Role Purpose

The Senior Planner, Master Planning is responsible for developing and executing efficient production, raw-material and inventory plans for the Vadodara plant. The role ensures high service levels, optimal inventory, strong manufacturing performance and reliable material availability in a fast-changing supply-chain environment.

About the Function

The India POLVANTIS Supply Chain team manages finished-goods planning, inventory management, distribution, process improvement, raw-material planning and master-data management. This role works closely with Production, Procurement, Logistics and cross-regional stakeholders to deliver operational and business targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Create efficient production plans based on demand, customer requested delivery dates (RDD) and plant capacity.
• Develop block plans that maximize yield and throughput while minimizing changeovers.
• Plan and replenish raw materials, including resins, packaging and masking materials, in line with production requirements and inventory targets.
• Manage end-to-end raw-material planning against S&OP forecasts and agreed target stock levels; ensure on-time material availability in partnership with Procurement.
• Track and manage finished-goods, raw-material and packaging-material inventory to maintain an optimized inventory position.
• Maintain APO-SNP planning master data, including all production-block-related master data.
• Coordinate production and logistics activities for cross-pole buy-sell items involving China, Europe and the Americas.
• Develop, implement and continuously improve planning processes to improve service, inventory and production-plan effectiveness.
• Monitor and sustain supply-chain performance metrics, including OT1S, OTS, MTS stockouts and DIOH.
• Lead or contribute to process-improvement initiatives and take ownership of assigned planning projects.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering or an equivalent technical discipline.
• Five to seven years of experience in supply-chain planning operations.
• Strong Excel and data-analytics capability, including Power Query; Power BI experience, is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and APO, including APO-SNP planning processes.

Core Competencies

• Ability to work independently and take accountability for delivery of business expectations in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong problem-solving capability and the ability to evaluate challenges from multiple stakeholder perspectives.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills in English, across all organizational levels.
• Collaborative team player with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
• Eagerness to lead process improvements and deliver practical, sustainable solutions.