3P Manufacturing Planner

, India Job Family Group: Downstream Supply Chain Worker Type: Regular Posting Start Date: July 1, 2026 Business Unit:

Experience Level: Early Careers Job Description: What’s the role?

As a 3rd Party Operations & Planning Coordinator, you will play a critical role in driving end-to-end supply execution, operational excellence, and inventory optimization across toll manufacturing and turnkey supplier networks. You will operate at the intersection of Planning, Procurement, Sales, and Manufacturing, ensuring strong service delivery and business continuity

What you’ll be doing?

1. 3rd Party Manufacturing & Operations Management Own planning and execution for 3rd party manufacturing operations, including Toll Blending, Toll Filling, and Turnkey supplies, ensuring seamless supply continuity. Drive daily & weekly production alignment with Production Schedulers and 3P partners to deliver committed plans. Lead day-to-day operational coordination with 3rd party sites, proactively managing risks, constraints, and execution challenges. Ensure inventory accuracy and compliance, including monthly stock count governance and timely system updates (PID postings). Collaborate with Deployment Planning to optimize stock movement across depots, ensuring right product, right location, right time. Partner with Sales teams to provide proactive visibility on stock availability, enabling reliable customer commitments. Publish a comprehensive Daily India Stock Report, tracking forecast vs. delivery vs. stock availability, providing actionable insights to drive faster decision-making and improve service levels.
2. Turnkey Supplier & Procurement Management (Greases & Coolants) Develop and publish the monthly procurement plan, aligned to demand, inventory strategy, and supply constraints. Engage closely with 3rd party suppliers to ensure plan adherence, resolve constraints, and deliver consistent service performance. Prioritize critical SKUs and drive schedule adherence for high-impact grades, minimizing customer disruption. Partner with PLM teams to enable smooth new product introductions (NPIs) and ensure timely, successful product launches. Act as the focal point for supplier performance management, resolving operational, quality, and payment-related issues effectively. Lead localization initiatives for imported SKUs, driving supply chain resilience, cost efficiency, and responsiveness from a 3P delivery perspective.
3. Inventory Optimization & Data Governance Maintain and continuously enhance Material Master Data (lead times, buffers) in systems such as DDMRP and SAP. Monitor and drive reduction of non-moving and slow-moving inventory, unlocking working capital. Track and improve OTIF (On-Time In-Full) performance for critical SKUs, proactively mitigating supply risks.

What we need from you?

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, Logistics, Business, or related field. 3–4 years of experience in Supply Chain, Production Planning, or Manufacturing Planning. Hands-on experience in Production Planning and Execution. Experience managing 3rd Party Manufacturing (3PM), Toll Blending, Toll Filling, Contract Manufacturing, or Turnkey Suppliers. Experience working within FMCG, Chemicals, Lubricants, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, or similar industries. Proven experience in supplier relationship and performance management. Experience managing external manufacturing partners and ensuring production plan adherence. Experience coordinating with suppliers for Greases, Coolants, or similar products is preferred.

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together. Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead. Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices. Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise. Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself. Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working. Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world. Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents. Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply. Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams. Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

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Shell in India

Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalization, and business operations.

Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.

Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.

Shell owns and operates an LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and an LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India’s growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Spring Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Spring is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.

Our three capability centers across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.

We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programs on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.

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