Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN
5 days ago
Planner

Job Summary
• This role is responsible for managing a broad range of moderately complex supply chain processes for a large global business unit. The role enhances current business processes and performance metrics by leading regional and global business unit planning teams, and identifies opportunities to streamline and optimize operational processes. The role contributes to special projects and communicates requirements to the global business unit planning teams.

Responsibilities
• Manages a broad range of moderately complex supply chain processes, such as inventory analysis and planning, demand management, logistics management, and import/export operations, typically for a large global business unit.
• Independently executes basic demand and supply matching activities, connecting planning to execution, and identifying issues and their impact.
• Drives the analysis conducted for backlog management.
• Gathers demand data from country, region and account managers to synthesize information using complex analysis, and delivers demand signals to the supply base to contribute to demand forecasting.
• Coordinates or leads regional and global business unit planning teams to maintain and enhance the current business processes.
• Monitors key metrics, creates relevant reporting metrics, and reviews information for continuous improvement.
• Contributes to priority projects with complex analysis and assists in developing recommendations.
• Communicates requirements and guidelines to the global business unit planning teams.
• Coordinates, develops, and manages a regulatory trade compliance program.

Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations management, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 4-6 years of work experience, preferably in supply chain, operations, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.

Preferred Certifications
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Knowledge & Skills
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Data Analysis
• Finance
• Inventory Management
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Materials Management
• Procurement
• Production Planning
• Purchasing
• SAP Applications
• Supply Chain Management
• Warehousing

Cross-Org Skills
• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope
• Impacts multiple teams and may act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process.

Complexity
• Responds to moderately complex issues within established guidelines.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.
 

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