Location
India | India
Job description
Basic Data
Individual Position : HUB Manager
Job Family : Supply Chain
Job Summary : Responsible for the procurement of all production materials. Ensure the availability of the material needed in the requested amount, quality and at the right time as determined in the production plan. It includes indirect material. Forecast supply and demand to prevent overstocking and running out-of-stock. Directs acquisition of materials, components, and supplies to support production schedules.
Require Qualification : 8-10 Year of Experience / Bachelor's degree or similar or qualification within area of production or SCM / Logistics
Task Area Description Of Main Task Identify, Prioritize, Aggregate and Balance Product Requirements and Resources
The process of identifying, prioritizing, and considering, all sources of demand, material and other resources used to add value to a product. It includes the process of developing a time-phased course of action as projected appropriation that commits resources to meet requirements.
▪ Define planning structure with planning methods per production level
Allocation Manager Responsibility
Ordering and managing the execution of the individual deliveries of RAW material against the scheduling agreement or purchase order. The requirements for RAW material deliveries are determined based on the detailed sourcing plan.
▪ MRP run and validation
▪ Validates the correct delivery schedule transfer to supplier.
▪ Material availability assurance
Ensure that material scheduling strategy and processes are in place and work effectively in order to ensure material supply meets production requirements with minimum stock levels, whilst optimizing costs.
- Take ownership of material planning issues that arise, including over or under delivery and take any follow up actions especially.
- Input and hold responsibility for Material Planning budgets.
- Design, develop and implement flexible solutions to aid business efficiency, drive process improvements and add value
- Support continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure that professional and consistent materials planning processes are applied across the business
- Ensure the integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM) and inventory accuracy at all times and manage and control inventory levels and movements
- Take overall responsibility for obsolete parts process and ensure business is left with minimum liability and minimal waste
- Ensure strategic and operational information, reports and metrics are available to share with others in the business as and when required
- Report on achievement of targets and identify any corrective action
- Ensure 'defective' or ´excess´ inventory to be liquidate / utilize as per location and requirements.
The process of establishing and maintaining physical inventories and inventory information. This includes warehouse management, cycle counting, physical inventories and inventory reconciliation
▪ Perform 3rd party warehouse stock accuracy management
▪ Maintain & optimize expired material / slow material / obsoletes (for raw material)
▪ Perform material shortage & allocation management process (MSM)
▪ SCM processes in Product Termination Notification and Product Change Notification process (PTN/PCN)
▪ Manage Sourcing Agreements
People management
- Strong SAP systems knowledge and skills including advanced Excel
- Strong analytical, planning and problem solving skills
- Create regular statistical reports and analysis and update to Management
- Manage, coach and develop a high performing team that meets agreed objectives and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements.
- Set departmental objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports
- Monitor and ensure that staff under supervision maintain accurate material schedules to get the right materials on right time
- Ensure that the function operates in accordance with any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of self, staff and visitors
Relationship Management
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to forecast, plan and facilitate on-time materials to the production as and when required (Avoid Linedown)
- Take lead on internal and external relationships to ensure consistent, timely and effective communication regarding material availability.
- Work with cross functional teams to deliver effective solutions.
- Liaise with stakeholders on product change requests and review and communicate the impact on material planning and schedules.
- Support new business initiatives and projects and contribute to review meetings and change process. Ensure effective material planning implementation takes place relating to the changes
- Develop and maintain good relationships with suppliers and ensure demand for materials is met and deliveries made on time
- Contribute to the assessment and sourcing of suppliers in conjunction with members of the purchasing team
- Contribute to supplier meetings and negotiations to ensure demand for materials is me
- Resolve supplier concerns and evaluate supplier performance in conjunction with members of the purchasing team.
VT Capabilities and organizational citizenship
- Live the VT Values - Passionate, Partnering and Pioneering and actively promote the VT Values in the organization.
- Act in line with the VT Rules of Cooperation and ensure stakeholder focus, business responsibility, entrepreneurship and information sharing.
- Collaborate with others, volunteer for additional tasks, support the inclusion of (new) colleagues, help others accomplish their work.
VT Rules and Regulations compliance
- Respect the requirements of the VT Code of Conduct and actively promote it.
- Follow the defined rules for safety, health, security, fire and environmental protection, legal compliance and technical compliance.
- Apply the Data Protection requirements and ensures confidentiality of information.
- Follow the rules and regulations expressed in the Quality Management System.
Risk Management:
Allocation Management
- Working closely together with the supplier allocation team as well as sales, planning, production, plant logistics, VT O SCM, purchasing e.g. in order to stabilize and improve the actual situation!
- Based on the supplier delivery performance KPIs and respective global demands the allocation manager has to decide about the necessity to change suppliers production planning and/or production loading.
- Point of escalation for all affected Vitesco Technologies plants to cope with raw material based supply bottlenecks
- Decision maker to allocate limited material supply in-between Vitesco Technologies plants in close cooperation with supplier.
- Responsible to arrange premium freights such as CTC, handcarry, e.g.!
- Interface between all affected Vitesco Technologies plants and supplier to ensure that demand versus supply is balanced
- Develop preventive tools to avoid any line-down in our factories due material shortage
- Work extensively with the SAP/ERP system to analyze material needs and preferred suppliers (possible 2nd sources) of manufacturing locations worldwide.
- Monitor released schedules and evaluate installed capacity of supplier accordingly
- Support sourcing and project teams to implement possible alternative suppliers
- Work with purchasing and operations to drive cycle time improvement on supplier side to meet VTs production schedules
- Monitoring closely WIP status during suppliers' whole chain and escalate deviations immediately to the affected plants and BU`s
- Ensure that `Vitesco Technologies will be taken as suppliers Nr. 1 customer!
- Perform data analysis and reporting using BW, SAP, ECDM systems
- Arrange and lead necessary conf. calls between the effected parties.
- Ensure that global allocation process for PAF, LDAN and Red Alert will be used by all affected parties.
- Create and use a PAF (plant allocation file) including conversion factors (e.g. at PCB`s pcs. – sqm) to get most efficient planning and production output.
- Ensure that everyone will follow strictly the common agreed global MSM/Allocation process and Tools.
- Working Time : 12 PM - 8 PM (IST)
- Excellent written & verbal communication in English Language
Opportunities :
- Opportunity to work with Global teams.
- International travel for Trainings
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