Senior Manager

Position Title:  Central Planning Manager

Location: Bangalore

Role Purpose 

Improve the quality of demand plan, supply plan and the Forecast accuracyPlan Supply in accordance with Coats Best Practice Supply Planning DefinitionDrive Lead-time, Service and Stock Targets as per planManage a team of PPDS planners and superviseLead the key processes for Americas (e.g Inter group sourcing plan, MRP review, Safety stock calculation etc).Market(s) assigned: Vietnam, Inter group sourcing plan/ MRP review/ Safety stock calculation/ Annual plans/ Recruitment/ training.

Principal Accountabilities and Key Activities

Data-

Capacities, MRP Data integrity, Calendars, APO Custom TablesEnsure Integrity of the data pertaining to the forecast including Statistical forecasting parameters, demand history, factors driving SS, MRP Category classification

Process-

1.Demand plan:

Organize monthly Demand plan meeting with local Commercial team. Ensure latest commercial forecast is updated into ADP system. Highlight abnormality in demand to grey thread planning team.Review Demand Planning Alerts: Respond accordingly, communicate changes to respective stakeholders.OFACRA: Coordinate with Central team member to conduct, at the required frequency, the OFA Process. Ensure item category reflects the demand profile of the item at all times, thus reducing SLOBsProcess MRP controller alerts

2. Supply plan:

Organize and lead monthly S&OP meeting at market level.Carry out the Medium-Term Supply Planning Processes including Deployments and External

3.Procurement

Follow monthly, weekly, daily processes required to achieve desired Supply Planning OutcomeEnsure best practices are enabled in the process

4.Scheduling:

Manage the daily job of PPDS plannersTrain Supply planners/ schedulers with latest knowledge/best practice in One click/GATP+Monitor planning effectiveness indicators. Highlight and follow up with manufacturing on action plans to improve

5. Other DP activities 

Lead the annual intergroup sourcing plan exercise and communicate final outcome to markets. Complete the MRP review for Mexico and Honduras as per schedule o Run safety stock analyst on monthly basis. Prepare, discuss and sign off the Annual Plan with relevant stakeholders. Organize and lead SLOB meetings. Highlight issues pertaining to slow/ non-moving items. Participate/ Support to key initiatives and Supply Chain/ Masterdata related projects. Data analysis and insights for any ad hoc reviews/ assessments – support to Group Planning Director.

6. Managing Central planning team 

Create and maintain high working standards and great quality of teamwork within the Central Planning team Supervise the other FG planners and manage sub-optimal performance. Ensure continuous and high-quality support to all local supply chain teams Organize and contribute to mid-year / annual performance reviews for ASIA planning team. Complete the annual review in portal as per timelines. Decide annual goals for team and communicate the same to team members. Coordinate for IDP creation with quarterly follow up and update the status. Review annual EES survey result and take actions accordingly.Create learning environment within team. Drive certification and various training completion on time.

7. Managing Central planning team

Create and maintain high working standards and great quality of teamwork within the Central Planning teamSupervise the other FG planners and manage sub-optimal performance.Ensure continuous and high-quality support to all local supply chain teamsOrganize and contribute to mid-year / annual performance reviews for ASIA planning team. Complete the annual review in portal as per timelines.Decide annual goals for team and communicate the same to team members.Coordinate for IDP creation with quarterly follow up and update the status.Review annual EES survey result and take actions accordingly.Create learning environment within team. Drive certification and various training completion on time.

Education, Qualifications and Experience

Strong statistical and mathematical knowledge.Good communication skills (Superior in English).Good Excel knowledge.Good problem resolving skillsGood skill to observe the relation between different areasDeep understanding of Supply Chain Best Practice

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