7+ Demand planning Jobs in India

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Production Planner/Scheduler to join the Client’s operations team in India. This role is critical in ensuring seamless production planning, scheduling, and order lifecycle management—from initiation to shipping. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in demand planning, forecasting, and MRP systems, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing/assembly environment.

Key Responsibilities

 Issue and track work orders for assigned product lines based on MRP analysis and demand.

 Organize and schedule all work orders and sales orders for the production floor.

 Manage the master production schedule to align with customer deadlines and maintain sufficient stock levels.

 Collaborate with Customer Service Representatives (CSR) to expedite orders, resolve issues, and provide order status updates.

 Analyze backorder reports, adjust schedules, and take corrective actions to minimize delays.

 Communicate all production schedule changes to relevant stakeholders and floor staff.

 Resolve allocation issues preventing picklist generation and ensure accuracy of order execution.

 Support execution of Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), re work, and special order processes.

 Work closely with procurement/buyers to prioritize materials and ensure smooth production flow.

Qualifications & Skills

 Education: Bachelor’s degree (preferred in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field). Associate’s degree with strong experience will be considered.

 Experience: Minimum 3–5 years in production planning/scheduling within manufacturing or light assembly industries.

 Hands-on experience with MRP-based Planning Systems (Infor M3 preferred).

 Strong knowledge of forecasting and demand planning systems.

 Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook).

 Highly detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management skills.

 Effective communicator with the ability to coordinate across teams and levels of the organization.

 Capable of multitasking, problem-solving, and working under pressure to meet deadlines.

What We Offer

 Opportunity to work with a global industry leader in eyewear and eye care solutions.

 Exposure to international best practices in production planning and scheduling.

 A collaborative and innovation-driven work environment.

 Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with the Indian job market.

We're hiring an experienced SAP IBP Consultant with 6+ years of expertise in Demand and Supply Planning. The ideal candidate should have strong skills in key figure modeling, time series planning, and integration with S/4HANA or ECC. Prior experience with planning operators, forecast models, and Excel Add-in is required.

• Interacts with Business Process Experts / Owners & Users community to collect business requirements

• Should have a minimum of 5+ years of experience in Implementation of different Kinaxis RapidResponse modules like Supply Planning, Forecasting and Demand Planning, ATP, Aggregate Supply Planning, Capacity Planning, Attribute Based Planning, Sales & Operations Planning

Job Description-Supply Chain Executive

• Establish and lead execution of operation strategy; reduce supply chain complexities
• Manage all supply chain related activities to ensure accurate delivery of products in all sales channels
• Minimizes sales returns/damaged goods and short-expiry goods by monitoring returns, developing a depletion plan and avoiding overstocking the points of sales
• Develop and maintain an excellent rapport with key stakeholders such as clients, suppliers, community organisations, regulatory bodies etc
• Making inventory plans, monitoring current stock and FG level, resource allocation as per budget etc.
• Supervise logistics from the plant to each city warehouse to ensure in-time deliveries
• Supervise intra-city day-to-day logistics as per the distribution plan which includes creating a daily dispatch plan, transportation of FGs to retail stores and ensuring timely delivery to retail stores
• Overseeing warehouse Management, ensuring statutory compliances are met and optimizing warehouse operations
• Monitoring performance of SCM & logistics operations by analyzing parameters like transportation costs, damages, TAT, order fulfilment rate etc.
• Proactively identify process gaps in SCM & logistics operations and find opportunities for optimization by continuously monitoring SCM Metrics
• Liaising and convincing external stakeholders like transportation service providers, dealers etc. about the terms of engagements.

Experience, Qualification, and Skills required:

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in the Supply chain management department
• Any Graduate
• Strong analytical ability, Proficient in advanced MS Excel, able to build analytical models
• Ability to understand business problems and convert that into data analytic problems
• Understanding of inventory management and planning

• Implement and constantly improve Processes and System to reduce inventory, minimize cost and maximize inventory utilization.
• Responsible for entire inventory movement cycle immediately after the PO is raised at HO.
• Tracking ETD & ETA of all Import Consignments as well as Internal Inventory movement within India Operations.
• Coordinate with Buying Team and Location Teams on Periodic Sales & Inventory Requirement Forecast – at least for a period of 3 months / 1 Qrtr in advance.
• analyze Inventory requirement at location as per Promotion Calendar in coordination with respective Buyer and Track / Monitor Efficacy of each Promotion.
• Interacts with each Location Team and ensure steady flow of valid and valuable feedback on sales and inventory.
• Execute & Maintain Category & Merchandising Planogram as prescribed by respective Buyer.
• Responsible for Setting up and Implementation of Auto Replenishment Process at all locations in coordination with Location team and IS team.
• Formulate, Generate and Share Inventory related MIS reports with HO Functions on periodic basis. For example – Self-life Expiry Report, Stock Availability Report, Flagging all potential alert situation

• Demand planning
• Create the vendor funnel of ATL & BTL marketing agencies
• Procure to pay process management and ensuring compliance with process KPIs
• Order scheduling and expediting
• Work closely with suppliers to ensure effective support
• Supervising goods/service receipt and cycle count process at the office to ensure timely receiving of goods
• Support and coordinate with the various departments particularly with accounts with ease
• Handle internal audits
• MIS preparation

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