Deployment Planner

Job Title - Deployment Planner

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What role you will play in our team

Responsible for planning, coordinating, and optimizing the deployment of inventory across our distribution network to meet customer demand efficiently while minimizing costs and ensuring high service levels

• Manage the planning and execution of Deployment lanes within assigned portfolio
• Support change management (e.g. product line changes, network changes, supply disruptions, etc.) while ensuring systematic review and update of system parameters to
• Collaborate with other members from Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, and Businesses to drive continuous improvement on customer satisfaction, cost efficiency, and inventory optimization
• Support Deployment Supervisor in a range of network initiatives
• Ensure knowledge retention through appropriate knowledge transfer and process documentation

Job location is based out of Bangalore, Karnataka

What you will do

Coordinate, communicate, align

• Collaborate closely with demand planners, supply planners, production planners, and logistics to ensure alignment of supply and demand
• Coordinate with logistics team to ensure timely and cost-effective transportation
• Plan and execute network deployment
• Develop and execute deployment plans to allocate inventory from manufacturing sites to, and across, warehouses
• Monitor inventory levels and deployment schedules to prevent stockouts and overstock situations
• Analyze network data to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement
• Maintain system parameters to ensure planning system accurately projects deployment requirement
• Maintain accurate deployment forecasts and adjust plans based on changing market conditions and business priorities
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the supply chain deployment process
• Prepare and present regular reports on deployment status, inventory levels, and keyperformance indicators (KPIs).
• Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements related to supplychain operations.

What you will do-Continued

• Manage assigned deployment network lanes to meet the product availability expectations (customer service levels) and desired inventory level
• Review / resolve distribution / deployment planning expectations
• Timely updated information on Back-orders and Future shortages in ProActive3 to enable CS reliable communication to customers
• Review, modify and approve inter / intra-plant shipments generated by ALB (EMAPSS Auto Load Builder)
• Build, modify and approve inter / intra-plant shipments on lanes not handled by ALB

• Manage load leveling for inter / intra-plant shipments

• Expedite orders as necessary to meet network requirements

• Manage network build / draw plans as laid out by the supply / planning manager
• Create manual Purchase Requisitions and Orders for Global Export/or if requested from network
• Work with Production Planners and Logistics group to optimize the execution and costs of interplant replenishment operation

What you will do-Continued

• Work with the export centers for optimal import planning
• Work with 3rd Party Advisor and with the suppliers for optimal 3rd Party planning
• Manage DRP plan performance
• Analyze stock-out performance per assigned location(s), and take appropriate actions to avoid
• Analyze Deployment trends and impact on planning parameters (safety stock, lot size), initiate any parameter changes based on analysis to improve deployment performance
• Ensure import duties are handled by freight forwarder with accuracy
• Work with Network Planning Managers, Plant Production Planners, Team Leads and local Distribution Team to optimize and continuously improve the execution of inter / intra-plant deployment operations
• Shared responsibility for Inventory Availability, Perfect Order Metrics and the target FR
• Ensure all activities conform to the expectations set forth in the BPIMS Framework

About You

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum 3 of years relevant work experience in supply chain network and deployment planning
• Bachelors degree in engineering, Supply Chain, or Operations Research (or related fields such as Applied Mathematics/Statistics)
• Understand Supply Chain Fundamentals and Supply & Demand Principles
• Proficient in SAP Systems and MS Excel knowledge is critical
• Minimum 3 years of experience in conducting analysis and providing data-driven recommendations for S&OP processes
• Experience managing/supporting large-scale network deployment/replenishment activities
• Minimum 2 years of experience with demand and/or supply planning processes for either inbound materials or finished products
• Function effectively in a team environment, including virtual environments is critical
• Experience in using Supply Chain management systems/softwares (e.g. Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, Logility, etc.)
• Minimum 3 years of experience in supporting supply chain activities for large scale operations within the Oil & Gas/Consumer Packaged Goods/Fast-moving Consumer Goods industry
• Proficiency with extracting information from ERP systems (such as SAP or Oracle) to generate data insights

Preferred knowledge

• Experience in supply planning roles in Chemical, FMCG, CPG, Manufacturing, E -Commerce preferred

• Ability to work independently and without direct supervision

• Customer oriented mindset and focus

• Effectively interface with internal functions

• Experienced in conducting analyses and providing recommendations for supply planning problems using

• Strong background in statistics and/or analytics
• Strong judgment, including ability to make quality decisions
• Tableau and/or Power Bl for visualization
• Strong persuasion / communication skills / influence without direct authority
• Power Query, Excel
• Knowledge of R and/or Python for scripting is preferred
  
  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including conceptual capabilities
• Strong and effective interpersonal skills

Thanks & Regards,

Anita Bhati