Deputy Manager- MPandL

Allison Off-Highway Drive & Motion Systems; Sanand; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Allison Off-Highway Drive & Motion Systems in Sanand, India, seeks a Deputy Manager- MP&L to ensure timely availability of parts and efficient material flow. You will prepare material requirements, monitor supplier performance, and coordinate cross-functionally to avoid production disruptions.

The role involves managing domestic and overseas supplier schedules, recovering from shortages, and optimizing logistics to control costs. 0–10% travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience with materials planning and ERP/MRP systems.
• Ability to coordinate with Production, Purchase, Quality, Logistics and other functions.
• Strong supplier management and capacity planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure uninterrupted availability of child parts/components from domestic and imported suppliers to support production requirements.
• Prepare material requirements based on production plans, customer schedules, BOM requirements, current inventory, open purchase orders, and supplier lead times.
• Monitor daily and weekly material availability and identify potential shortages well in advance.
• Develop recovery plans for critical shortages to avoid production loss and customer delivery impact.
• Coordinate with Production, Purchase, Quality, Logistics, Warehouse, and other functions for smooth material flow.
• Manage regular scheduling and follow-up with domestic and overseas suppliers against committed requirements.
• Obtain firm dispatch commitments and closely monitor supplier delivery performance.
• Conduct regular reviews with suppliers for shortages, capacity constraints, delayed deliveries, quality holds, and recovery actions.
• Escalate critical supply risks and establish time-bound corrective plans with suppliers.
• For imported components, monitor supplier readiness, shipment schedules, transit lead time, customs/logistics coordination, and material arrival.
• Maintain effective supplier relationships while ensuring adherence to required delivery schedules.
• Monitor inventory levels for raw materials and child parts to ensure optimum stock availability.
• Maintain appropriate inventory considering consumption, lead time, safety stock, MOQ, shipment frequency, and demand fluctuations.
• Review supplier capacity against forecast and production requirements to highlight future supply constraints.
• Monitor supplier performance for on-time delivery, schedule adherence, shortages, and recovery performance.
• Optimize transportation and shipment planning to maintain freight expenditure within budget.

Skills

Materials planning

Logistics coordination

Supply chain

Vendor management

Job description

Job Description:

JOIN THE TEAM THAT’S POWERING PROGRESS

Building cities. Driving commerce. Fueling Progress. For over 100 years, Allison has powered the vehicles and technology that move our world forward.

What powers us? Our employees. From the first person hired by James Allison in 1915 to the thousands across the globe who work for Allison today, we're driving progress everywhere because we employ top talent worldwide. In both the Allison Transmission and Allison Off-Highway Drive and Motion Systems business units, our team strives to Improve the Way the World Works.

Learn more about this role and how you can begin driving your career forward!

Job Title: Deputy Manager- MP&L
Sanand (BOL), 382110
India
Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Job Description

• Ensure uninterrupted availability of child parts/components from domestic and imported suppliers to support production requirements.
• Prepare material requirements based on production plans, customer schedules, BOM requirements, current inventory, open purchase orders, and supplier lead times.
• Monitor daily and weekly material availability and identify potential shortages well in advance.
• Develop recovery plans for critical shortages to avoid production loss and customer delivery impact.
• Coordinate with Production, Purchase, Quality, Logistics, Warehouse, and other functions for smooth material flow.
• Manage regular scheduling and follow-up with domestic and overseas suppliers against committed requirements.
• Obtain firm dispatch commitments and closely monitor supplier delivery performance.
• Conduct regular reviews with suppliers for shortages, capacity constraints, delayed deliveries, quality holds, and recovery actions.
• Escalate critical supply risks and establish time-bound corrective plans with suppliers.
• For imported components, monitor supplier readiness, shipment schedules, transit lead time, customs/logistics coordination, and material arrival.
• Maintain effective supplier relationships while ensuring adherence to required delivery schedules.
• Monitor inventory levels for raw materials and child parts to ensure optimum stock availability.
• Maintain appropriate inventory considering consumption, lead time, safety stock, MOQ, shipment frequency, and demand fluctuations.
• Review supplier capacity against forecast and production requirements to highlight future supply constraints.
• Monitor supplier performance for on-time delivery, schedule adherence, shortages, and recovery performance.
• Optimize transportation and shipment planning to maintain freight expenditure within budget.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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