General Manager - Industrial Cluster SC Planning

Key Responsibilities

Factory Supply Chain Planning 

• Master Production planning at factories – Drive the Monthly Planning Process to meet supply as per distribution plan requirements from India & Overseas DCswith optimal usage of industrial capacity at factories. Ensure forecast seasonality and other factors which cause variations are clearly analysed and predictive corrections are incorporated in Supply Planning process

·Pro-actively drive Supply risk mitigation actions and escalate risks to SIOP Forums. Drive supply allocation when in supply shortage.

• Upstream planning & risk mitigation : Ensure long term and short term forecasts to vendors for planning their resources, raw materials and components. Identify bottlenecks and drive long term actions to improve capacity wherever necessary including at vendors end. Identify gaps in resource needs at factories and drive solutions with stakeholders – Industrialisation & Procurement functions

·Provide inputs on demand to the mid-term / long term Industrial Planning processes ensuring mid-stream and upstream capacity/capability.

·Monitor Daily production and delivery Execution from factories to meet customer order requirements at the DCs. Drive immediate corrective and preventive actions for issues.

·Drive continuous improvement in the delivery lead time from Ex-works to reduce the overall lead time to final customer.

Optimize Cash Flow:

·Optimize inventory levels in the factory and the Upstream supply Chain.

·Drive upstream flow optimization through JIT /Consignment models / network optimization.Drive upstream lead time & MOQ reduction projects

·Work with Procurement & Industrialization functions on Localisation initiatives & Industrial transfers.

Supply Planning Process Capability at Factory:

·Deploy supply planning process capabilities in the manufacturing entity as defined by Schneider Performance System (SPS).

·Ensure all processes within Supply Planning & Material Planning are SPS compliant.

·Enhance usage of Schneider tools and Systems – SAP, Kinaxis, Schneider Supplier Portal, Control Tower

·Improve People competency in factory Supply Chain organization

  Key Performance Indicators:

 Customer facing KPIs

·On-time Delivery

·Customer Back order ( Overall and depth of delay)

·MPP attainment

Efficiency related KPIs

·Plant Inventory – Gross Inventory & DIN

·Unhealthy stock

·Air-Sea Ratio

15 -18 years experience in manufacturing supply chain operations

Knowledge of SAP ERP / Kinaxis planning tool.

Qualifications :

Bachelor in Engineering 

Masters in Supply Chain preferred