Distribution Planner Lead
Diageo · Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 1d ago
Undisclosed5–10 yrsfulltimeSourced from
About a minute. You'll make an account on the way through.
About this role
Role: DRP Leader
Location: Bangalore, India
Role Type: Permanent
Job Summary
The Distribution Requirements Planner's (DRP) Leader primary role is to lead a team of DRP located across APAC, enabling smooth DRP operations and the team to deliver service, cash, cost, SLOB and capability.
The role also drives a strong team culture, develops planning capabilities, and builds a high-performing planning organization.
Given the long end-to-end supply cycle, the role is critical in driving robust demand planning, market accountability and proactive risk management. The Planning Leader will establish clear ways of working across inbound and outbound planning, drive root cause analysis of demand and supply variances, challenge assumptions, and ensure risks and misses are communicated early with clear mitigation actions and ownership.
You will be responsible for:
- Coach, mentor and develop supply planning team.
- Ensure Supply Planning systems and processes in place are aligned to global supply planning standards.
- Delivery of optimal supply network plan to meet customer service OTIFNE targets and drive Diageo inventory performance to level of top 3 CPG companies.
- Own appropriate inventory policies in partnership with markets to deliver upon agreed business targets.
- Represent Supply in leading SOP process, balancing demand and supply signals whilst ensuring strategy and annual targets can be delivered.
- Lead and embed continuous improvement agenda across wider supply planning team enabling effective delivery of performance improvement plans prioritised by business targets. Including customer service and inventory targets.
- Track progress of performance improvement plans and course correct to consistently ensure projected benefits are achieved.
- Address any supply disruption or conflict situation through consensus solution or recommendation for escalation.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- 5 years + Supply Chain planning experience in CPG (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, SMR, Logistics).
- Additionally, some wider cross functional experience preferable e.g. commercial, finance or supply.
- Exceptional systems experience within supply chain optimisation platforms (ERP / master data, time-phased replenishment planning systems, SAP, APO,OMP).
- Understand, implement and sustain global supply planning codification agenda.
- Detailed understanding of end-to-end supply chain operational processes e.g. DRP, MPS, inventory, conversion, logistics and customer service.
- Exceptional influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and manage tension in demand/supply and SOP conversations.
- Exceptional communication skills - verbal, written and presentation.
- Customer centric mind set.
- Numerate with statistical, and analytical skills and attention to detail.
- High degree of quantitative and analytical skills.
- Proficient in MS applications e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access.
Disclaimer: This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.
Sourced from naukri
Skills
Customer ServiceSAPCraftCustomer Centricanalytical thinkingdemand planningsupply planningmeanOutboundplannerRoot Cause AnalysisDRPLogisticsERPSupply ChainCommunication SkillsRisk Managementoperationsinboundfinance
About Diageo
Diageo
Beverage
3k+
employees
1997
29 years old
London
United Kingdom (UK)
About
Global spirits leader with over $20 billion revenue, home to iconic brands across 180+ markets.
Industries
Manufacturing
Employee ratings
1,211 reviews
3.8/ 5
Culture
3.8
Career growth
3.1
Work-life
3.8
Employees rate it well for
Work Culture154Work Life Balance133Senior Management91Salary91Career Growth78
Find them on