Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

Responsible for all spare parts forecasting, inventory management, and replenishment planning activities associated with customers and products. The Demand & Supply Planner creates forecast models, establishes inventory policies, and creates replenishment plans for spare parts management across key business sectors and sales channels.

•  Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function.

•  Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.

•  Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with relevant stakeholders to ensure accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
•  Establish inventory targets for demand fulfilment and determine optimal stock levels across central distribution centers and regional warehouses  

•  Develop inventory control models to allocate and position optimal levels of cycle, safety, and pipeline inventory within the entire distribution network.
•  Provide inputs to the Sourcing organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.

•  Create replenishment plans for timely scheduling of purchase orders on supplier base to continuously improve parts availability for customer service.
•  Anticipate demand and supply variations to proactively manage parts availability to prevent stock out and overstock situations

•  Maintain demand & supply planning system and software to seamlessly implement day-to-day planning, executing, and monitoring activities.  
 

Preferred Industries

Education Qualification

General Experience

4-8 yrs years in demand planning and inventory management

Critical Experience

Systems/ SAP knowledge: 
JDA Software Solutions - Working knowledge of Demand 360, Inventory Optimization, & Fulfilment modules 
SAP – Materials Management (MM), Advanced Planning & Optimization (APO) 
Any Additional Knowledge: 
Professional certifications like CPIM and/or CSCP would be desirable.