Sanand (BOL), 382110
India
- Ensure uninterrupted availability of child parts/components from domestic and imported suppliers to support production requirements.
- Prepare material requirements based on production plans, customer schedules, BOM requirements, current inventory, open purchase orders, and supplier lead times.
- Monitor daily and weekly material availability and identify potential shortages well in advance.
- Develop recovery plans for critical shortages to avoid production loss and customer delivery impact.
- Coordinate with Production, Purchase, Quality, Logistics, Warehouse, and other functions for smooth material flow.
- Manage regular scheduling and follow-up with domestic and overseas suppliers against committed requirements.
- Obtain firm dispatch commitments and closely monitor supplier delivery performance.
- Conduct regular reviews with suppliers for shortages, capacity constraints, delayed deliveries, quality holds, and recovery actions.
- Escalate critical supply risks and establish time-bound corrective plans with suppliers.
- For imported components, monitor supplier readiness, shipment schedules, transit lead time, customs/logistics coordination, and material arrival.
- Maintain effective supplier relationships while ensuring adherence to required delivery schedules.
- Monitor inventory levels for raw materials and child parts to ensure optimum stock availability.
- Maintain appropriate inventory considering consumption, lead time, safety stock, MOQ, shipment frequency, and demand fluctuations.
- Review supplier capacity against forecast and production requirements to highlight future supply constraints.
- Monitor supplier performance for on-time delivery, schedule adherence, shortages, and recovery performance.
- Optimize transportation and shipment planning to maintain freight expenditure within budget.