DEPUTY MANAGER

Company Overview

Role Purpose

Academic Stream

Work experience (in months)

Job Responsibility and key Decisions

Supply Network Modeling Optimization

Develop and update the physical and logical supply network models.

Continuously assess and improve network flows, inventory nodes, and transportation links.

Collaborate with central planning teams to balance cost, service, and capacity.

Capacity and Allocation Planning

Analyze capacity constraints across sites, suppliers, and distribution centers.

Recommend interplant transfers, makevsbuy decisions, and site loading strategies.

Support contingency and rampup planning e.g., new product introductions, shutdowns.

Scenario Planning Risk Mitigation

Run simulations for potential supply disruptions or demand shifts.

Propose alternate sourcing, rerouting, or dualsourcing strategies.

Partner with supply risk management teams to build resilient plans.

Inventory Strategy Execution

Define inventory stocking strategies across nodes based on variability, lead times, and service requirements.

Work closely with demand planning to ensure safety stock policies align with forecast accuracy.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

Align with manufacturing, logistics, procurement, and commercial to ensure network planning reflects business reality.

Participate in SOP IBP processes to align network plans with business priorities.

Reporting Analytics

Generate reports on network performance, costtoserve, and capacity utilization.

Recommend KPIdriven adjustments to the network structure and policies.

Key Decisions Supported

Network configuration changes e.g., addingremoving supply nodes or routes

Inventory placement and safety stock levels

Interplant transfer strategies and allocations

Site capacity allocation and load balancing

Response strategies to network disruptions