Distribution Requirements Planner

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Role: DRP (Distribution Requirement Planning)

Designation: Process lead

Location: Chennai

Experience: 4 - 6 Years

Role Overview

• Ensures FG availability across markets by executing long-term and short-term DRP processes, balancing inventory levels, service performance, and supply constraints. • Manages FG replenishment planning, safety stock settings, and parameter optimisation to maintain accurate distribution signals and support network stability. • Monitors global and cluster supply risks through regular KPI reviews, coverage analysis, and exception management to safeguard on-shelf availability. • Leads availability management by identifying stock risks, resolving shortfalls, and coordinating corrective actions with factories, markets, and supply chain partners. • Supports product lifecycle management through effective Phase-In/Phase-Out (PIPO) planning • Collaborates closely with demand planning, supply planning, logistics, and market teams to align supply decisions and address operational issues. • Executes distribution governance activities, including risk reviews, NPI readiness checks, and escalation handling across markets and clusters. • Contributes to strategic initiatives, knowledge-uplift activities, and continuous improvement efforts that strengthen the DRP planning process and systems. Key Responsibilities: Long-Term DRP & Inventory Parameter Management • Maintain long-term DRP settings including lead times, SLAs for NGP, safety stock recommendations, and DRP inventory parameters for active and new SKUs. • Manage prebuild requests to support future demand, supply constraints, or inventory strategies. Short-Term DRP & Replenishment Execution • Perform primary and secondary replenishment planning and generate factory truck-loading priority lists. • Execute order creation with EOC and validate replenishment signals for short-term supply planning. • Review, update, and integrate LRT OPT/MAX and MIN/MAX values into MPS for accurate replenishment triggers. • Conduct monthly review on MPS and assess MTO/MO2 order alignment with supply availability. Product Lifecycle (PIPO) & Configuration Management • Execute Phase-In/Phase-Out activities including RSKU disaggregation, interchangeability setup, and NTM cover report updates. Supply Risk Reviews & Governance • Run coverage and global out-of-stock reports, analyse risks, and coordinate corrective actions to protect market availability. • Manage availability exceptions including air-freight requests, lost sales root-cause analysis, aged stock actions, and change requests (production, emergency, demand). • Lead cluster supply KPI reviews and supply risk meetings, presenting actual/estimated KPIs and mitigation plans. • Conduct ITP market supply risk reviews and support NPI/ITP project readiness assessments. Strategic Projects & Continuous Improvement Support KU activities, initiatives, and improvement projects that enhance DRP processes, tools, and market collaboration. KPIs: Distribution Metrics • Fill Rate - Tracks percentage of demand fulfilled from available stock. • Write-offs Value and percentage of inventory written off attributed to distribution planning reasons Plan Discipline • DRP Run Timeliness - Tracks completion of DRP runs within defined planning cycles. • Exception Resolution Rate - Measures speed and effectiveness in resolving planning exceptions. Data Accuracy • Planning Data Accuracy - Tracks master data accuracy used in DRP (lead times, stock levels, constraints).