Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) Manager

Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) Manager IndiaThe India SIOP Manager is responsible for delivering a balanced demand and supply plan for the India region by aligning volume and mix with regional manufacturing capacity supplier capabilities and inventory policies. This role integrates the India commercial forecast with operations sourcing and financial plans to deliver forward-looking plans that balances priorities across the supply chain to support Milacron Indias growth customer service and margin position requires an understanding of demand planning scheduling capacity planning and inventory control. The SIOP Manager will work closely with the regional commercial teams for demand planning and provide feedback on forecasting accuracy regional supply chain teams to develop sourcing plans to meet the demand operations teams to cover workforce requirements and capacity planning and Finance on revenue and inventory India SIOP Manager will report to the global Director of SIOP providing progress updates on key metrics and initiatives and ensuring alignment with the global corporate strategy and will have dotted line reporting to the India Supply Chain Leader to coordinate regional priorities. This role will interact with counterparts in other global regions to ensure intercompany demand is addressed and planned ResponsibilitiesThe SIOP Manager is responsible for ensuring a consistent SIOP execution across the Milacron India business by coordinating and preparing data & material for monthly SIOP meetings that will facilitate cross functional decisions around demand supply operations capacity and inventory planning and approved plans are executed monthly SIOP meetings following the established cycle and coordinating cross-functional participation from sales product management supply chain operations engineering logistics and established SIOP processes to ensure consistency throughout the organization. Drive continuous improvement as the regional advocate adapting for regional requirements and sharing learnings that can be applied closely with Sales and Business Unit on planning and executing the ramp-up and ramp-down products and making the connection with demand & inventory the aggregation of the demand plan from 0-24 months interact with sales marketing and finance to understand demand forecast approved demand plans into manufacturing and sourcing plans for India production sites and regional with operations and supply chain to create end to end scenario planning to be able to commit supply as per the available capacity and components and assess the impact on customer and manage strategic inventory levels to support growth service and lead-time requirements in the India and proactively manage excess and obsolete inventory including mitigation and redeployment strategies to limit P&L forecast accuracy and demand volatility triggering corrective actions to reduce inventory and service localization and supplier development initiatives in collaboration with Procurement and OperationsCalculate key performance metrics that advise continuous improvement goals of the SIOP process and business in general. Includes demand forecasting accuracy inventory health labor utilization projections and product lead significant business risks and propose mitigation plan to the leadership teamsQualifications/ExperienceBachelors Degree required preferably in Engineering Supply Chain Statistics Economics Operations or Business5 years of Supply Planning Demand Planning Vendor ForecastingAnalytical and problem solving abilityStrong communication and organization skillsSupport value engineering and localization initiativesPrepare daily weekly and monthly procurement reportsExperience with JD Edwards or other ERP SystemsHigh proficiency with Microsoft Office especially Excel Word PowerPoint