Manager, Supply Chain

Avient Corporation

Maharashtra

On-site

INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000

Full time

7 hours ago

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Job summary

Avient Corporation is seeking a Manager of Supply Chain Planning in India to lead end-to-end supply chain processes, including raw materials planning, warehousing, logistics, and international trade. You will manage inventory levels and capacity to meet service levels and working capital targets while driving process improvements across the business unit.

The role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and experience with SAP MM and PP modules, plus a track record of

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in business administration or equivalent combination of education and experience.
7 years of experience in supply chain planning or related areas.
Experience with SAP MM and SAP PP modules is preferred.
Strong analytical, leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end supply chain planning across raw materials, warehousing and international trade.
Coordinate with suppliers to ensure material availability for production schedules.
Oversee inventory, capacity and working capital targets to meet service levels.
Drive continuous improvement in forecasting, reporting and KPI delivery.
Supervise teams in materials planning, logistics and customer service activities.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Negotiation Skills

Time/Priority Management

Ability to Multitask

Leadership

Data Management

Education

Bachelor's in Business Admin

Tools

SAP Materials Management

SAP Production Planning

Microsoft Excel

Relational Databases

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Manager of Supply Chain Planning has broad responsibilities for assisting the Business Unit and Sales and Operations Planning in developing and ensuring effective execution of the processes within the supply chains. The overall span of responsibilities involves leading across all supply chain processes, specifically, raw materials procurement & planning, warehousing & transport management & international trade transactions. In addition, managing inventory levels and capacity to meet customer service levels and working capital targets for the business is critical. This position is an integral part of the business unit & responsibility to deliver on its service and execution component of their value proposition.

Job Summary

Responsibilities

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The Overall Span Of Responsibilities Involves

Own strict adherence to organisation safety policies while carrying out entire supply chain operations.
Global Supply Chain Strategy – Inventory Management, Capacity Management
Achieving business unit objectives – KPIs.
Tactical raw material purchasing and inventory management.
Coordinate with suppliers to have raw material available for scheduled production. Resolve raw material shipment discrepancies/issues.
Collaborate with the production team to ensure that production schedules are sequenced for maximum productivity and to fulfil customer delivery requirements.
Oversee materials and inventories for all plants in India.
Regularly monitor and address Non-Working, Slow-Moving (NWSM) inventory. Resolution may involve redeployment to another location, re-labelling to a co-spec, obtaining technical approval to consume, vendor return, modifying procurement strategy, etc.
Design and enforce effective warehouse processes with 6S, maintain FIFO & binning, label traceability and cycle counting integrity, batch/lot traceability, and non-conformance/aged stock segregation.
Manage domestic inbound and outbound transportation operations to ensure timely, cost-effective, safe, and compliant movement of materials across locations while improving delivery reliability and logistics efficiency.
Evaluate/incorporate/generate ideas for new technology to improve overall business unit operations (i.e., forecasting, reorder point, needed reports/capabilities, etc.).
Works with management to organise schedule changes due to backlogs, design changes, and material/labour shortages.
Lead end-to-end international trade (import & export) transactions strictly in compliance with statutory rules & customs & DGFT compliance guidelines.
Lead the customer service team to enhance overall customer experience through delivery performance to the customers globally with continual improvement in relevant areas.
Communicate and coordinate with suppliers, customers & all relevant stakeholders across the organisation.
Other duties as assigned.

Scope

The position will have supervisory responsibilities for respective team members working for Raw Material Procurement & Planning, Logistics & Warehousing, and International Trade & Customer Service.

Education

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors-Business Admin or equiv exp Completed

Experience

Supply Chain - Supply Chain Planning 7 Years
Cross Functional - Budget Management 4 Years
Cross Functional - Leadership Experience 4 Years
Cross Functional - Data Management 7 Years
Manufacturing - Purchasing 7 Years
Competencies
- Leader of Others - Drives Engagement Talented
- Leader of Others - Courage Talented
- Leader of Others - Values Differences Talented
- Leader of Others - Ensures Accountability Talented
- Leader of Others - Develops Talent Talented
- Leader of Others - Organizational Savvy Talented
Skills And Certifications
- Personal Skills - Quantitative Skills Intermediate
- Personal Skills - Stress Management Intermediate
- Software Skills - SAP Materials Management Intermediate
- Personal Skills - Statistical Skills Intermediate
- Personal Skills - Negotiation Skills Intermediate
- Personal Skills - Self Motivated Intermediate
- Personal Skills - Training/Mentoring Others Intermediate
- Software Skills - SAP Production Planning Intermediate
- Personal Skills - Analytical Skills Intermediate
- Personal Skills - Time/Priority Management Intermediate
- Software Skills - Relational Databases Intermediate
- Software Skills - Microsoft Outlook Intermediate
- Software Skills - Microsoft Word Intermediate
- Software Skills - Microsoft Excel Intermediate
- Personal Skills - Ability to Multitask Intermediate
- Software Skills - SAP Intermediate
- Personal Skills - Work on a Team Intermediate
About Us

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.