Production Planning Manager (Vemula location)

Position: Manager / Senior Manager

Department: SCM / Reporting SCM Head

Location: Vemula, Mahbubnagar

Joining: immediate/ max 30 days

Roles & Responsibilities:

Production planning, S&OP, Demand planning,
• Lead a team of supply chain planning professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Oversee the demand forecasting process to ensure accurate and timely demand plans, collaborating closely with regional SCM team, commercial, operations, and finance teams.
• Drive end-to-end supply chain optimization initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, reduce lead times, and improve overall supply chain performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, and Logistics, to ensure seamless coordination and integration of supply chain activities.
• Develop and implement inventory management strategies to balance working capital requirements while meeting customer demand and service level agreements.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and track supply chain performance, providing regular reports and analysis to senior management.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks, proactively implementing contingency plans to address potential disruptions or delays.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies to optimize supply chain processes.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, regulatory changes, and technological advancements impacting the biologics supply chain, ensuring compliance and driving supply chain.

Desired Candidate Profile:
• Streamlining systems and procedures for FG dispatches.
• Batch wise stock to be maintained against receipt of MCNs.
• Transportation & Import-Export All Locations India.
• Selection of Transporters or CHAs with coordination of Purchase team.
• Primary Freight & CHA Contracts with coordination of Purchase team.
• Export Process.
• Planning & Dispatch of Finished Materials, organizing and controlling all requisite activities to perform such as negotiation, recommendation, ordering, comparatives, inspection, expediting & tracking, reporting, logistic and delivery, payment processing, etc.
• Assessing the performance of the Transporter and CHAs based on various criterions such as no Logistics Complains, timely delivery, credit terms, etc. Overseeing follow-up with. Transporters for Finished Material deliverables, timely deliveries.
• Involved in releasing debit notes to the Transporters for rejected & damaged items.
• Insurance Claims logging.
• Assisting Manager Outbound, in negotiating and contracting requirement on a timely manner with coordination of Purchase team.