Title:  Demand Planner

Name:

Employee id:

Job Title:

Lead  - Demand & Supply Planning

Job Grade:

G9B

Function:

Global Supply Chain

Sub-function:

Manager’s Job Title:

Demand Planning – Global Supply Chain - India

Skip Level Manager’s Title:

Function Head Title:

Sr. GM - Global Supply Chain

Location:

Mumbai

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Job Summary

The role would work closely with Business, various Manufacturing locations, Back-end co-ordinators viz., API, Purchase, Quality, R&D, Regulatory and other business functions. Being a high-visibility and high-impact position, the selected candidate(s) will require excellent communication skills, team working and stakeholder management.

Position offers a significant opportunity for an all-round business understanding and impact working with the in-house teams as well as consulting and technology partners engaged on transformational projects.

Areas of Responsibility

• Responsible for sharing the RFC Demand and ensuring Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is done as per specified timelines.
• Generate shortages, share to all facilitators & follow-up for deliveries of all RM / PM against shortages
• Review at regular intervals & maintain optimal inventory as per norms at all levels
• Ensure commits of all SKUs are in line with Demand, exception to be escalated.
• To conduct / facilitate S & OP, Executive S & OP & Strat S&OP meetings along with Demand Planners.
• To ensure close interface with Quality / R &D / Regulatory and other facilitating functions for any issues relating to product, seek resolution for seamless availability of all SKUs.
• Periodic review of inventory by identifying slow moving, obsolete SKUs interface with slob management team for liquidation.
• Follow-up with mfg on price implementation as per work flow.
• Responsible for maintaining and ensuring robust Demand vs Commits vs Supply ratio with least gaps
• Ensures that manufacturing budget is prepared and shared in consensus with all facilitators
• To understand relevant methodologies, processes and standards operating procedures of all supply chain requirements
• Planning and forecasting accurately demand of the SKUs in APO. Also review Statistical Forecasting
• Interfacing with Sales & Business Head for release forecast
•  Interfacing with Marketing for new product requirements post launch and Physician Sample requirements for existing products
• To co-ordinate with Logistics for movement of stocks from Mfg to RWs and forward movement to all locations.
• To monitor, review for replenishment of stocks and ensure TCS norms across locations
• Closely interface with business in relation to all stock related requirements and seek to get market inputs for forecasting accurately, identify slow moving SKUs, short expiries and interface with business for liquidation
• Responsible for MIS reports to Management relating to inventory / budgets / Forecast / Budgets etc.
• Identify C class brands periodically, review with business for SKU rationalization prior to budget preparation.
• To co-ordinate with Head SCM in ensuring all key KPIs of SCM as per norms are monitored from time to time and achieved.

Travel Estimate

Job Scope

Internal Interactions (within the organization)

Across Functions, API, Purchase, Quality, R &D, Regulatory

External Interactions (outside the organization)

Technology solution / service delivery partners         

Geographical Scope

Global

Financial Accountability (cost/revenue with exclusive authority)

Delivering complex and mission critical digital and other transformational programs – as per approved cost.

Job Requirements

Educational Qualification

Graduate (BE / B.Pharm / BSc / Graduate)  with MBA

Specific Certification

Skills

Experience

10 – 15 Years with hands on experience in APO / MM

Disclaimer: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employee within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees as assigned to this job.  Nothing herein shall preclude the employer from changing these duties from time to time and assigning comparable duties or other duties commensurate with the experience and background of incumbent(s).