Senior Supply Planner

Hindustan Unilever (HUL); Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in Mumbai seeks a Supply Planning Executive to optimize inventory, service and cost across the end-to-end supply chain. The role collaborates with Marketing, Planning and Sales to drive planning excellence and to implement digital tools for agile operations.

The position requires grounding in supply planning with preference for experience in Customer Operations, and a strong foundation in Engineering/Finance/MBA in SCM.

Qualifications

• Experience in Supply Planning and Customer Operations preferrable.

Responsibilities

• Develop production plans from 19‑week rolling demand to keep service and inventory optimal.
• Collaborate with category team on activation plans, prebuilds and distribution drives.
• Perform RCA for order losses and implement CAPA to improve service.
• Work with Manufacturing, Procurement and Logistics to meet SLTs at optimized cost.
• Leverage digital and AI planning tools to model future efficiency.

Education

Graduate in Engineering / Finance /MBA in Supply Chain Management

Job description

Job Summary

The Supply Planning Executive optimizes inventory, service and cost while managing volatility. As a supply chain representative for the category, this role works closely with Customer Marketing, Planning and Sales, and partners with Planning Excellence, Demand Planning and Distribution Planning to implement new technologies in planning and customer service. The role leads supply chain strategy to build an agile, efficient, collaborative and aligned end-to-end network, coordinates across all branches, and serves as the supply chain point of contact for the category and other supply chain teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop production plans based on 19 week rolling forward demand while maintaining optimal service and inventory levels at each depot.
• Partner with the category team on ongoing category plans for activation, prebuilds, distribution drives.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for order-related losses and implement Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) to minimize recurrence and improve service performance.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Procurement and Logistics to meet service-level targets with optimized cost.
• Leverage digital and AI-based planning tools and develop future models to improve efficiency.

Key Performance Indicators

• Service-DR, MSTN LF, Day 0 CCF, OT-CRFR along with Day 2 and Day 7 allocation, LTFM
• Inventory- RDOH as per Target, DBNR
• Cost - CPT, Km travelled, Business waste
• System Implementation- Digital planning skills

Key Stakeholders

• Category Teams- Marketing, Customer Marketing
• Factory Teams
• Central Team - Demand, Distribution, Planning Excellence, Quality, SC Finance, Category Finance, Procurement, R&D
• Customer Development- CCMs, ASMs
• Delivery- Branch Fulfilment teams and Central Logistics
• Category & SC Finance

Experience Requirement

Experience in Supply Planning and Customer Operations is preferrable

Educational Qualification

Graduate in Engineering / Finance /MBA in Supply Chain Management