Manager - Sales & Operations Planning - IIM/ISB/SP Jain/XLRI/SIBM/NITIE/JBIMS

About role

- It's a leadership role within Supply Chain team of India - person would be responsible for driving multiple initiatives in the area of supply chain planning for existing and new businesses, strategic supply chain projects, processes and system improvements.

- Role would also encompass responsibility related to Forecasting, Sales and Operations Planning, Inventory management and Storage capacity planning

- Role would play a key role in managing customer & supplier experience from supply chain perspective by managing variability, planning resources, clear communication and analytics

- Role would assist leadership team in developing long-term function (supply chain) strategies and significantly influences the cross-functional project development and delivery processes/standards.

- It's pivotal role and person would be required to manage multiple stakeholders across the organization - category teams, finance, fulfilment centers, transportation, seller teams etc.

- Role will require managing various high impact technology led supply chain initiatives

- Role will also require to interact with multiple stakeholders based in other geographies (North America, Europe etc)

- Will have direct people management responsibilities, Mentoring individuals for overall performance and effectiveness in specific situations

The Basics :

- At least 6 years of experience in a top tier company driving programs or projects

- If you have a MBA from a top tier institute (IIM A/B/C/L, NITIE/JBIMS/ISB/SPJMR/XLRI/Symbiosis), 6 years of experience is a minimum

- Supply Chain background preferable but not mandatory.

- Exposure to supply chain system & tools, proficiency in SQL/Microsoft Excel and basic programming skills is preferred.

What are we really looking for :

- Should be able to manage cross-functional project teams, plan and organize, and execute complex projects across multiple organizations and stakeholders to enable the launch of new projects and processes.

- Should be able to deal with a high degree of ambiguity

- Should be able to find practical and simple solutions to complex problems without sacrificing quality or core functionality. Should be able to take a complex problem and break it down to smaller digestible chunks

- Should be able to define projects, collect requirements, design processes and system solutions, write detailed functional specifications, coordinate efforts to scope, schedule as well as analyze cost/benefit of options/solutions and communicate results throughout the organization

- Should be very analytical and be able to justify decisions by using data & facts

- Should have the ability to influence even without authority by using appropriate data/analysis or information

Mandatory Skills :

1) 6+ Years Exp in Supply Chain

2) People Management Exp is Must

3) Industry Preferred - Retail, Consumer Products, Telecom, Big 4 etc

Murali V
Principal Consultant - Talent Acquisition
Contact :
FLEXI Careers India, an AVTAR Career Creators Enterprise
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