at Capgemini
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**Demand Planning Specialist** oversees inventory balance, ensuring optimal customer service, forecast accuracy, and safety stock levels. Key duties include: - Conducting regular performance reviews with stakeholders, identifying and mitigating inventory obsolescence, and managing out-of-stock situations. - Leading PLM projects during commercialization and launch phases, and ensuring mid-long term supply plans' feasibility. - Troubleshooting supply chain issues, performing root cause analysis, and implementing corrective action plans. - **Requirements**: Proven experience (5-8 years) in supply planning and inventory management. Proficient in communication, time management, and organizational skills. Experience with advanced planning optimizers like Kinaxis, SAP APO, O9, E2Open, Oracle, or JDA. MBA in Operations/Supply Chain/Logistics preferred.
- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Chennai
- Country
- India
Currency: Not specified
Full Job Description
Your role
We are seeking a talented and driven Supply Planner to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for optimizing the balance of inventory across the supply chain network in line with target customer service levels, levels of forecast accuracy and safety stock levels, for the allocated portfolio of SKUs for which she/he is accountable.
In this role you will play a key role in:
- Conduct regular business and performance reviews with Demand Planners, Marketing and Manufacturing.
- Identify and manage potential inventory obsolescence to minimise write-offs (finished goods and raw materials)
- Review out of stock situations or shortage of supply issues and recommend mitigating actions
- PLM Project Management for Commercialization and Launch phase for selected project types
- Conduct root cause analysis for supply chain issues/variances and perform define corrective action plans to avoid reoccurrence.
- Liaise with Marketing, Demand Planners and Manufacturing to validate feasibility of mid-long term supply plans (S&OP) for the products under own responsibility and recommend actions in case of issues
Your Profile
- Expertise and Understanding of Concepts of Advanced Planning Optimizers like Kinaxis, SAP APO, O9, E2Open, Oracle, JDA etc., - End user.
- Proficient in communicating with international Clients, internal & external Stakeholders, Strong written and verbal communication, Time management & Excellent organizational skills.
- MBA Operations/Supply Chain/Logistics / Engineering (preferred)
- Any relevant industry specific Certifications/Memberships (desirable)
- 5 to 8 years of experience in supply Planning and inventory management domain. (B2)
WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE
- You can shape your career with us. We offer a range of career paths and internal opportunities within Capgemini group. You will also get personalized career guidance from our leaders.
- You will get comprehensive wellness benefits including health checks, telemedicine, insurance with top-ups, elder care, partner coverage or new parent support via flexible work.
