What are your contributions to the team?

• Manage supplier capability assessments involving:

o Planning for supplier assessments: Prepare timelines, finalize logistics, initiate kickoff/ data requests, manage team resources & outline expectations.
o Conducting capability assessment: Lead the team in conducting on-site assessments.
o Compiling assessment outcomes: Oversee development of assessment deliverables, prepare management reports, finalize assessment scores & communicate findings.

• Contribute as a supply chain expert in conduct of on-site supplier assessments to review supplier performance with a focus on supply chain and planning.

o Demand planning: Assessment of supplier’s demand planning process (variables, forecast, frequency etc.), systems/tools used, communication etc.
o Sales & Operations planning: Evaluation of Sales & Operations governance process, planning horizon, stakeholders involved, budgeting, tools used etc.
o Production & inventory planning: Assessment of supplier’s production/ inventory planning parameters, systems used, inventory levels, stakeholder coordination etc.
o Procurement planning: Assessment of P2P workflows, processes, systems/ tools used etc.
o Supplier management: Systems/ tools/ processes used for managing/ evaluating tier II/III suppliers.

• Review supplier performance related to Finance and Human resources processes.
• Identify gaps and improvement opportunities for supplier’s supply chain processes & governance to improve planning and thereby enabling a better supplier performance.
• Prepare and maintain a log of supplier risks, agreed on corrective/ improvement actions, follow-up & track improvement actions as an outcome of the assessment.
• Collaborate with appropriate team members to track and resolve recurring supplier issues/ risks.

How to thrive in this role?

• You have more than 7 years of Supply chain & Operations experience across S & OP or inventory planning in Industrial Manufacturing, with at least 3 years of experience in coaching teams.
• You hold knowledge of key systems/ tools used in a planning environment – Sales forecasting, ERP, MRP, etc.
• You have excellent relationship management, negotiation & collaboration skills and demonstrated ability to link capability assessment outcomes to Business Objectives
• You hold strong technical aptitude, with knowledge of MS Office applications (including Share Point, Excel, Power Point, Visio, and Word)
• 70% travel requirements