Develop and execute Robust and comprehensive Demand Planning strategies and implement across PepsiCo India Region in alignment with BU and sector requirements
Act as interface between sales and supply chain by ensuring accurate sales forecasts for planning
Lead and continuously improve the S&OP process for India business in collaboration with sales, category, Supply planning to ensure execution of plans for business
Scope:
Yearly volume across 10+ brands and 230 SKUs contributing to ensure no opportunity losses and support planned volume and NR growths
All four Sales Units across the India Country spanning across COSOs, CoMans & DCs to serve Customers.
Key MT Chains SC delivery
National role working in collaboration with Sales, Category, Supply Planning to drive the end-to-end demand planning
New products, promotions, MRP changes leading to almost 300+ projects per year as per NPD commercialization calendar
Responsibilities
Accountable for forecasting sales demand as per the S&OP cycle to ensure better planning and execution.
Continuously improve the S&OP process to facilitate business decisions on driving profitable growth
Institutionalizing Best Practices and supporting tools as guided by sector- driving capability, digitization, and agile and synchronized supply chain planning, to deliver optimized costs and delivering productivity, service, and efficiency
Accountable for ensuring all demand planning KPIs such as Forecast Accuracy, Fill rates, NPD timelines, are met within stipulates timelines in the most optimum manner for business.
Supporting execution of innovations, changeovers, NPDs within stipulated timelines to support the innovation agenda for PepsiCo
Facilitate Planning for AOP and SBP in collaboration with Sales, P&P, Supply Planning
Acts as the single point of contact for Sales teams for forecasting future sales and providing necessary inputs to supply Planning to ensure execution.
Custodian of FG write off to ensure it is kept to a minimum and have constant improvement Year on Year through efficient planning and by collaborating with Sales and Supply Planning
Qualifications
6+ years of Supply Chain/ Logistics Operations with preferred FMCG Experience
Engineer with an MBA preferable from a premier SC institute
An excellent working knowledge of Supply Chain processes and systems
An extensive understanding of Supply Chain Management, both operations and development, and a good working knowledge of the broader Supply Chain Industry
Experience in leading a mature S&OP enabled Supply Chain team
Excellent analytical skills
Strong communication, influencing and collaborative skills
Outward looking with a real understanding of the key customer requirements and developments
