- Provide supply chain leadership in material demand forecasting, master scheduling, purchasing, materials management, and logistics.
- Maximize product availability while optimizing raw materials and MRO inventories and maintaining ERP systems for data integrity.
- Review inventory levels to meet customer demands and to ensure accurate inventory records.
- Develop and implement supply chain department best practices, procedures, and policies, define KPI/key metrics and ensures that the team stays on target.
- Work with suppliers directly on any issues concerning pricing, cost, quality, reliability, warranty, invoice discrepancy, etc.
- Utilize ERP to analyze inventory reports, trends, discrepancies, and to find opportunities for improvement.
- Works cross functionally with the Global & Regional Category Sourcing, P2P Buyers, Business Partners, Regional Head, Management Logistics / Quality Assurance / R&D / Engineering / Sales teams to improve the manufacturing processes and methods for cost reduction, quality improvement, and efficiency.
Forecasting, Demand Analyses
- Review MD04 twice a week for all the A, B and C class materials.
- Compare MD04 with Manually created Raw Material Planning File for Shortages
- RUN YPL3 Report for 16 weeks demand Planning
- Maintaining of Steel Cord Consignment and Safety Stock bi-monthly report
- Submission of YME23A Report for Kerry Logistics and Hellmann for PO issue report for Delivery planning
Procurement Operations
- Prepare Purchase Orders for all other Raw Materials (Natural, Synthetic Rubbers, Polymers, Carbon Black etc)
- Creating Purchase orders once review the quotes with RV and final negotiations with the suppliers for locally procured chemicals (MRP to be reviewed and create PRN if required)
- Issue of PO and follow up of deliveries for Splice Kits (SK), Sheeting Products (SP) and Mixing鈥檚 production materials, consumables and packaging material for SK and SP.
- Placement of Combs Orders and delivery follow ups
Logistics/Supply Chain Mgt (Reports and Analysis)
- Weekly Monitoring blanket PO (vendor managed inventories) delivery call offs and coordinating with the local suppliers.
- Following up for deliveries with Overseas Fabric and Steel cord suppliers.
- Updating COAR with the upcoming deliveries and ensuring supplies as per the production schedules.
- Follow up with Customs Clearance Agents for priority deliveries
Issue Resolution
- Handling of any price and quality issues with the local suppliers
- Liaising with Suppliers and Stores for any GR or Qty issues.