Supply Chain Team Leader

Position overview: Optimas is currently searching for an experienced and energeticSupply Chain Team Leader based in Pune. You will assist the Supply Chain Manager in ensuring 100% on time delivery to the customer and providing best in class service to our customers in a multi-location global distribution environment. Outstanding collaboration with other members of Supply Chain, Sourcing, Sales and Operations support teams is critical to achieving objectives. Principal Activities: Supervise a team of Supply Chain Planners who themselves are based in Pune, Maintain strong supplier relationships, Meet and/or exceed service expectations and initiatives of the business, Partner with sourcing to ensure inventory requirements are aligned, Adhere to and perform to the Supply Chain Planner key performance indicators. Main Responsibilities: Checking the accuracy of work undertaken by the team, ensuring the track will be covered for all parts from all the Supply Chain Planners in the team, Acting as the first point of contact for escalation to the Supply Chain Manager, Attending and representing the team at Resource and Running Change meetings, Continuous communication with suppliers via phone and email; initial order planning and acknowledgement, tracking, shipping, discrepancies, invoice errors, quality issues and inbound freight management, Responsible for system transactions related to purchasing and order requirement scheduling, Manage supplier orderbooks, Utilize daily, weekly, and monthly reporting to optimize inventory investment, Communicate effectively with the Supply chain team and other internal departments, Communicate with suppliers as required to build and maintain a strong relationship to aid resolving service, delivery, and other issues, Meet and/or exceed Supply Chain KPI’s, Make critical decisions daily with the ability to develop root cause analysis, Collaborate with Operations to meet urgent customer demand and order requirements, Collaborate with the Technical Service Department on quality related issues, Collaborate with Supply Chain Analysists and Demand Planning to continuously improve forecast and other portfolios to the supplier, Perform other duties as required. Key Competencies: The ideal candidate must have the following competencies: Strategic vision, Building organizational capacity, Results driven, Embrace change, Collaboration and Influence, Entrepreneurial spirit, Customer value and market focus. Skills and Qualifications: Supervisory experience highly desirable, Strong communication skills – verbal and written, Excellent analytical skills, Good attention to detail, Internal/external customer service experience, Decision making, Problem solving, Organisational skills, Computer literate- MS office to include Word and Excel, Good time management, Ability to work as part of a team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Supply Chain Planner who is looking for professional development and recognition in a busy and dynamic organization. Optimas OE Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Optimas OE Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.#LI-DNI Page | 1