Senior Manager - Central Planning

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Date: 15 Aug 2025

Location: IN

Company: Coats

Position Title:  Central Planning Manager

Location: Bangalore

 

Role Purpose 

  • Improve the quality of demand plan, supply plan and the Forecast accuracy
  • Plan Supply in accordance with Coats Best Practice Supply Planning Definition
  • Drive Lead-time, Service and Stock Targets as per plan
  • Manage a team of PPDS planners and supervise
  • Lead the key processes for Americas (e.g Inter group sourcing plan, MRP review, Safety stock calculation etc).
  • Market(s) assigned: Vietnam, Inter group sourcing plan/ MRP review/ Safety stock calculation/ Annual plans/ Recruitment/ training.

 

Principal Accountabilities and Key Activities

 

Data-

  • Capacities, MRP Data integrity, Calendars, APO Custom Tables
  • Ensure Integrity of the data pertaining to the forecast including Statistical forecasting parameters, demand history, factors driving SS, MRP Category classification

 

Process-

1.Demand plan:

  • Organize monthly Demand plan meeting with local Commercial team. Ensure latest commercial forecast is updated into ADP system. Highlight abnormality in demand to grey thread planning team.
  • Review Demand Planning Alerts: Respond accordingly, communicate changes to respective stakeholders.
  • OFACRA: Coordinate with Central team member to conduct, at the required frequency, the OFA Process. Ensure item category reflects the demand profile of the item at all times, thus reducing SLOBs
  • Process MRP controller alerts

 

2. Supply plan:

  • Organize and lead monthly S&OP meeting at market level.
  • Carry out the Medium-Term Supply Planning Processes including Deployments and External

 

3.Procurement

  • Follow monthly, weekly, daily processes required to achieve desired Supply Planning Outcome
  • Ensure best practices are enabled in the process

 

4.Scheduling:

  • Manage the daily job of PPDS planners
  • Train Supply planners/ schedulers with latest knowledge/best practice in One click/GATP+
  • Monitor planning effectiveness indicators. Highlight and follow up with manufacturing on action plans to improve

 

5. Other DP activities 

  • Lead the annual intergroup sourcing plan exercise and communicate final outcome to markets.
  • Complete the MRP review for Mexico and Honduras as per schedule o Run safety stock analyst on monthly basis.
  • Prepare, discuss and sign off the Annual Plan with relevant stakeholders.
  • Organize and lead SLOB meetings. Highlight issues pertaining to slow/ non-moving items. 
  • Participate/ Support to key initiatives and Supply Chain/ Masterdata related projects.
  • Data analysis and insights for any ad hoc reviews/ assessments – support to Group Planning Director.

 

6. Managing Central planning team 

  • Create and maintain high working standards and great quality of teamwork within the Central Planning team
  • Supervise the other FG planners and manage sub-optimal performance.
  • Ensure continuous and high-quality support to all local supply chain teams
  • Organize and contribute to mid-year / annual performance reviews for ASIA planning team. Complete the annual review in portal as per timelines.
  • Decide annual goals for team and communicate the same to team members.
  • Coordinate for IDP creation with quarterly follow up and update the status.
  • Review annual EES survey result and take actions accordingly.
  • Create learning environment within team. Drive certification and various training completion on time.

 

7. Managing Central planning team

  • Create and maintain high working standards and great quality of teamwork within the Central Planning team
  • Supervise the other FG planners and manage sub-optimal performance.
  • Ensure continuous and high-quality support to all local supply chain teams
  • Organize and contribute to mid-year / annual performance reviews for ASIA planning team. Complete the annual review in portal as per timelines.
  • Decide annual goals for team and communicate the same to team members.
  • Coordinate for IDP creation with quarterly follow up and update the status.
  • Review annual EES survey result and take actions accordingly.
  • Create learning environment within team. Drive certification and various training completion on time.

 

Education, Qualifications and Experience

  • Strong statistical and mathematical knowledge.
  • Good communication skills (Superior in English).
  • Good Excel knowledge.
  • Good problem resolving skills
  • Good skill to observe the relation between different areas
  • Deep understanding of Supply Chain Best Practice