Supply Planner

Tata Technologies; Pune District; On-site; INR 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Technologies in Pune is seeking a Supply Chain Analyst to translate the demand plan into a purchase and inventory plan, validate planning files, and organize CSOP meetings with suppliers and internal teams.

Excellent Excel (pivot tables), SAP knowledge, and Power BI skills are needed. Fluency in English is required; 1+ year in supply chain is desirable, with a focus on inventory optimization and process improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum/Essential: Bachelor’s degree in business, logistics, supply chain or engineering.
• Desirable: Master’s degree in applied economics, engineering or similar.
• 1+ year related experience within supply chain environment.

Responsibilities

• Translate the demand plan into a purchase & inventory plan.
• Validate Supply Value Plan & Demand over Capacity Files with demand analyst.
• Organize / Prepare monthly Collaborative Supply Operation Planning (CSOP) meetings & minutes.
• Feedback / communicate supply issues to Demand Planning team.
• Issue purchase orders & purchase plans to vendors (ZPOD).
• Follow up on spend and outstanding purchase orders & chase suppliers.
• Issue priority lists and vendor shipping performance reports.
• Clean up the order book (vendor reconciliations) and maintain supplier relations.
• Monitor and redistribute excess inventory between warehouses and target stock levels.
• Coordinate repacking & rebranding initiatives and corrective actions.

Skills

Fluent in English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/logistics/supply chain/engineering

Tools

SAP

Excel Pivot Tables

Power BI

Job description

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Translate the demand plan into a purchase & inventory plan
• Validate Supply Value Plan & Demand over Capacity Files with demand analyst
• Organize / Prepare monthly Collaborative Supply Operation Planning (CSOP) meetings & minutes of meeting (in house or by suppliers, visit)
• Feedback / communicate supply issues to Demand Planning team
• Issue purchase orders & purchase plans to vendors (ZPOD)
• Follow up on spend
• Follow-up on outstanding purchase orders & chase suppliers
• Issue priority lists
• Vendor Shipping Performance & Past Due weekly reporting
• Clean up the order book (vendor reconciliations)
• Build / maintain good relation with suppliers (conference calls, emails, communicator)
• Monitor and redistribute excess inventory between different warehouses
• Stock redistribution / follow up on inventory target
• Analyze / recommend on prime warehousing strategy
• Monitor non/slow moving inventory and recommend actions (e.g. repacking)
• Analysis / Follow up IQR (Inventory Quality Report)
• Coordinate repacking & rebranding initiatives
• Coordinate corrective actions to restore product & package quality
• Answer customer availability inquiries & Key Customer backorder follow up
• Follow up Customer Fill Rate, analyze missed lines (NNA) and root cause
• Coordinate with Product marketing on New Product Introduction and promotions
• Follow up NPI (GRE) Place orders and communicate first delivery to Product Marketing
• Manage Master data & forecast availability
• Manage material master data
• Understanding master data + keep data base clean
• Coordinate with DC-staff and suppliers on physical logistics (lean supply program)
• MOQ / RV based on unit packs / layer sizes / pallet sizes
• Continuously improve processes
• Manage blocked invoice (Unipay) /follow up on EDI errors
• Assist product & purchasing team with YN parts / constraint parts

KEY INTERFACES:

• Internal: Internal stakeholders (Plants, Marketing, Product Management, Purchasing, Pricing, Finance, Logistics, management)
• External: Suppliers

REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION:

• Minimum/Essential: Bachelor’s degree preferably in business, logistics, supply chain or engineering
• Desirable: Master’s degree in applied economics, engineering or similar

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum/Essential: 1+ year related experience within supply chain environment
• Desirable: 2+ years in inventory position, experience in SAP

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Good knowledge of MRP: SAP (material master data knowledge)
• Elaborated Excel skills (> pivot tables)
• Power BI visualization skills are considered a plus
• Fluent in English, other languages are an asset

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Analytical / Methodical thinking
• Action oriented & Problem solving
• Communicative
• Attention to details