Overview:
The Replenishment Planner plays a critical role in ensuring product availability across channels by managing inventory levels, optimizing replenishment strategies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role focuses on improving service levels, especially in Organized Trade, E-commerce, and Modern Trade, while driving operational excellence. In addition, the role is responsible for end‑to‑end management of Niche & NPD projects, covering planning, launch readiness, replenishment execution and customer deliveries
Responsibilities:
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Drive Order Fill Rate improvement to 95% across Organized Trade channels
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Monitor weekly fill rate performance for organised trade and Identify root causes of fill rate gaps
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Ensuring optimal inventory levels across warehouse to meet market and sales demand
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Partner with supply planning, and Regional logistics teams to ensure seamless execution
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Support production planning with insights to ensure timely product availability
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Drive RP plan adherence in ISCP and Adoption across all Plants
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Drive automation and digitization initiatives to streamline order management processes
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Implement best practices from global PepsiCo teams and adapt them to local organised trade dynamics
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Tracking and delivery of low‑volume Niche/NPD SKUs through courier and PTL models to ensure timely and cost‑effective fulfillment.
Own end‑to‑end lifecycle for niche SKUs (e.g., RRD) covering RM planning production- dispatch.
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Drive Inventory Norms through ISCP and stabilize IP Compliance
Special Project:
- Establish SOPs, inventory norms and dispatch workflows for new plant Guwahati
Qualifications:
Key Skills/Experience Required.
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Education: MBA (Supply Chain Management/ Operations)
- Functional Experience: Approx. 5 – 7 years of experience
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Language: English, Hindi
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At least 3-5 years of Supply Chain experience in a FMCG industry (preferably food industry)
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Proficiency in SAP, JDA and Material Planning Software Systems
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Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
