Manager Demand and Supply Planning

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Lead central planning for Laboratory Equipment Division, handling E & O, Inventory, DOS, and SIOP to improve customer centricity.

Critical Job Functions and Accountabilities:

Demand Planning:

• MTO / MTS determination
• Generate firm and rolling forecasts for LED using validated statistical tools
• Drive demand consensus through cross-functional partnerships, including commercial, finance, and product management teams to meet revenue plans
• Define ROP levels using historical data
• Measure and report forecast accuracy, review forecast bias, and build RCCM to improve accuracy

Supply Planning:

• Define and Supervise stock levels across the network per stocking norms
• Generate MRP through SAP, considering monthly forecasts
• Ensure timely order placements and track deliveries rigorously
• Maintain supply consensus with business partners
• Prevent controllable stock-outs of materials
• Prepare, review, and circulate shippable backlog quarterly
• Review and ensure accuracy of network inventory for system hygiene
• Share insights with customer service team on material availability
• Build quarterly decks for critical issues on constraint SKUs
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely material processing
• Conduct monthly, quarterly, and weekly reviews with factories

Drive SIOP:

• Prepare and consolidate SIOP data with team members
• Present SIOP data to commercial, product, finance teams, advising on foreasts and challenges
• Align on management decisions during SIOP reviews
• Draft and publish MOMs of SIOP meetings
• Ensure follow-ups on action items from SIOP meetings

Data Analytics and Process Improvements:

• Apply data science experience to analyze datasets and uncover trends
• Support business analytics related to planning and procurement
• Implement efficiency through elimination, automation, and outsourcing
• Identify process improvement opportunities to improve system efficiency

Inventory Management:

• Drive inventory planning as per the Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
• Coordinate SKU/location-level DOS performance
• Engage with commercial teams to handle slow-moving and non-moving stock
• Collaborate with global supply chain teams to liquidate excess inventory
• Meet DOS and inventory targets using simulation methods and scenario planning

Education & Experience Levels:

• Any Engineering/Graduate or a related field
• 5 - 8 yrs experience in relevant field

Key critical metrics:

• Days of stock (DOS)
• Inventory Entitlement
• Expired and Obsolete (E&O)
• LIFR (Fill Rate)
• Forecast Accuracy
• LOTC (Supplier Fill Rate)
• Visibility Accuracy
• Factory performance
• PPI

Note: Track bowler for all KRAs monthly.

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