MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

This role is responsible to act as the Subject Matter Expert for RM-PM Planning, Purchase & Engineering Stores, Inventory Management, Compliance Documentation, Relationship Management, Continuous Improvement/Operational Excellence.

Main Responsibilities:

RM-PM Planning, Purchase & Engg. Stores:

- Responsible for Material Planning, by running the Material Requirement Planning and making call off purchase orders for Abbott Nutrition's domestic manufacturing plants.

- Planning and production scheduling and working closely with center purchase and planning team for materials / contracts/ services planning.

- Responsible for Detailed Materials scheduling in alignment with Sales requirements & manufacturing Capacities at Plant & 3P facility.

- Responsible for Raw materials scheduling to ensure non-stop supply to manufacturing at plant.

- Responsible for writing Purchase Orders as defined by Purchase Policies for commodities Supplied to Abbott Nutrition's domestic manufacturing plants and third-party manufacturers.

- Act as the liaison between Abbott Accounts Payable and suppliers on invoicing issues related to price charged and quantity delivered, and on receiving proper credit for returned materials.

- Working closely with Plant QA, R&D and Suppliers on quality related issue with materials and mitigating material risk to ensure right quality material is accepted.

- Liaising with Imports team and clearing agent for imports, ensuring all documentations are appropriate and submit to ensure smooth clearance at ports.

- Ensure governance by conducting weekly RM-PM coverage meeting with stakeholders.

- Ensure Engineering Stores operation are done effectively & stock are maintained as per the norms.

Inventory Management:

- To keep a track for plant inventories, material coverage, safety stocks for all materials.

- Responsible for stock norm settings for Raw Materials deriving warehouse capacity requirements at Plant.

- Monitors and tracks cleaning & environment conditions of storage facility.

- Monitor the integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM) and manage inventory accuracy.

- Target zero write-off of RM-PM due to planning error.

- Monitor inventory levels against agreed target levels.

- Manage inventory at external warehouse (RM Storage)

- Monitor non & slow-moving RM-PM to avoid any potential wrote-off

- Engage stakeholders to dispose rejected RM lying in warehouses

Compliance & Documentation:

- Zero loss workday case & ensure targeted nos.

- BBS observation & unsafe condition reporting

- Ensure SOP are in place (write what we do & do what is written)

- No critical & repeat observation in Quality & Financial (Internal) audits

- No past due training, past due CAPAs and past due CR tasks, No extension of any CAPAs /CR tasks.

- Completion of Gemba observation Points on time.

- Ensures online documentation (i.e. equipment logs, batch records, environmental monitoring etc.) correctness of data, compliance to SOPs, Safety and GMP.

- Monitors and ensures all the areas and equipment are maintained as per defined procedures for all time readiness for audits by internal/external agencies.

Relationship Management

- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to forecast, plan, and facilitate on-time materials to the production line as and when required, avoiding disruption to production.

- Generate and communicate supplier material delivery schedules and forecasts to ensure they reflect requirements and meet demands.

- Develop and maintain good relationships with suppliers and ensure demand for materials is met and deliveries made on time

- Develop and implement processes and work with suppliers on continuous improvement initiatives

Continuous Improvement/Operational Excellence

- Ensure daily DMS process is in place, identify regular Kaizens in warehouse, Engg. Stores, & external warehouse scorecard as per the frequency.

Qualifications:

- Graduate / Postgraduate (MBA in Supply Chain will be preferred)

- 10+ years of experience in Managing Material Planning, Purchase, Warehousing operations in FMCG / Pharmaceutical company.

- GMP (current Good Manufacturing Practice), GDP (Good Distribution Practices), Logistics (e.g. Mode of transport, CFT - volume/Weight calculation, contract terms & conditions, insurance knowhow - claim, process, etc.), Documentation knowledge (like packing list, redocumentation, advanced), customs knowledge (e.: NoCs from departments, CHA handling) other guidelines.

- Strong trouble shooting and Problem solving skills