Distribution Planner

Aditya Birla Group; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditya Birla Group’s Paints division is seeking a Distribution Planner to design and manage the distribution network and inventory planning policy. You will collaborate with plants, sales, and supply planning teams to meet service levels and optimize costs.

You will analyze order fill rates, anticipate stock needs, and oversee vendor performance and warehouse capacity. This role requires strong coordination skills and a data-driven approach to balance stock availability with cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in distribution planning and inventory management.
• Ability to collaborate with plants, sales and planning teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive the distribution roadmap to create value for the business.
• Develop and drive inventory planning policy and strategy.
• Design the network and distribution plan for the business.
• Monitor order fill rate and optimize service levels.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams to ensure timely execution.
• Anticipate stock demands and minimize dead stock.

Skills

Inventory planning

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Job description

At the Aditya Birla Group, our Corporate Vision is aligned and intricately woven with our People Vision.

Distribution Planner

Location : India Maharashtra Mumbai Paints office

Organization : Paints

Job Description:

4) Key Result Areas: Write the key results expected from the job and the supporting actions for each of these key result areas (For a majority of jobs typically there could be 4- 7 key result areas) Key Result Areas Supporting Actions To execute the Distribution roadmap for the organization to create value for the business Develop and drive the Inventory Planning policy, processes, and strategy in line with the business. Design the network and Distribution plan for the business. ` Annexure I : ABG Job Description Template ` HayGroup Job Description Template 2017 Assessing the financial structure and inventory storage capabilities of the business. To execute the Fulfilment plan for different Categories and products as per market requirements. Manage Distribution network to ensure it adds value to the business Collaboration with internal stakeholders like Plants , Sales and Supply planning team to ensure Customer service levels are met. Continuous analyses and review of Order fill rate parameters and analytical modelling changes. Drive the team to monitor and track FG inventory for every location regularly in order to plan dispatch effectively. Support opening and closure of nodes to ensure optimum network cost and service level is maintained. Drive Supplies to cater to organizational demand as per expected timelines Anticipating stock demands based on current and future business patterns. Ensuring business has a steady flow of stock without investing too much on slow moving / dead stock. Manage vendors to enable execution of all analytical initiatives Perform evaluations and reference checks to ensure superior quality of vendors within budget while sourcing them. Conduct regular reviews with vendors and internal teams and sort any issues/ grievances to ensure smooth execution of projects. Facilitate correct and timely vendor payment. Build cross functional synergies with other teams to enable successful implementation of Distribution related initiatives Collaboration with internal teams to seek ways to continuously improve the supply chain process to ensure low costs, speed up delivery time and alternate delivery routes and partners. Drive the timely circulations and awareness of all supply planning discoveries and assess the affected units through timely provisioning to ensure alignment of business operations as per revised findings. Promote knowledge sharing regarding new updates in demand trends, whilst driving culture of recognizing performance, talks by external experts from the supply domain to drive adoption and discuss issues. ` Annexure I : ABG Job Description Template ` HayGroup Job Description Template 2017 5) Job Purpose of Direct Reports: Describe the job purpose of the direct report/s to the job (in 2-3 lines for each

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