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Position Demand Planner - India Business Education Graduate BE B Pharma BSc Graduate with MBA in SCM Job Summary This position requires good communication skills team working and stakeholder management The job requires close working with Business various Manufacturing locations Back-end co-ordinators viz API Purchase Quality R D Regulatory and business functions DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION Responsible for sharing the RFC Demand and ensuring Material Requirements Planning MRP is done as per specified timelines Generate shortages and share to all facilitators Follow-up for deliveries of all RM PM against shortages Review at regular intervals on all aspects relating to RM PM and maintain optimal inventory as per norms To closely interface with manufacturing and facilitate all issues in relation to RM PM Ensure commits of all SKUs are in line with Demand Exceptions to be highlighted and 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 Ensure classification of RM PM into ABC categories 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 Responsible to monitor budget vs actuals are met else to raise flag to both Mfg business thru Demand Planners for meeting the targets Ensures right feedback is shared to business thru Demand Planners on product availability and issues at regular intervals To understand relevant methodologies processes and standards operating procedures of all supply chain requirements To co-ordinate with Head SCM in ensuring all key KPIs of SCM as per norms are monitored from time to time and achieved Responsibility of entire Forecasting of SKUs Review Statistical Forecasting Planning and forecasting accurately demand of the SKUs in APO Interfacing with Sales Head for release forecast Review ensure forecast Accuracy are in line with the limits set Releasing Rolling Forecast Demand to Manufacturing Interface with Business on fixing of Price increase as per process and plot in the RFC Follow-up with Mfg for commits To conduct S OP meeting with mfg plants To monitor on price increase implementation regularly 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 and ensure TCS norms across locations Regular review of stocks and ensure quick replenishment Responsible for maintaining stocks levels as per Inventory Norms Closely interface with business in relation to all stock related requirements and seek to get market inputs for forecasting accurately Closely interface with Supply Planning Mfg Quality Purchase and internal facilitators for seeking resolution to ensure seamless availability of all SKUs Responsible for MIS reports to Management relating to inventory budgets Forecast etc Provide long term forecasts for annual budgets for mfg capacity planning Responsible for identifying slow moving SKUs short expiries and interface with business for liquidation To ensure classification of SKUs into ABC categories Identify C class brands periodically review with business for SKU rationalization prior to budget preparation