Supply Chain Planner

• Responsible for end-to-end planning of inventory from end-user demand to supply.
• Develop procurement and inventory management plan to support national level projects and occasional events.
• Identify current and potential product shortages and advice stakeholders such as item owners and end-users on the status and alternative plans.
• Monitor supplies consumption, balancing the space consumed in the warehouse and item expiry dates.
• Identifying and defining stocking policy based on Vital, Essential, and NonEssential (VEN) classifications.
• Monitor and update min-max for items based on consumption trend analysis for all individual health centres storage facilities and central warehouse.
• Follow up with logistics stakeholders and suppliers for inbound orders for medical supplies.
• Monitor daily transactions in line with the agreed policies.
• Highlight and report the abnormal consumption to the concerned managers if found.
• Maintain tracking sheets for stock-out items and initiate temporary action plans to rectify the status. Conduct a root cause analysis wherever necessary.
• Coordinate with storekeepers to understand the requirements and advise item movements to avoid bottlenecks and stock-outs.
• Updating stocking policy as and when required in line with PHCC policies and procedures.
• Monitor and arrive at a re-order point data for complex items with irregular consumption patterns to automate the planning on the ERP system.
• Provide periodic reports and requested information to the management such as material consumption reports for health centres and warehouses.
• Mandatory Excel skills (Advanced level only) for data analysis and preparing reports, forecasts, and reconciliation.
• Inventory reconciliation between the physical stock and ERP stock every month, along with expiry dates lot-wise.
• Identification of missing transactions/root cause for the inventory mismatch/differences.
• Maintain a dashboard for items outlining monthly consumption, average, expiry dates, and stock for health centres.
• Maintain a dashboard for items consumption, health centre wise, to track the consumption and report abnormal and irregularities, if found.
• Thorough understanding of “Unit of Measurement “or UOM conversion for efficient planning.
• Preparation of obsolete items report for effective and timely stock liquidation to minimize disposal.
• Coordinate with Subject Matter Experts for any new Item requests from health centres for the complete specification and item description.
• Supplier’s invoice reconciliation with warehouse GRNs for timely payments.
• Monitor incoming stocks for agreed shelf life and advise the warehouse team on the acceptance or return of items back to the supplier.
• Follow up with the SCM planning support team for the delays in procurement and escalate anticipated shortages to the management. Ensure continuous and transparent reporting/feedback to management.
• Coordinate with stakeholders for the annual stock count in PHCC stores and the central warehouse.
• Coordinate with ERP consultant for posting condemnation items transactions.
• Prepare the departmental KPIs on a periodic basis.
• Monitor items in Inventory planning and advice on space utilization recommending space optimization techniques.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, logistics, finance, or any equivalent professional discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of core supply chain management experience which includes planning strategies, inventory management, stock reconciliation, operational experience etc.
• The consultant is expected to have a minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience in ERP & advanced knowledge of WMS.
• Mandatory Advanced Excel & Power BI skills for reporting, forecasting, analysing and reconciliation.
• The incumbent should understand the end-to-end SCM business processes and be able to handle the operations daily
• Strategic assessment and planning of inventory requirements.
• Sourcing strategy development.
• Logistics, Warehouse & Inventory management.
• Supplier strategy development.
• Operations strategy development.
• Experience in ERP Inventory and Material Management module.
• Hands-on experience on WMS system.
• Planning based on forecast and consumption trends.
• Presentation and Advanced Excel skills
• Power BI & SharePoint Advanced skills.
• Mandatory English reading, writing, and communication skills