Supply Planning Professional

We are responsible for the global inventory and availability of all spare parts for the maintenance of installed turbines. Being part of an international team, responsible for the planning and collaboration with external suppliers to ensure a high delivery performance and availability. Moreover, you will also be contributing to the transformation strategy and development of our Supply Chain.

Responsibilities:

• The right candidate will have practical experience in a global supply chain function within the forecast and planning area of a distribution network
• Improving inventory turnover (ITO) and material availability (OTIF) through analytical reasoning of the root causes and corrective measures
• Keeping track of material consumption patterns, replenishment lead time and forecast fluctuation and mitigating the risks in case of deviations
• Ensuring lean initiatives and process improvements
• Typically, the day will be spent on evaluating the safety stock, forecast, mitigating the stock-out risks, root cause analysis on the on-time delivery misses, collaboration with various global stakeholders, etc.
• Solid experience in supply planning in a global distribution network
• Practical experience in applying supply chain principles and methods including reporting
• Engaging with Procurement function and Operational Buying team to represent Vestas with one single voice in front of the suppliers
• Develop, together with your new team, the strategy to ensure highest possible on-time delivery from our supplier base

Qualifications:

• Graduate/post graduate in any stream
• Practical experience in demand-supply planning
• 3 - 5 years of experience from a global international supply chain function within production, material planning and spare parts/service environment
• Supply chain certifications like APICS-CPIM, CSCP, etc. will be an added advantage

Competencies:

• Good knowledge in SAP (MM, SD module specifically), MS Excel
• Ability to understand the master data parameters and its implications on the planning side
• Methodical approach towards problem solving (8D, Fishbone, etc.) and working knowledge in SQL/R/Python
• Ability to understand the complex supply chain network and its intricacies
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English, stakeholder management skills
• Working style is well structured and committed with good system and business understanding
• Not restricting within the roles and responsibilities boundaries and willingness to collaborate as needed
• Should have interest or experience in handling data to extract business insights

Additional Information:

Your primary workplace will be in Chennai, India.