Job Description

Supply Chain Planner

Pune, India

About Optimas:

Optimas is a global distributor of integrated supply chain solutions, and engineering support focused on delivering fasteners, components, industrial and safety supplies to our diverse customers around the world. Our local, on-the-ground teams understand the nuances of every community we serve. This allows us to adapt with our customers and partners as needs evolve, leveraging our footprint to remain at your side while providing a highly personalized level of service and support no matter where you find yourself around the globe.

To learn more, please visit our website http://www.optimas.com/

Optimas is looking for anenthusiastic and driven Supply Chain Planner, responsible for optimizing product availability through outstanding collaboration with external suppliers as well as other members of the SupplyChain, Sourcing, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Support Teams

Principal Activities

• Maintain strong supplier relationships;
• Meet and/or exceed service expectations and initiatives of the business;
• Partner with the Sales, Sourcing and Operations teams to address urgent customer needs
• Adhere and perform to the supply chain planner key performance indicators;
• Adhere to and embrace the THREAD values of Optimas

Key responsibilities:

• Communicating effectively with suppliers to maintain a strong relationship
• Supporting the initial order planning and acknowledgement process and then keeping the orderbook aligned with system requirements, efficiently resolving any day-to-day supply issues
• Identifying and resolving potential supply risks, expediting parts where needed to ensure continued supply of parts to our customers
• Communicating effectively with the Operations team to ensure timely receipt of parts and swift resolution of shipping and invoice queries
• Collaborate with Technical Service Department and external suppliers on Quality issues;
• Collaborate with Sales, Supply Chain Analysts and the Demand Planning Team, identifying issues and performing root cause analysis to improve the system forecast
• Implement supply chain strategies & manage day to day supply issues.
• Utilize Daily, Weekly, and Monthly reporting to optimize inventory investment;
• Meet or exceed Supply Chain Planner Key Performance Indicators;
• Other tasks and duties as assigned.

Key Competencies

The ideal candidate must have the following competencies:

• Strategic Vision.
• Building organizational capacity.
• Results driven.
• Embrace change.
• Collaboration and Influence.
• Entrepreneurial spirit.
• Customer value and Market focus.

Skills and Qualifications:

●Excellent Communication skills – verbal and written

●Excited about helping our suppliers

●Friendly, patient and empathetic

●Continuous improvement

●Attention to detail

●Positive attitude

●Problem solving

●Excellent organisational skills

●Computer Literate MS Office to include Word and Excel

●Excellent time management

●Excellent Team working

This is an exciting opportunity for career development within a growing, global company. If you are ambitious and positivewith good communication and administration skills, this is the role for you!

Optimas OE Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Optimas OE Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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