Team Member - Material Planning (SA) at Cipla

Job Purpose

• Review of production plan.
• Creation of monthly purchase requisition of raw material and packing material for a specific cluster of units as per plan available in IBP/SAP by monitoring existing inventories.
• Collaborating with procurement, supply planner, unit planner teams as per plan available in IBP/MRP as per set guidelines and ensure material availability.
• Initiate and co-ordinate action plans to manage materials shortages.
• Complete Monthly shortages reports.
• Expedite or defer materials as per SAP or Unit Planner recommendations to support business requirements timeously.
• Ensure maintenance of SAP master data to drive and support MRP.
• Propose and evaluate continuous improvements and cost reduction initiatives.
• Provide material schedules (Forecasts) to all suppliers on a quarterly basis for a rolling 12 months.
• Minimize or eliminate excess inventory.
• Proactively eliminate slow-moving and obsolete stock (SLOB).

Key Accountabilities (1/5)

Creation of Purchase requisition for raw materials and packing materials based on production plan available as per set guidelines and ensure material availability:

• Check material availability as per the BOM explosion.
• Check RM, PM inventory in other units for stock transfer.
• Create and release purchase requisition for RM, PM in SAP as per IBP / SAP MRP plan

Key Accountabilities (2/5)

Liaise with Procurement, , Plant Planners, Stores, QA and manufacturing teams on delivery of material:

• Liaise with procurement team for the material follow-up.
• Liaise with stores team for the delivery of material.

Key Accountabilities (3/5)

Check with Procurement and ensure material delivery to ensure material availability. Action on rejection by procurement:

• Ensure the details on delivery of goods, rejection and delays are updated respective supply and business teams
• Co-ordinate with procurement and QA teams on the material rejection and CAPA
• Be a point of contact for Control Tower meetings for assigned unit.

Key Accountabilities (4/5)

Ensure to raise Purchase requisition for RM, PM in adherence to the agreed standards of quantities and timelines for optimum inventory levels at all units:

• Timely creation of indents as per the BOM specifications.
• Adherence to MRP created PRs and ensure to meet inventory target.
• Ensure Stock availability to support production plan
• Eliminate material shortages

Key Accountabilities (5/5)

Liaise with Procurement, Stores team on the action for the non-moving inventory such salvaging, disposal, destruction to avoid CoPE reduction and ensure minimum loss on non-moving, slow moving inventory:

• Collating data for salvaging of non-moving inventory.
• To dispose of non-moving material with the help of procurement.
• To intimate stores for raising disposal/ destruction authorization as per DOA
• Action on report generated on obsolete and expiring material.
• Sharing visibility/ data for short term and long term capacity building for warehouses.

MIS & Reporting:

• Prepare regular reporting from MRP and share with all stakeholders.
• Prepare cluster-wise total material CoPE risk and report to Finance.
• Prepare month-on-month inventory simulation.
• Prepare monthly material availability ie. Full-kitting report.
• Report Critical materials in weekly huddle meeting to de-risk production and business commitment.

Education Qualification

• Grade 12/ Matric/ Equivalent

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Supply Chain
• Finance
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Industrial Engineering
• Or any other related qualification

Relevant Work Experience

• 4-6 years of supply chain and/or operations experience in pharmaceutical, FMCG industry, or other manufacturing specifically in manufacturing units
• Excellent presentation skills and ability to proactively contribute to customer presentations