI planner and Bulk planner to ensure timely arrival of AI and formulated bulk to the CM location
- Ensure usage of planning system to plan the supply of all materials and ensure all planning related master data are up to date.
- Enforce supply chain / order processing related business rules (Order lead time, artwork, MOQ, etc.)
Performance Management:
- Collaborate with Supply Chain Excellence and IN OBP to ensure FG inventory are kept at required level and with minimum dysfunctional stock
- Coordinate all India non-conformance management activities
- Responsible to achieve all core SC KPI and process related targets for the given portfolio (IN)
Continuous Improvement and Projects:
- Support/ drive implementation of continuous improvement initiatives in planning, inventory, relocation and/or other SC activities
People & team management:
- Lead the team (FTE and Contractors) responsible for supply planning activities in India
- Set measurable targets to monitor team’s performance
- Develop competencies of the team and ensure succession planning for key roles are identified
- Discuss and define development plan for the team members including required trainings
Job Requirements:
- MBA / PGDBA in Supply Chain or Operations is Preferred
- APICS certification will be an added advantage
- 5 – 8 years of relevant experience, Supply planning, SAP and APO knowledge is preferred
- Supply Chain planning and scheduling, operations. Understanding of Crop Protection business and SAP knowledge are strong advantage,
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders i.e. local, regional etc. and deliver the task within specified timeline
- Needs to display analytical ability and attention to details
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