Assistant Manager, Supply Chain

Job description

### Responsibilities #### 1. Project System Integration - Support system integration and transition projects for APM India business portfolio, ensuring continuity and accuracy of demand planning and inventory management processes. - Act as the business subject matter expert (SME) for demand planning and inventory during system implementation and hypercare phases. - Drive master data validation, demand migration, inventory transition planning, and system readiness activities to minimize operational disruptions during go-live. - Identify process gaps, data integrity issues, system limitations, and supply chain risks; develop and implement mitigation plans to ensure business continuity. - Collaborate with global, regional, and local cross-functional teams to align business requirements, process governance, and integration milestones. #### 2. Demand Planning - Own the end-to-end demand planning process for the APM India market, developing accurate forecasts using statistical models, historical trends, market intelligence, and commercial insights. - Facilitate monthly Demand Review and SOP/SOE meetings with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, and Regional Supply Chain teams to align forecast assumptions and business priorities. - Analyze forecast performance through key metrics such as Forecast Accuracy, Bias, and Demand Volatility; drive root cause analysis and corrective actions to improve planning effectiveness. - Translate product launches, promotions, tender opportunities, market dynamics, competitive activities, and seasonality trends into demand projections. - Partner closely with commercial stakeholders to challenge assumptions, validate opportunities and risks, and ensure forecast alignment with business objectives. - Provide demand outlooks, scenario modeling, and risk assessments to support strategic inventory planning, product transitions, and business growth initiatives. - Drive continuous improvement in forecasting methodologies, planning tools, and demand planning processes to enhance forecast reliability and responsiveness. #### 3. Inventory Management - Lead inventory planning and optimization activities to achieve target customer service levels while balancing working capital, inventory turns, and obsolescence risk. - Establish and maintain inventory policies, including safety stock, reorder points, planning parameters, and replenishment strategies based on demand variability, lead times, and supply risks. - Monitor inventory health across the network and proactively identify potential shortages, excess inventory, slow-moving stock, and obsolescence risks. - Develop and execute inventory mitigation plans through demand shaping, redistribution, stock balancing, product substitution, and liquidation initiatives where applicable. - Collaborate with Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Commercial, and Regulatory teams to ensure adequate supply coverage for new product launches, regulatory transitions, and business continuity requirements. - Drive inventory performance reviews and provide management visibility on key metrics, including Days of Inventory (DOI), Inventory Coverage, Backorders, Fill Rate, and Excess Obsolete Inventory. #### 4. Stakeholder Management - Act as the primary supply chain business partner for India APM commercial teams, ensuring alignment between market requirements and supply chain capabilities. - Influence cross-functional stakeholders to drive timely decision-making, issue resolution, and execution of supply chain priorities. - Lead process improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing forecast accuracy, inventory productivity, customer service performance, and operational efficiency. Location: Mumbai Disclaimer: This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.