Manager, Supply Chain

Avient Corporation

Pune District

On-site

INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Avient Corporation seeks a Manager of Supply Chain Planning to lead across all supply chain processes including procurement, warehousing, transport, and international trade. The role focuses on inventory optimization, capacity planning, and meeting service levels while managing working capital.

You will supervise Raw Material Procurement, Logistics & Warehousing, and International Trade teams, driving improvements with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Business Admin or equivalent with completed degree.
Master's degree preferred for seniority.

Responsibilities

Oversee supply chain planning across materials, warehousing, transport, and international trade.
Ensure safety policies and adherence across operations.
Manage inventory levels and capacity to meet service levels and working capital targets.
Coordinate raw material purchasing and supplier alignments for production schedules.
Lead customer service and logistics teams to improve delivery performance globally.

Skills

Quantitative Skills

Stress Management

Negotiation Skills

Time/Priority Management

Analytical Skills

Multitasking

Team Work

Self Motivation

Mentoring

Education

Master's Degree

Bachelor's Degree in Business Admin

Tools

SAP Materials Management

SAP Production Planning

Relational Databases

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

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 involve 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.

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.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelors-Business Admin or equiv expCompleted
Experience:

Supply Chain - Supply Chain Planning 7 Years
Cross Functional - Budget Management 4 Years
Cross Functional - Data Management 7 Years
Manufacturing - Purchasing 7 Years
Cross Functional - Managing Direct Reports 4 Years
Cross Functional - Manufacturing Industry 7 Years
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.

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