Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Role: Team Member - Planning
SECTION I: BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE JOB ROLE
Job Role Variant: Team Member - SC planning
Manager Job Position: Team Lead - SC Planning
Value Stream: Business Ownership
Job Family: Planning
Sub-Job Family: SC Planning
SECTION II: PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To support the SC Planning team in driving the supply chain planning strategies, managing production plans, analyzing demand trends, and optimizing inventory levels, to ensure that all planning activities are executed effectively and efficiently and are aligned with the organization\'s overall business objectives and customer requirements
SECTION III: KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE ROLE
Responsibilities
Policies, Processes & Procedures

• Conduct day to day activities & follow all relevant policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that SC planning work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
• Keep self-abreast with leading practices & trends and contribute to the identification of continuous improvement in systems, processes and procedures related to SC planning to help optimize cost

Demand Planning

• Collect relevant data as historical data, industry consumption, sector growth, and competitor data for demand forecasting of materials
• Coordination with Business stakeholders for timely completion of demand planning activities.
• Track production share vs. market share to decide export quantity and forecast product consumption and price movements

Production Planning & Optimization

• Coordinate with multiple teams to collect the production quantities to be produced based on estimate of market demand
• Support production planners in planning production schedule based on opening stock taking into account substitute grades, sales cycle, safety stock
• Collate and share the production schedule to relevant stakeholders and revise the production plan periodically as per requirement
• Execute Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP-APO) sub modules for all planning activities
• Participate in various business specific integration processes with the overall petrochemical planning process
• Identify risks based on planning and suggest risk mitigation initiatives where necessary

Supply Planning

• Prepare the supply plan considering the customer(s) to be serviced, allocation quantities and their fulfilment i.e. from multiple plants/depots
• Communicate the supply plan constraints, if any, with concerned internal/external stakeholders

Inventory Management

• Coordinate with plant/depot on inventory levels to ensure that they are optimized to meet customer demand while minimizing excess inventory or obsolete inventory
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on production plans, inventory levels for optimization
• Prepare report on inventory data to understand any stock level adjustments required and push by-products from all the sites to minimize ageing stock / slow moving grades; block or release mapped lots for key customers
• Provide inputs during preparation of business-wise material balance and track availability of feedstock; Maintain Industry material balance record
• Support in managing available storage space for smooth functioning of plants

SECTION IV: SUCCESS METRICS

• % of no touch order released
• Inventory anomalies at Plant and depots
• Timely completion of planning activities

SECTION V: OPERATING NETWORK
Internal: Business teams, Procurement, Manufacturing, Distribution, Logistics, Refinery planning
External: Customers, Agents
SECTION VI: KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES
Education Qualifications
B.E./B.Tech (Polymer/Chemical/Textile/Mechanical); MBA desirable
Experience
0-4 years of experience in relevant field
SECTION VII: CAREER MOVEMENTS
Possible Next Role Movement: Senior Team Member - SC Planning