Job Description

Designation

Senior Manager - Planning, RTD

Function

Supply Chain Location

Gurugram Reporting To

Director - Supply Chain, RTD

Job Description

Tata Consumer Products Ltd.

About the Job: Senior Manager – Planning

Function: Supply Chain

Location: Gurgaon

Reporting To: Director – Supply Chain, RTD

At Tata Consumer Products Ltd, we stand #Forbetter – Planet, Sourcing, Nutrition, Communities. And #ForBetter Opportunities …. Here’s an exciting one!

How does this Job align to our Strategy?

At the core of Tata Consumer Products' business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business, Driving Digital and Innovation, Unlocking Synergies, Creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities and Embedding Sustainability.

This job opportunity closely aligns with one of these key strategic pillars, which is driving Strengthen & Accelerate core business and Unlock Synergies. The role involves Strengthening our sales and distribution network for the RTD Value business, building our brand on ground, engaging channel partners, drive market execution, gain market share. It is in-line with our objective to build a multi category FMCG company.

MD & CEO

Where do you come in as?

President – RTD Business

Director – Supply Chain, RTD

Senior Manager – Supply Chain Planning & Projects

This job is at N-4 level (N corresponds to CEO’s level)

Top dimensions :

Geography: India

Matrix Reports : NA

Type of Role : People Manager

Primary Stakeholders (Optional) : Zonal Head, Brand Teams, Supply Chain, Tech Ops , TSO

What are the Key Deliverables in this role ?

Financial Outcomes

• Driving monthly SNOP meetings collaboratively with cross functional teams (Sales & Supply Chain) to achieve long term business objective
• Driving regional engagement in market intelligence and integrating into strategies for long term and short-term demand plans
• Supporting management with risk assessments and mitigation activities
• Availability plan of RM /PM based on annual business volume and alignment of same with respective senior stake holder for action plan within organization and outside organization.
• Split of Annual plan to be breakup at monthly level considering variables like production capacity
• Agile planning to avoid Write-offs

Customer Service

• Challenge received forecast, make required adjustments in bottom-up forecast via discussion with Region Head, Zonal Head
• Review and challenge causals’ information
• Order planning to be done considering requirement plant wise as per monthly plan (Includes Internal + Outsource)
• Work with the RM/PM resources for Requirement Planning of RM/PM based on Finished good forecast volume using variables as below -
• Inventory (RM/PM) location wise
• Production line availability for the month plant wise
• Break up of requirement plant wise.
• Production planning based on the above-mentioned variable considering SIH & SIT
• Outsource planning considering internal production plan of RM/PM
• Dynamic correction based on variation in consumption of RM/PM across plant.

Internal Processes

• Driving consensus forecast by collaborative process with Sales, Marketing functions
• Driving initiatives to improve forecast accuracy
• Improves forecasting process efficacy (primary forecast accuracy, fidelity and bias)
• Manage statistical forecast exceptions on a weekly basis, by collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Prepare plan of action to manage the exception
• Drive process adoption and standardization in planning
• Drive digital adoption in End-to-End planning

Innovation and Learning

• Review (and define) algorithm for each of the rate area-SKUs through statistical modelling
• Identify and refine (on ongoing basis) parameter values for finalized algorithm
• Regular cleansing of historical data

What are the Critical success factors for the Role ?

• MBA/PGDM in Supply Chain or related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in RM/PM planning and supply planning.
• Experience in FMCG, Pharma, or Manufacturing industry preferred

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role ?

• Strong knowledge of RM & PM planning processes.
• Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.).
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Understanding of supply chain principles and inventory optimization.

TCPL Growth Mindset and Behaviors

We are obsessed about keeping Consumers & Customers first in our hearts – that’s why we are here !

We are trailblazers in executing with Excellence … Together as One Team !

We take Ownership of our business …delivering value for our Stakeholders .. no Compromises !

We are Open to Continuously improving … Continuously innovating … For Better !

We live & breathe our Tata Code of Conduct

About Us: At Tata Consumer, we stand ‘For Better.’

Tata Consumer Products is a focused consumer products company uniting the principal food and beverage interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella. Our brands embody our purpose of ‘For Better ‘through the value they deliver to consumers with a focus on innovation, health and wellness, convenience and premiumisation. The Company’s portfolio of products includes tea, coffee, water, RTD, salt, pulses, spices, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat offerings, breakfast cereals, snacks and mini meals. Our key brands include Tata Tea, Tetley, Eight O’Clock Coffee, Tata Coffee Grand, Himalayan Natural Mineral Water, Tata Copper+ and Tata Gluco+, Tata Salt, Tata Sampann and Tata Soulfull. In India, Tata Consumer Products has a reach of over 200 million households, giving it an unparalleled ability to leverage the Tata brand in consumer products.

The Company has a consolidated annual turnover of ~Rs. 15, 206 Crs with operations in India and International markets. For more information please visit www.tataconsumer.com