Scope of Responsibility :

- Responsible for entire Supply Chain process in a automotive manufacturing organization.

Key Responsibilities :

- Responsible for strategic planning and execution of all supply chain activities including Own Manufacturing, Contract Manufacturing, Planning, Logistics, and Distribution in India.

- Sole point of contact for the business for all Supply Chain matters.

- Accountable for the entire SC financial P&L, ensure supply, support business development, ensures alignment with both Business in the Region and Regional Supply Chain strategy.

- Prepare Make and Plan/Deliver annual budget with the manufacturing facilities and monitor expenses including capex and inventory budgets, reconciling variances and developing and implementing cost improvement programs.

- Responsible for S&OP planning including Demand planning, Supply Planning & Distribution.

- Develop and implement integrated manufacturing, logistics and planning solution encompassing manufacturing/distribution network design, S&OP implementation, import/export operations, effective organization capabilities.

- Operational management of warehouse and transportation, supply planning and strategic inventory planning for finished goods, raw material, packing material and implementation of strategy for all business needs.

- Responsible for driving optimization of total Supply Chain cost, inventory performance through integrated supply chain activities, and 3rd party distribution alliances. Manages continuous improvement of total Supply Chain cost.

- Set Customer Service Level (OTIF) and inventory targets with manufacturing sites and assure achievement of the agreed targets.

Inventory : Responsible for all aspects of inventory planning and management at respective manufacturing sites from receiving to final disposition of products and materials used in manufacturing.

- Responsible for major material planning.

- Keeping track of critical material and communicate changes, if any proactively.

- Responsible inventory control of all raw material.

- Scrap Management - E Auction, Timely disposal.

- Direct, Coordinate, assign, monitor & review work of individuals engaged in supply chain.

- Well versed with various material handling equipment being used in stores & related safety precaution, measure.

- Store Management - 5S, FIFO, Best Practices of storage, Kaizen

Logistics -Local : Optimization in trucking (load, freight charges, cost to company)

- Logistics International : Operational process, coordination with FF & CHA for timely shipments, well versed with prerequisites towards remittance.

- Implement Logistics strategy (warehouse footprint, transport modes, preferred LSP's - Logistics service providers).

- Ensuring seamless logistics operations from plant to warehouse/ customers. Coordinating with Production to track production and ensure dispatches are in line with plans

- Undertaking capacity planning and management for building necessary depot/ CFA and logistics infrastructure for efficient supply chain flow.

- Manage Logistics budget and Capex, including savings programs

General Management :

- Develop, Upgrade skills of team members and ensure interchangeability.

- Ensure career planning and development discussions for Supply Chain employees and assume a mentoring relationship with high-potential professionals

- Openness, Two way thinking, Create good team culture.

Key Competencies :

Knowledge :

- Inventory Management

- Material Planning, Scheduling.

- Store & Warehouse management

- Supplier Performance Monitoring - Various tools, discipline etc.

- Kaizen, Lean

Skills :

- Exceptional communication capabilities in English and Hindi.

- SAP knowledge Must - Various transactions, transfer posting, Movements, MRP

- In depth knowledge of end to end supply chain processes & related best practices (JIT, JIS, Milk Run, KANBAN etc)

- Functional Knowledge in inventory planning, forecasting, warehouse network, transportation operations - including import/export, S&OP and information systems and data management techniques necessary for the effective monitoring of Supply Chain functions.

- MS Office, Webex.

- Expert in MS Excel.

- Analytics, System, Data Management capabilities

- MIS Reporting

- Vendor Relationship

Mental Abilities/Personalities :

- Proactive

- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly obtain the necessary credibility with teams.

- Decision Making & Problem Solving.

- Taking initiatives, strong leadership and strategic capability.

- Patience.

- Adaptability, Flexible.

- Strong analytical skills to determine root cause, resolve operational failures and set corrective action/ course, yet maintaining the ability to look at the total picture when making recommendations.

Educational Qualifications : BE (Mechanical/Electronic/Automotive)

- MBA from Institute of Repute with specialization in Supply Chain

- APICS certification will be an added advantage

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