Diageo Looking for Distribution Planner at Bengaluru Full Time

Job Description:
What do you see?
_We see potential everywhere!_ Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company – a business built on the principles and foundations laid by the giants of the industry. The success of Guinness, Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Tanqueray and many more, over hundreds of years, led to the formation of our company in 1997. We only thrive today because of the talent of our people to grow our brands, old and new, and keep them strong. If you want to grow and build your career then come and join us. Help us create and shape the success of our exciting new captive shared service centre, Diageo Business Services India (DBSI) in Bangalore.

Diageo’s performance ambition is to become the most trusted and respected CPG; our “must dos” set out where we aim to win in order to achieve this aspiration. Within Supply Chain this translates into goals that aim to deliver world class performance at best cost, drive value through exceptional service and enable new growth opportunities.
To enable this, a COE has been established to perform key functional areas within PLAN, spanning over all Diageo’s markets in Asia Pacific (APAC), leveraging a central pool of expertise that ensures standard and effective practices across all markets. The above-market team within the COE will be latest addition to our exciting Diageo Business Services India (DBSI) in Bangalore.
Purpose of the Role
The Distribution Requirements Planner’s (DRP) primary role is to manage stock movements across the supply chain network, maintaining optimal stock cover at each of the locations (plants and warehouses), ensuring minimum distribution costs.

The role includes planning and coordination of stock transfers among the network nodes (including 3rd parties) in collaboration with production sites and Supply Planning teams.
Responsibility for planning of supply of imported products with manufacturing plants, 3PL’s, carriers, customs, etc.
**Responsibilities**:
The key accountabilities of the role are as below
– Managing Distribution Planning (DRP) – Imports
– Rolling 18 month shipment plan for all imported spirits (Weekly and Monthly buckets)
– Reporting of KPIs, monthly calls, weekly health tracker and/or risk assessments, sku exceptions.
– Coordination of supply of imported products with manufacturing plants and logistics team
– Manage for value across the Market’s Supply Chain (E.g. minimize write-offs, double handling, etc)

– Single point of contact to the ISC Supply Centers & Demand for supply of product into market to ensure product continuity
Managing Distribution Planning (DRP) – Local Production
– Continuously link with production sites to coordinate an efficient and prompt flow of products through the network.
– Keep a detailed control of all stock movements among the network
– Set up stock transfer orders (STO’s) through SAP PO to fulfil stock requirements in each node.
– The successful daily monitoring of sales & OOS stock with the intention of improving customer service.
Process, communication and performance management

– Responsible to identify risks and/or opportunities to the overall supply plan and execute necessary changes & communicate effectively to key stakeholders
– Responsible to maintain consistent inventory management practices in line with meeting demand requirements, identifying solutions to mitigate risks and improve overall tracking.
– Responsible to conduct root cause analysis of multiple information streams
– Management of the phasing in & out of products during it product life cycle
– Management of slow moving stock with the objective of minimizing the write off of obsolete finished products
– Monthly S&OP; Supply Review input for imported produced spirits
We are looking at
We are looking for a University Graduate or Postgraduate with 4+ years of experience in Production or Distribution Planning process. Hands on experience in Supply Network Planning (Production and Distribution)

in Consumer-Packaged Goods Industry is strongly preferred. Baseline understanding of the end-to-end Supply Chain Planning processes; Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Conversion, Logistics, Procurement and Customer Service is required. Strong analytical skills with an experience in advanced planning software with Supply Planning – SAP APO is a must. Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. Prior CPG
Worker Type:
Regular
Primary Location:
Bangalore Karle Town SEZ
Additional Locations:
Job Posting Start Date:
+91-XXXXXXXXXX
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▶️ Distribution Planner
🖊️ Diageo
📍 Bengaluru