Job Description

This position manages customers demand and executes strategies to minimize demand fluctuations. Develops the macro forecast to anticipate overall size of business and monitors the forecast indicators on monthly basis. Reserves capacities & maintains record and opens proxy codes for all customers. Ensure optimal utilization of resources within the limits of Company’s policies & procedures and management directives.

Main Responsibilities:

Demand Management & Capacity Reservation:

• Receives- demand form merchandising & marketing departments and Inputs demand in capacity load sheet.
• Shares projected demand with PPC and get it reviewed by TL.
• Incorporates in Fast React (FR) after the confirmation and shares the decision with PPC planning.
• Coordinates with merchandizing & marketing departments in order to confirm the customers’ orders.
• Reserves capacities for Confirmed Reservation Orders/ Tentative Reservation Orders (CROs/ TROs).
• Confirms the capacities through system by keeping in view the current demand.
• Makes adjustment in demand order reservation (if any).

Analysis & Reporting:

• Manages demand in form of TROs, CROs.
• Receives & reviews the demand given by marketers & merchandisers on rolling basis.
• Updates the demand in FR.
• Analyzes weekly / monthly demand with respect to order maturity.
• Coordinates with the inventory cell for locking the demand in the system.
• Keeps follow ups with the merchandisers and marketers for the confirmation of demand as well as pending orders.
• Collects macro forecast for next three months on every resource group for presenting it in Sales & Operation meetings.

Monitoring & Coordination in Capacity Planning:

• Ensures the optimum utilization of company’s resources.
• Ensures to achieve the assigned target for machine utilization.
• Coordinates with PPC for the removal of operational constraints.
• Communicate the higher management about resource utilization.

Required Skills