Supply Planning Manager

Perfetti Van Melle; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Perfetti Van Melle in India seeks an experienced Manufacturing/Supply Chain planner to generate monthly and weekly production plans for Gurugram operations. You will coordinate with manufacturing sites to resolve supply issues and ensure timely production aligned with demand, promos and SKU changes.

The role requires 2–4 years in FMCG, an MBA/PGDM, and strong analytical skills with ERP/IBP experience to drive end-to-end planning and inventory targets.

Qualifications

• MBA/PGDM from premier business school.
• 2–4 years of experience in a similar FMCG role.
• Experience in planning with ERP/IBP systems and end-to-end SCM.

Responsibilities

• Generate monthly and weekly production plans with demand and norms.
• Lead interface with manufacturing sites to resolve supply issues.
• Own manufacturing planning for India operations and input to production, procurement and service.
• Coordinate plant transitions for promos, new SKUs and changes.
• Get sign-off from plant heads for line loading and manage manpower fluctuations.
• Align plant maintenance with production heads and plan for shutdowns.
• Validate blueprints and perform UAT in IM/DRP/RCCP modules for IBP.
• Release production budgets and NC files per budgeting cycle.
• Review stockouts and mitigate supply shortfalls in depots.
• Conduct root cause analysis for supply variance and support S&OP.
• Prepare SCM-supply planning reports and manage third-party exports (Nepal).

Skills

Complexity handling

Ambiguity management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

ERP / IBP experience

End-to-end SCM understanding

Education

MBA/PGDM

Job description

Role Purpose

• Generating required production plans in monthly/ weekly buckets with best trade offs.

• Leading the interface to manufacturing sites to resolve supply issues relating to the production planning for the product range.

• Undertaking the Manufacturing planning for India operations. These plans would be used as an input into the production, procurement and service to customer.

Key Result Areas

• Generate monthly / weekly production plans considering the demand, Norms and transition inputs(Promo/ newness/ SKU Change).

• Coordinate for product transition at plant (Promo/ newness/ SKU Change) for confirmation of production start dates.

• Getting sign off from plant heads for line loading and optimise the manpower fluctuations, addressing loading variability in manufacturing lines.

• Validate/ align plant planned maintenance with production/ factory heads. Building stocks for planned shutdowns and peak periods.

• Responsible for IBP implementation validate blue print, Prepare test scenarios and perform UATs in IM/ DRP and RCCP modules.

• Release production budget and NC files as per budgeting cycle timeline.

• Review Out of Stock situations OR shortage of supply issues in mother depots and recommend mitigating actions.

• Conduct root cause analysis for the Supply variance from the plans.

• Provide inputs for supply reviews and S&OP.

• Mis- Prepare all SCM- Supply planning reports on time.

• Export 3rd Party (NEPAL):

• Validate SKU codes for PFI and communicate to sales team.
• Allocate the orders to plants through plant SC team.
• Blocking common SKUs for billing and communicate to plant SC team for Vehicle load formation.
• Ensure Pricing records are maintained by the IT team. Publish stocks and billing position to Sales team.

Education

MBA/PGDM from a premier business school.

Experience

2-4 years of experience

Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role in FMCG

Knowledge & Competencies

• Ability to deal with Complexity and Manage ambiguity.
• Pro-active, persuasive and flexible attitude.
• Demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills.
• Drive result and Quality oriented.
• Communication Skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use ERP / IBP system within production environment.
• Understanding of End-to-End Supply Chain.