Analyst - SIOP

What You'll Do

This individual will be responsible for identifying and implementing opportunities to streamline the Sales Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process across Eaton businesses. They will take ownership of leading initiatives in demand and supply planning, as well as driving process improvements.

The individual will develop and deploy standardized SIOP processes and models, which will be recognized by businesses as benchmark solutions. These processes will facilitate better Integrated Business Planning (IBP) with all key cross-functional stakeholders, including Finance, Product Managers, Sales, Marketing, Planners, and Internal Customers. The scope of this role extends to managing new transitions, developing models, and recommending best practices to Eaton sites, ensuring proven results.

• Designing and Developing Standardized SIOP Processes, tools in co-ordination with cross functional teams.
• Deployment of SIOP 5 step processes across Eaton plants, divisions including Portfolio management, demand planning, supply planning and driving SIOP meetings across cross functional teams.
• Demand Planning: Analyze historical sales data, market trends, and customer forecasts to develop accurate demand plans. Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Supply Planning: Coordinate with procurement, production, and logistics teams to develop supply plans that meet demand requirements. Optimize inventory levels and minimize stockouts and excess inventory.
• SIOP Process: Facilitate the Sales Inventory Operations Planning process, including monthly meetings, data collection, and performance tracking. Ensure cross-functional alignment and effective communication.
• Data Analysis: Utilize advanced analytical tools and techniques to interpret data, identify trends, and provide actionable insights. Prepare reports and dashboards to support decision-making.
• Proactively study SIOP & Inventory processes of existing GSC team, Eaton sites / regions and collaborate with global stakeholders to provide consulting solutions to improvise supply & demand relationships.
• Identify and generate business impacts through cost savings/avoidance, forecast accuracy improvement, fill rates improvements, DOH Reduction.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in demand and supply planning.
• Collaboration: Work closely with various departments, including sales, marketing, purchasing, production, and logistics, to ensure seamless execution of plans and strategies.
• Closely work with peers to handle their queries, escalations, trainings and closing the necessary gaps.
• Ensure Compliance with Quality Standards: Strictly adhere to Eaton's Quality Management Systems (QMS) requirements, ensuring all processes and outputs meet established quality standards. Actively participate in and contribute to quality-related initiatives, driving continuous improvement and excellence in all aspects of operations.
  
  

Qualifications

Should be Engineering Graduate with Master's degree (preferred) into Business Management, Statistics

7 to 10 years of relevant experience into Supply Chain out of which minimum 5 years in SIOP/S&OP and Inventory Management.

Skills

• Proficient skills level in MS Office: Advanced Excel and Power Point presentations.
• Proficient in Forecasting/ planning tools like Demantra, Forecast Pro, Demand Solutions, Kinaxis.
• Proficient and good hands on exposure on ERP (Preferred Oracle, SAP, Mfg. Pro)
• Profiecient into one or two tools like Power BI/ Tableau, MS Access, SQL, R/ Python
  
  

• An individual with a strong sense of customer focus
• Accountable for responsibilities with willingness to extend the work scope.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Collaborative style
• Drive for Results
• Passionate about work & Continuous Improvement