Senior Supply Planner

1609 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever in Mumbai is seeking a Supply Planning Executive to optimize inventory, service and cost across the end-to-end network. You will collaborate with Marketing, Planning Excellence, Demand Planning, and Distribution to implement planning technologies and improve customer service.

You will develop 19-week rolling production plans, drive category plans, perform RCA for order losses, and lead CAPA to minimize recurrence while maintaining service levels and reduced cost.

Qualifications

• Experience in supply planning and customer operations is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Develop production plans based on rolling demand while maintaining optimal service and inventory at each depot.
• Partner with category teams on activation, prebuilds, and distribution.
• Conduct RCA for order-related losses and implement CAPA to reduce recurrence and improve service.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Procurement and Logistics to meet service targets with optimized cost.
• Leverage digital and AI-based planning tools to develop future models and improve efficiency.

Skills

Supply planning

Demand planning

Root cause analysis

CAPA

Inventory optimization

Cost optimization

Digital planning

AI in planning

Education

Engineering

Finance

MBA in Supply Chain Management

Job description

Job Description – 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.

Roles & 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 KPIs

• 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

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