Planner at Diversitech

Partners with PLM for new product introductions, including forecasting and back-casting to place POs on time. Performs lead-time forecasting to size inventory and safety stock appropriately. Leads continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process efficiency and effectiveness. Maintains production capacity planning parameters so system-generated work order suggestions remain realistic and executable. Provides timely updates to manufacturing on forecast changes and operational impacts. Coordinates cross-functionally with Finance, Product Development, Management, and Warehouse to support seamless execution. Ensures execution teams have clear visibility into top-priority SKUs for supplier production and shipping. Validates replenishment system data and drives corrective actions to maintain accuracy. Builds supplier relationships and identifies profit-enhancing opportunities (e.g., special buys). Manages inventory investments to maximize service levels, profitability, and cash flow, and

Senior Material Planner at Diversitech

Owns a $100M purchased parts portfolio of 10K SKUs to ensure product availability, cost control, and supplier performance. Leads supplier diversification to mitigate tariff exposure, targeting $5M projected savings and improving multi-region supply resilience. Trains team on P4 processes, assesses supplier capabilities (lead times/capacity) to build achievable service-level plans, and balances inventory to meet service targets while minimizing excess/obsolescence. Leads SKU lifecycle planning (NPI, transitions, EOL). Proactively communicates critical supply changes to downstream partners to avoid excess inventory. Participates in SIOP to maintain A/B/C rankings and stocking strategies and improves forecast accuracy using MAPE and BIAS analysis. Drives demand forecasting using historical data, market trends, and customer insights; aligns forecasts with sales, marketing, and finance. Builds dashboards for forecast performance and inventory health, supports e-commerce/quick-ship prioritiz

Procurement Specialist at Futran Solutions

Executes procurement activities including material status updates and expediting support. Supports planning team as required. Helps perform root-cause analysis to close supply issues. Interacts directly with suppliers to coordinate issues and drive resolution, builds supplier relationships, and improves delivery performance. Ensures availability of materials to meet production OTIF. Coordinates with suppliers for past-due purchase orders and provides accurate ERO priorities for 2–3 weeks. Supports deviations and site-approval needs, and coordinates shipping mode with suppliers while aligning with information/plans from the site supply planner.

Assistant Manager at Novartis Healthcare

Acts as liaison among internal stakeholders to manage product supplies for MAPs and help ensure activities align to meet customer requirements on time. Prepares product demand forecasts, supply plans, and generates drug shipment orders in coordination with country medical stakeholders and relevant pharma supply chain groups. Develops and implements product supply strategy for Investigator Initiated Trials and MAPs in coordination with pharma supply chain and compound libraries. Manages inclusion of essential documentation and archiving of interim working notes as agreed with customers. Handles inquiries: receives product-information requests, logs/monitors them in systems, follows the defined enquiry process and escalation procedures. Maintains product availability and shipment status correspondence and leads workstream/function-specific communication to support visibility within customer organizations. Coordinates with logistics for import/export of product supplies and supports requi

Assistant Manager at Genpact India Limited

Plans weekly purchases of packing materials to ensure on-time, in-full availability for FMCG production. Raises purchase requests against FMCG production needs. Defines order quantities using MRP in SAP ECC. Keeps master data updated to obtain accurate plans and reduce manual errors. Converts purchase requests to purchase orders and shares with suppliers for on-time delivery. Monitors logistics and mitigates lead-time/rupture risks. Shares medium-term consumption forecasts and monitors monthly capacity analysis of critical materials. Ensures inventory levels follow policy, develops stock projections for consumption needs, identifies opportunities to reduce inventory, and balances discontinued materials while minimizing write-offs. Manages blocked items and prepares write-off proposals for discarded items.