Materials and Planning Manager

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 157421 - Sricity, Andhra Pradesh, India

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team
 

About Us

Would you like to be part of a team that is building a future to smile about? What about having the opportunity to collaborate with teams across the world, full of stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions?

If this is how you see your career, Colgate is the place to be

Our dependable household brands, dedicated employees, and sustainability commitments make us passionate about building a future to smile about for our employees, consumers, and surrounding communities. We, at Colgate, take immense pride in our brand which fuels our workplace to encourage innovative thinking, champion experimentation, promote authenticity and thus contribute to our enduring success.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile...every single day

Scope of Responsibility: 

Materials and Planning manager’s responsibility is to ensure customer demand is met while optimizing assets of the plant. The primary accountabilities of the role include Production Planning, Planning of Raw and Pack Materials as per line scheduling, Plant Inventory control, Dispatch, Quality, EHS and FP&R. Also responsible for driving processes through systems there maximizing utilization of systems. 

The Planning and Systems Manager is an effective and valuable member of the plant leadership team, to ensure delivery of subsidiary business results.  The Material’s and Planning Manager works within a structure that requires considerable interface between the Network Operations team and Head office  Customer Service & Logistics team.  

Core Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and strategic direction to the Materials and Planning Functions.

• Ensure the highest level of Customer Service is provided.

• Interface with Network Operations and CS&L team to resolve issues, align service, inventory and financial strategies.

• Ensure greater utilization of SAP for planning and execution processes

• Manages the people, and Logistics processes to deliver site performance objectives, as measured by corporate and local KPI's.

• Accountable for adhering to Colgate-Palmolive, and governmental guidelines related to EHS, Quality, and Regulatory.

• Empowers subordinates by way of training, information sharing, coaching, feedback, appraisals, and delegation, to ensure the development of people and organizational capabilities.

• Acts as a functional resource, providing support on task forces and major project support.

• Accountable for the integrity of the business processes related to finished goods inventory replenishment, and new product introductions.

• Manages monthly production planning & inventory control as well as raw & packaging material planning works closely with Operations, Sourcing and Network Operations team.

• Manages the production plan to be consistent with sales volume, marketing campaign and customer demands, to achieve business objectives, EHS policy and process simplification and standardization.

• Manages the inventory level of RM/PM.

• Manages SAP system for planning accuracy.

• Estimates new machine and tool requirement as per volume increase plan for SriCity

Experience:
Over 8-12 years working in Supply Chain in any of Material’s Planning or Sourcing Departments

Education:
BE, Preferably  Post Graduate in Supply Chain Management

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Our Commitment to Sustainability
With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.

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