Manager/Assistant Manager - Supply Chain Planning - Radial Tyres Manufacturing

Manager - Supply Planning (Farm, Comm & OTR PBU) & National S&OP Process, Asst Mgr SC (Analyst) E04

Looking for Supply chain manager for a leading manufacturing company in Radial Tyres

Principle Duties and Responsibilities :

Lead the Supply Planning process from Aurangabad Factory including :

- Ticketing,

- OE liaison

- Finished Goods availability

- Imports and Exports

Lead the RM Planning & monitoring process including Regional liaison & with Procurement on RM availability :

- RM planning in line with the S&OP planning

- Issue bill of material to procurement to plan for RM sourcing

- RM inventory planning in line with AOP plan

- Participates in process improvement projects and makes recommendations to improve current IT system, process and distribution architecture.

- Proactively seeks improvement opportunities within the business proactively during the role.

- Contributes to the Demand & Distribution planning processes with the Logistics & Planning team.

Lead the RM store team :

- Following safety, ergonomics and environmental guidelines of the organization

- Compliance to all organizational documentary requirements & processes.

- Management of 3PL, for delivering the right business value throughout India, including CFA appointment, contract management, and managing delivery KPIs.

- Designing cost effective Distribution model to ensure lowest cost to serve with least transit time.

- Ensure the business continuity by managing the supply disruptions and demand surges.

- Improvement in customer service on ordering and delivery.

Knowledge and skills :

- Should have strong knowledge with Advance Planning Optimization tool and Distribution Resource Planning

- Must be conversant with Supply Planning, Replenishment systems, Logistics management.

- IT knowledge - APO Demand Solution implementation, Distribution Resource Planning, MRPII, sound knowledge in Excel Spreadsheets.

- Must have a strong customer orientation

- Must have exposure to Sales and Operations Planning Process (S&OP Processes)

- Must have Working Knowledge of SAP

- Must have a good understanding on Inventory Management.

- Should be familiar with Supply Chain Cost.

- Should be conversant with Fill Rates, On Time & In Full concepts.

- Exposure of Industries : FMCG /Tire/Automobile Spare Parts

- Excellent negotiation skills / experience with diplomatic handling of challenging cross functional and business relationships by persuading, convincing and build partnerships in order to reach consensus.

Education and Experience :

Required : Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Math, Economics, Statistics or Engineering.

Experience :

- IT Knowledge - Knowledge of SAP and MS office

- Must have a strong customer orientation

Working experience on continuous improvement within sales forecasting, demand planning, inventory management or operations planning.

In Depth experience in Operation/Logistics management with 7-8 year experience in the C&FA/Transportation, order Management