Inventory Planner-Demand Planning(Supply Chain)

Homelane; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Homelane in Bengaluru seeks an analytically sharp Inventory Planner to forecast demand, plan stock across our network, and keep availability high while capital stays lean. You will own three competing outcomes—zero stock-outs, lower working capital, and minimal write-offs—by building robust demand forecasts, optimizing inventory placement, and setting safety stock levels.

Strong ERP and BI skills are a plus.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in inventory, demand, or supply planning with ownership of availability at scale.
• Engineering degree from a premier institute; postgrad in supply chain/analytics is a plus.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills incl. demand modelling & aging analysis.
• Balance service levels with working capital; strong vendor negotiation skills.
• Hands-on with ERP/planning tools (SAP/Oracle/Kinaxis); SQL or Power BI is a plus.
• Clear communication across procurement, operations, and design pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Forecasting and demand planning across SKUs and locations.
• Decide stock placement across warehouses to keep lead times short.
• Own service levels for fast-moving SKUs and set safety stock levels.
• Drive down inventory costs while maintaining availability.
• Build early warning views to flag slow movers and obsolescence.
• Negotiate lead times and minimums with vendors; manage inventory risk.

Skills

Forecasting & Demand Planning

Analytical & quantitative skills

Vendor negotiation

Spreadsheets

SQL / Power BI

ERP/Planning systems (SAP / Oracle / '

Education

Engineering degree (IIT/NIT/BITS or equivalent)

Postgraduate qualification in supply chain/analytics

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Kinaxis

Power BI

Job description

Inventory Planner

Supply Chain | Bengaluru | Full-time | 5-7 years

Job Description • Supply Chain & Operations • Reports to Sr GM-Procurement

About the role

HomeLane makes interiors easy: a dream home, finished exactly as designed and delivered on time. Behind that promise sits a supply chain that has to put the right SKU in the right place at the right time, every time. This role owns that.

We are looking for an analytically sharp Inventory Planner who can forecast demand, plan stock across our network, and keep availability high while capital stays lean. You will be the single point of accountability for three outcomes that usually pull against each other: zero stock-outs, lower working capital, and minimal inventory write-off. Getting all three at once is the job.

What you'll own

• Forecasting and demand planning. Build and run the demand forecast across SKUs and locations. Translate sales, design pipeline, and seasonality into a plan the network can execute against.
• SKU placement and network fl ow. Decide what stocks where, and how much. Position inventory across warehouses and cities so lead time to the customer stays short without over-stocking any node.
• Zero stockouts. Own service levels on critical and fast-moving SKUs. Set safety-stock and reorder logic that protects availability at the lowest sensible cost.
• Working capital. Drive down inventory holding and days-of-inventory without hurting availability. Treat cash tied up in stock as a number you are answerable for.
• Write-off and ageing. Minimise obsolescence, ageing, and dead stock. Build the early-warning views that fl ag slow movers before they become write-offs.
• Vendor terms. Negotiate lead time and MOQ with vendors to reduce HomeLane's exposure. Shorter, more reliable lead times and right-sized minimums are a core lever of this role.
• Instrumentation. Define the metrics, dashboards, and cadence that make inventory health visible to the business, and act on what they show.

Inventory Planner • Job Description1

What we're looking for

• 5-7 years in inventory, demand, or supply planning, with proven ownership of availability at scale. Experience leading planning in e-commerce or quick-commerce, where you drove stockouts to near zero, is exactly what we are after.
• An engineering degree, ideally from a tier-1 institute (IIT, NIT, BITS, or equivalent). A postgraduate qualification in supply chain, operations, or analytics is a plus.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills: comfortable with demand modelling, safety-stock and reorder logic, DOI and ageing analysis, and turning messy data into a clear plan.
• A track record of balancing service level against working capital, not optimising one at the expense of the other.
• Hands-on vendor negotiation experience, specifi cally on lead time and MOQ, and a feel for how those terms fl ow through to inventory risk.
• Fluency with spreadsheets and planning tools; hands-on experience with an ERP or planning system (SAP, Oracle, Kinaxis, or similar) plus SQL or Power BI is a strong plus. A supply-chain certifi cation (APICS / CPIM / CSCP) is welcome.
• Clear, direct communication and the ability to work across procurement, operations, and the design pipeline.