Supply Chain Planning Lead

Grade: E1/E2

The Opportunity

• Capgemini is seeking a Director/Sn Director level executive to Deliver business critical supply chain services to our clients, continuously improving on the quality and effectiveness of the processes.
• This includes supply chain processes such as Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Master Data Management, Customer Order Management, Material Planning, Distribution Planning and Supply Chain Analytics.
• This involves close collaboration with the clients and their employees to keep abreast of ever evolving business needs and delivering to those needs.
• It also requires teamwork and the ability to coach other employees, both within Capgemini and the client organization.

Process delivery

• Deliver business critical supply chain services to the clients, at levels consistently above their expectations.
• Create robust service delivery teams and capabilities in supply chain, providing an ever evolving and continuously improving service culture.
• Manage service delivery teams that could be a mix of Capgemini and client personnel.

Client relationship

• Work to build a strong and credible relationship with the client through working collaboratively to understand challenges and provide solutions
• Meeting client objectives in the supply chain space
• Ability to articulate the outputs delivered to the client either by self or by the larger Capgemini supply chain delivery team.

Internal and external interfaces

• Work with the client service delivery executives to determine opportunity areas in the supply chain space and deliver them effectively
• Coordinate internally within Capgemini to deliver the relevant capabilities to the client.

Our Ideal Candidate
He/She/They or the incumbent will have 15-22 years of experience.

Essential Skills

• In depth knowledge of all planning processes
• Post Graduate degree in operations management, with supply chain specialization from reputed institute
• Lean Six Sigma / Black Belt certification
• At least 15 to 18 years of experience in supply chain and allied areas
• Excellent client relationship management skills
• Organized and self-motivated
• Team management skills
• Change management skills
• Innovative mindset and ability to work in high demanding environment

Desirable Skills

• Understanding of business process outsourcing
• Familiarity with working in a distributed work environment
• CSCP / CPIM certification (planning and Inventory management, SCM).