**What you’ll do:** Roles & Responsibilities • This individual will be responsible for collaborating with a cross-functional set of stakeholders across the business, to drive improvements in operational buyers’ roles across the CoE. • Communicates and coordinates with schedulers for plan and execution updates. • Understands material requirements and processes requisitions to provide POs to suppliers. • Works closely with suppliers to ensure on time delivery of material to plant. • Executes exception messages (postponement/anticipation/cancellation of orders) and manage internal escalations. • Monitor KPI of internal teams and provide plan of action to mitigate the risk and stop gaps. • Resolving internal discrepancies with operations and external issues with suppliers (e.g. delivery issues, claims, quality issues etc.) • Works closely with logistics partners and suppliers for material delivery as per incoterms • Evaluates and monitors supply performance (SOTD) and works with suppliers and category managers to implement corrective/preventive actions for on time performance improvement. • Supplier invoice management and support in resolution of holds for timely payments. • Maintains inventory levels of materials in accordance with the objectives set and works with inputs from inventory analysts and network schedulers for optimized inventory level. • Coordinates with Supplier Quality and suppliers for RMA of defective parts and related reverse logistics • Works with Engineering, Products Managers and CMs for phase-in/out(ECN mgmt.) • Maintains relevant purchasing data (specific to Price through SPIR policy) and other purchasing data (e.g., unit price change, supplier lead time, MOQ, MOV, single/dual sourced, and so on) in collaboration with Data Health and Commodity team • Utilizes all digital tools available for SCM for maximized efficiency. • Resolve DC /Plant Put- away Issues. **Qualifications:** • 5-7 years of relevant experience into Materials Planning / SCM. **Skills:** • Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, operations and Supply Chain Management personnel. • Should be Graduate with Master’s degree (Preferably into Materials / Production / Operations Management) Engineering Graduate preferred. • Should have strong functional knowledge & working experience related to Materials management & detailed understanding of concepts related to replenishment planning, MRP/ material planning & Inventory performance measures like Forecasting Accuracy & DOH