Senior Manager - Inventory Planning - Retail/FMCG

Demand Planning & Stock Optimization

- Planning & Uploading the forecast numbers on daily, Weekly, & Monthly basis at Product family & Product level based on Trend, Seasonality, New product, Historical sales & Promotional campaign given

- Screening the SKU for analysis, Considering the product class & various other parameters to refine the forecast

- Validating the forecast numbers at Product class (ABC) level to highlight the issues, considering the Current & Historical sales trend

- Prioritizing & Providing the special treatments to responses and inputs given from Clients to avoid any kind of misalignments in forecast

- Performing Quality checks to forecast prepared by other Planner to ensure that business ideas & Inputs are included to avoid any Clients queries

- Controlling the stock at SKU level to ensure the optimum stock level are maintained at Clients site - Validating the stock quantities at SKU level to highlight the issues like Excess, Shortage, Slow Moving & NonMoving

- Preparing forecast accuracy presentation on monthly basis to understand the Causes & analyzing the TOP SKU's

- Ensuring that SOPs are followed while screening & forecasting for correctness of process

- Performing the Pre-Study & Pilot runs on prospective clients to show case the improvements in forecast & Stock

- Maintaining the quality of services for the client, by carrying out various types of analysis to find the root cause of change in forecast accuracy

- Continuous improving the tools, to enhance the quality and to reduce the manual work

- Creating standard SOPs for standard processes and creating standard defined checklist to improve the quality of final product

- Creating dashboards and reports based on various parameters to ensure the quality of service

Supply Planning & Inventory Management:

- Understanding the current inventory level and pushing profitable vendor to supply the stock on time to avoid stock out.

- Standardize the inventory replenishment process across DC's and vendor.

- Keeping strict control on the SKU's to ensure that OTIF & Fill rate is improved.

- Evaluate the internal service provider and vendor to perform the GAP analysis and improve the same.

Vendor Management

- Placing Purchase Orders with Vendor and follow up for pick up.

- Having regular meeting with vendors to improve the process.

- Resolving the accounts related issue, wrong order or wrong quantity dispatched & other issue

Other Responsibilities

- Helping warehouse to take correct GRN & resolving issues with the help of principal vendor.

- Attending weekly and fortnightly review meeting with customer and problematic vendors. Supporting the internal partners & external