SCM Analyst

Job Description

Managing supply chain from Americas, European & AP supplier base to various FORD manufacturing plants through Export Distribution Centers by co-coordinating with suppliers, carriers, EDCs, (based in Europe / Thailand / China / US / Others) and various internal departments within FORD like purchasing, Logistics, PPM, PD, STA etc.

Responsibilities

Position Responsibilities:

• Generate and analyze critical part list from CMMS3 and liaison with suppliers on daily basis for shipments.
• Arrange airfreight of critical parts for customer plants as per the procedures in a timely manner, analyze and allocate cost responsibility for each airfreight and get concurrence from relevant party. Use EXTRACT system for getting authorization of premium freight cost, tracking and updating the agreed cost.
• Ensure supplier/part resourcing are done effectively and updated in the system after consultation with the customer, supplier and purchasing.
• Highlight any potential production risk to customer plants and involve other departments as required. Check for various options available for assistance from other alternative material sources and co-ordinate accordingly.
• Communicate issues on common parts/commodities to avoid late identification of problems to all customer plants.
• Co-ordinate contingency plans, shut downs, strikes etc with suppliers, EDCs and customers to develop alternate plans to tackle potential issues.
• Address and follow up on long terms supplier problems.
• Assist customer plants in verification and communication (Alert process, debit notes, etc)
• Perform release analysis to check for schedule variations & new parts and take up with customers for abnormal variations, wrong releases, packaging issues etc to avoid over shipments, airfreights and obsolescence due to release issues.
• Inventory management by analyzing under shipments and over shipments on regular basis, identification of the root causes and resolution.
• Monitor the carrier efficiencies by checking for transit delays and analyzing the root cause in consultation with the Logistics providers. (LLP).
• Improving the supplier delivery performance and effective use of SUPER-G system for recording and resolution from suppliers for delivery performance and response.
• Ensure, educate and support the suppliers to use CMMS3, DDL, create advance shipping notices (ASN), check the DCI regularly and input the shipment confirmations in CMMS.
• Monitor and assist suppliers on data integrity issues to avoid any criticality due to data discrepancy.
• Generate MIS reports as and when required.
• Supporting the customer plants in case of claims by facilitating the process with the supplier.
• Flexible to work on Asia / Europe / North America work timing depends on requirements.
• Participate and contribute in Innovation / TVM activities to realize cost & process efficiency.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Candidate Specification –

Education Qualification : BE (preferably with MBA)

Number of Years of Experience : Minimum 3 - 5 years.

Professional Exposure : Exposure in Material flow, Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logisitics ( added advantage ) / Procurement

Special Knowledge or skill required : Excellent oral and written communication (in English), Knowledge in corporate MRP systems, good Analytical Skills.

IT Exposure : Operation skills on Alteryx, Power BI / QlikSense / GCP will be an added advantage.

Knowledge of MS Office is a must.