Production and Inventory Control Manager

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Job Summary

You will be responsible for all aspects of supply chain management to ensure customer satisfaction and inventory management by providing appropriate leadership in supply scheduling, materials and inventory control with the aim to achieve desired our goals for the concerned Business. As a critical part of global supply chain, you will also work with global centralised material group to implement new technology, process and guide improvements and value for our businesses and customers.

Your Responsibilities

• You will be asked to travel domestically and internationally.
• You will manage a team.
• Lead all aspects related to supply chain management
• Manage the supply scheduling, material planning and inventory management activities for the concerned Business.
• Build a process-driven approach to material scheduling and planning. The manager will build performance improvement activities aimed at achieving year-on-year improvements in the supply chain performance. You will create an environment that encourages and continuous improvement, including Lean and advanced planning techniques
• Lead planning efforts. Be a leader in the establishment and execution of an integrated sale, operations and planning process that links strategy, customer service, inventory, forecasts and execution. Use this process to tightly align with the Businesses, Finance, Operations and Logistics organisations
• Subject matter expertise in planning management and conversant in applicable tools and systems.
• Develop strategy and programmes to ensure material availability to support delivery commitment. Establish inventory strategy to meet customer service level accomplishment. To lead material expediting, cancellation and push out, excess and obsolete material disposition.
• Provide warehouse management leadership to ensure proper material receiving, documentation and accounting, storage, retrieval and issuance.
• Ensure sales order fulfilment through integration of material and production planning process. Monitor schedule accomplishment and lead delivery performance.
• Coordinate activities with other departments such as Departments, Engineering, Quality and Production to allow cost-effective manufacturing environment and achieve customer satisfaction.
• Develop and implement annual supply chain and materials management plan. Plan should include parameters and milestones for meeting customer service, production targets, shipment targets, inventory levels and costs of materials and finished products. Monitor execution status, identify opportunities and issues. Take proactive actions to close gaps. Communicate status to management and escalate.
• Manage department budget.
• Engage and use global operations and functional expertise to increase internal process.
• Maintain a positive work environment for the team and work groups.
• Recruit, train, motivate and manage all department staff. Provide staff competency development.
• Perform special projects and tasks as assigned.
• Conduct tasks following applicable health, safety, quality and environmental regulations (state regulations, ISO 9000, ISO 14000) and Rockwell Automation code of conduct and other corporate procedures.
  
  

Functional

Contribute Functional and Technical

• Shows proficiency in technical or professional expertise relevant to role; increase expectations for proficiency of team/group to meet Rockwell Automation goals
• Pursues learning; develop skills in job-related technical or professional expertise, including increasing breadth and depth of expertise and keeping up-to-date with advances; help others do the same
• Combines technical and professional expertise with knowledge of the industry needs to achieve our goals
• Transfers skills to other individuals or groups
  
  

Interpersonal

Collaborate and Teams

• Is honest and fair in dealings with others; set example for team/peers by modelling and promoting Rockwell Automation values and ethical standards
• Balances individual goals and team goals
• Builds and maintains a diverse personal network of internal and external relationships and resources, and uses it to achieve our goals
• Addresses conflict and other barriers to collaboration directly and constructively, adapting to cultural norms and expectations
  
  

Business

Add Value for Customers and Partners

• Understands and sometimes anticipates the needs of Rockwell Automation customers and partners; productively share that understanding with others to increase customer relationship
• Quantifies and articulates customer value derived from Rockwell Automation solutions (e.g., technology, difference)
• Addresses customer and partner needs in ways that differentiate Rockwell Automation products and services; create loyal, long-term customer and partner relationships
• Ensures that all work activities in team add value (directly or indirectly) to the customer or partner
  
  

Attains Results

• Establishes well-defined (i.e., SMART), achievable goals and development plans that are consistent with the Rockwell Automation business strategy
• Excels at execution; monitors progress and redirects efforts, resources and rewards to ensure goals are achieved
• Holds self and others accountable for keeping commitments, maintaining standards and achieving functional goals; does not tolerate mediocrity and addresses poor performance
• Takes on new challenges and responsibilities to achieve functional, business or Rockwell Automation organisational goals and model Rockwell Automation values; build capacity in others to do same
  
  

Improve Productivity

• Understands work from a process perspective, and interrelationship between processes across Rockwell Automation businesses and tasks, and between Rockwell Automation and its suppliers, partners and customers
• Balances adherence to defined standards, methods and procedures with attention to
  
  

opportunities for process improvement; help others do same

• Applies multiple productivity methods/tools to eliminate waste and create funds to reinvest in our growth; build own capability and others’ capability to do so
• Identifies and adopts best practices and “lessons learned” ( that optimize our performance; help others do same
  
  

Develop People and Teams

• Promotes learning; anticipate the possible effects of organisational and industry trends on people development needs, and plans accordingly
• Shapes talent; shape roles and assignments, and delegates authority, to develop main capabilities in self and others
• Assesses talent, provides insightful and constructive feedback to others; help others develop mindset and skill to do same
• Looks for and openly accepts feedback, and applies it to develop greater knowledge, awareness and skill; help others do same
  
  

The Essentials - You Will Have

• Minimum 15 years operations experience with >5 years logistics, purchasing, and material planning in management capacity.
• High product mix, high demand variability, product line depth, mix of standard and configured products, both direct and distribution sales channels, and global supply base.
• You must be collaborative with the business quickly and have an combination of tactical and. Success in dealing in a global, matrixed organization structure will be necessary for you.
• Must have demonstrated expertise leading a complex global supply chain organization and ability to provide both technical and managerial leadership to your organization
• BS in Engineering or Supply Chain,/Master's Degree.
• Lean-Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt.
• MRP experience and SAP
• Team player.
• Work well with people at all levels.
• You will report to - Director operation, India
  
  

Good to have

• APICS certification.
  
  

What We Offer

• Benefits
• The ability to collaborate with, learn from colleagues in a complex, global organization.
• We provide a working environment with a creative company, paired with a great compensation package, great benefits, and a supportive atmosphere where you can sharpen with new challenges and development opportunities.
• Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities,
• Support from our 24/7 employee assistance program.
• We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.
  
  

Work Model - Onsite

You will be based in ESR Industrial Park, Oragadum, Chennai. You should have Valid Passport.