COIMBATORE · FULLTIME
Sr.Manager - Purchase, Planning & Warehouse
Larsen and Toubro
Coimbatore · onsite · Posted 9d ago
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About this role
Roles & Responsibilities
- Purchase, Planning & Warehouse Leadership
- Lead end-to-end Purchase, Material Planning, Production Planning, Warehouseand Logistics functions for EMS operations.
- Develop supply-chain strategies aligned with customer forecasts, production plans,NPI requirements, revenue targets, and working-capital objectives.
- Establish robust S&OP / demand-supply planning processes to balance customerdemand, material availability, capacity, and inventory.
- Drive KPI governance through daily, weekly, and monthly reviews with clearownership and corrective actions.
- Coordinate closely with Program Management, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality,Finance, Sales, and Customer teams.
- Purchase & Procurement Management
- Own procurement of electronic components, PCB/PCBA materials,electromechanical parts, mechanical parts, cables/wire harnesses, packaging andconsumables.
- Develop sourcing strategies for critical components including semiconductors, ICs,connectors, passives, displays, power electronics, and long-lead-time materials.
- Ensure competitive sourcing through RFQ, price benchmarking, negotiation, costbreakdown and supplier comparison.
- Drive Purchase Price Variance (PPV) improvement and year-on-year costreduction.
- Establish supplier contracts, LTAs, rate agreements, MOQ/SPQ optimization,payment terms, and delivery agreements.
- Manage AVL/AML compliance and ensure procurement only from approved andtraceable sources.
- Control risks related to counterfeit components, allocation, obsolescence,EOL/PCN and supply shortages.
- Develop alternate/local suppliers to improve localization, reduce lead time, andmitigate single-source dependency.
- Ensure PO release, acknowledgement, delivery follow-up, escalation, and closurethrough ERP/SAP.
- Material Planning & MRP
- Own MRP execution based on customer forecast, firm orders, BOM, inventory, openPOs, lead times, MOQ/SPQ and production requirements.
- Ensure material availability to achieve 100% production plan adherence andcustomer OTD.
- Establish clear planning horizons: forecast, firm, frozen, and execution windows.
- Monitor shortages through material shortage reports, exception messages andshortage dashboards.
- Conduct daily shortage reviews for critical production requirements and drive supplierrecovery plans.
- Optimize safety stock, reorder levels, lead times, and inventory parameters based ondemand variability and supply risk.
- Control excess purchasing caused by forecast changes, MOQ, incorrect MRPparameters, or engineering changes.
- Manage ECN/ECO-driven material changes, phase-in/phase-out, alternate parts,and revision control.
- Ensure effective planning for customer-supplied, consigned, bonded, and locallyprocured materials.
- Production Planning & Control
- Prepare Master Production Schedule (MPS) based on customer demand, materialreadiness, capacity, manpower, and equipment availability.
- Convert customer requirements into monthly, weekly, and daily production plans.
- Ensure synchronization between SMT, THT/PTH, box-build, system assembly,testing and packing operations.
- Conduct capacity planning considering SMT line capacity, cycle time, UPH,changeovers, shifts, tooling, test capacity, and bottlenecks.
- Track Plan vs Actual production and initiate recovery plans for deviations.
- Coordinate priorities across multiple customers and high-mix/low-volume or highvolume EMS programs.
- Improve schedule stability and minimize frequent production changeovers caused bymaterial shortages or planning gaps.
- Ensure NPI builds, pilot runs, ramp-ups, and mass-production requirements areproperly planned.
- Inventory & Working Capital Management
- Own inventory performance across Raw Material, WIP, Finished Goods, InTransit, Consignment and Non-Moving Inventory.
- Define and achieve inventory targets in terms of inventory days/DOH andinventory turns.
- Drive reduction of Excess & Obsolete (E&O), Slow-Moving and Non-Moving(SLOB) inventory.
- Establish monthly E&O reviews with Program, Engineering, Purchase, Finance, andCustomer teams.
- Identify inventory exposure caused by forecast reduction, cancellation, ECN/EOL,MOQ, NCNR commitments, and customer schedule changes.
- Ensure timely customer recovery/claims for customer-driven excess and obsoleteinventory where contractually applicable.
- Improve working capital through inventory optimization without affecting productioncontinuity.
- Warehouse Management
- Lead end-to-end warehouse operations covering Receiving, GRN, IQC staging,Storage, Kitting, Line Feeding, Return-to-Store, FG Storage and Dispatch.
- Ensure proper segregation and storage of electronic, mechanical, ESD-sensitive,moisture-sensitive, hazardous and temperature-sensitive materials.
- Implement FIFO/FEFO, lot control, date-code control, shelf-life management, andtraceability.
- Ensure strict MSD/MSL control including dry cabinet storage, floor-life tracking,baking requirements, and exposure control.
- Maintain ESD-compliant storage and material-handling practices.
- Ensure accurate bin locations, barcode identification, labeling, and system-to-physicalinventory matching.
- Establish cycle counting and perpetual inventory systems to achieve >99.5%inventory accuracy.
- Control material issuance, return, scrap, rejection, MRB, and quarantine processes.
- Optimize warehouse layout, storage density, material movement, and spaceutilization.
- Digital Supply Chain
- SAP / ERP / MES / WMS
- Ensure disciplined use of SAP/ERP for MM, PP and warehouse/inventorytransactions.
- Drive integration of SAP/ERP
- MES
- WMS
- Barcode/Traceability systems.
- Ensure BOM, routing, lead time, MOQ, safety stock, reorder parameters, andplanning master data accuracy.
- Develop real-time dashboards for shortages, supplier OTD, inventory, production planadherence, E&O, and warehouse accuracy.
- Promote paperless material transactions, barcode/RFID scanning, e-Kanban, andautomated replenishment.
- Support implementation of ASRS, AGV/AMR and smart warehouse systems wherebusiness cases justify automation.
- Drive data analytics and predictive planning for improved material availability andinventory optimization.
- Supplier Performance & Risk Management
- Establish supplier scorecards covering Quality, Cost, Delivery, Responsiveness andService.
- Monitor Supplier OTD, PPM, lead-time adherence, shortage frequency, premiumfreight and responsiveness.
- Conduct periodic supplier business reviews jointly with SQE/Quality andEngineering.
- Develop Business Continuity Plans for critical and single-source materials.
- Map Tier-1/Tier-2 supply-chain risks for strategically important components.
- Develop alternate sourcing strategies for geopolitical, logistics, semiconductorallocation, and capacity risks.
- Ensure supplier capacity is aligned with customer forecast and future ramprequirements.
- NPI & Customer Program Support
- Support RFQ and NPI programs through BOM costing, supplier quotations, leadtime analysis and material-risk assessment.
- Ensure NPI material readiness before prototype, EVT/DVT/PVT, pilot, and massproduction builds as applicable.
- Identify long-lead-time and high-risk components during the early NPI stage.
- Drive procurement of samples, tooling, MOQ materials, and production quantitiesaccording to project milestones.
- Support Design-to-Cost and Value Engineering initiatives through alternate sourcingand localization.
- Ensure smooth transition from NPI procurement/planning to mass-production supplychain processes.
- Logistics, Import/Export & Dispatch
- Manage inbound and outbound logistics to ensure timely and cost-effective movementof materials.
- Optimize freight through consolidation, mode selection, routing, and logisticscontracts.
- Control premium freight/expedite costs caused by shortages or planning deviations.
- Coordinate import/export documentation, customs clearance, freight forwarders, andregulatory compliance.
- Ensure Finished Goods dispatch aligns with customer delivery schedules and OTDcommitments.
- Monitor logistics KPIs, freight cost as a percentage of sales, transit lead time, andshipment performance.
- Compliance & Governance
- Ensure procurement and warehouse processes comply with company policies,customer requirements, statutory regulations, and audit requirements.
- Support ISO 9001, IATF 16949 where applicable, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ESDand customer audits.
- Ensure material traceability and compliance with RoHS, REACH, conflict-mineraland customer-specific requirements, as applicable.
- Maintain strong internal controls for purchase approvals, inventory adjustments, scrapdisposal, and supplier selection.
- Prevent unauthorized procurement, inventory leakage, duplicate purchases, andtransactional discrepancies.
- Team Leadership & Continuous Improvement
- Lead and develop teams across Purchase, Buyers, Material Planning, ProductionPlanning, Warehouse, Inventory Control and Logistics.
- Define clear roles, KRAs, KPIs, competency matrices, and succession plans.
- Build multi-skilled teams capable of supporting high-mix EMS operations and rapidcustomer ramp-ups.
- Drive Lean Supply Chain initiatives including Kanban, JIT, VMI, supermarketconcepts, milk-run and pull systems.
- Lead continuous improvement projects focused on inventory reduction, lead-timereduction, warehouse productivity, and procurement cost savings.
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Section · 02
Skills
Material Planningdigital supply chainData AnalyticsERPProcurement ManagementMRPProduction Planning
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About Larsen & Toubro Limited
Larsen and Toubro
Engineering & Construction
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88 years old
Mumbai, Maharashtra
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