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Job Group Capability
Supply Chain
Job Group
Supply Chain Planning & Optimization
ExxonMobil’s affiliates in India
ExxonMobil’s affiliates have offices in India in Bengaluru, Mumbai and the National Capital Region.
ExxonMobil’s affiliates in India supporting the Product Solutions business engage in the marketing, sales and distribution of performance as well as specialty products across chemicals and lubricants businesses. The India planning teams are also embedded with global business units for business planning and analytics.
ExxonMobil’s LNG affiliate in India supporting the upstream business provides consultant services for other ExxonMobil upstream affiliates and conducts LNG market-development activities.
The Global Business Center - Technology Center provides a range of technical and business support services for ExxonMobil’s operations around the globe.
ExxonMobil strives to make a positive contribution to the communities where we operate and its affiliates support a range of education, health and community-building programs in India. Read more about our Corporate Responsibility Framework.
To know more about ExxonMobil in India, visit ExxonMobil India and the Energy Factor India.
What you will do
- Responsible for the planning and execution of uninterrupted, cost-efficient supply of raw materials to support production schedules, minimize inventory costs, and maintain high-quality standards
- Manage the procurement, inventory, and supply of raw materials required for finished products production
- Ensure a consistent, cost-effective supply of quality materials to meet productions schedules, minimize inventory costs, and support seamless manufacturing operations.
- Coordinate, communicate, align
- Coordinate with procurement, production, and logistics teams to ensure timely availability and delivery of raw materials
- Liaise with suppliers and internal departments to resolve supply issues, schedule changes,and cancellations
- Monitor and communicate inventory status, supplier performance, and key supply chain metrics.
- Plan and execute raw material supply process
- Develop and maintain accurate raw material inventory plans aligned with production schedules
- Manage and mitigate raw material supply disruptions (planned or unplanned)
- Drive supplier business continuity plan and ensure robustness
- Monitor inventory levels, track material usage, and adjust plans to prevent shortages or excess stock
- Monitor and adjust for production volume, demand, and purchasing trends to forecast material requirements
- Generate and adjust purchase orders in collaboration with suppliers, ensuring materials meet quality and specification standards
- Utilize designated systems to maintain up-to-date data and optimize inventory management
- Drive and execute raw material inventory accuracy processes
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance supply chain efficiency and reduce costs for raw materials
- Ensure compliance with company policies, safety standards, and regulatory requirements related to material handling.
What you will do-Continued
- Manage requisition and order flows for timely supply of raw materials for production
- Ensure supplier order confirmations and monitor deliveries/arrival. Manage deviations
- Manage inbound vessel planning where relevant, comply with rolling forecasts frequency
- requirement, ensure close monitoring of ad hoc change needs, coordinate with regional advisor and other internal stakeholders (e.g. internal supply department, logistics department)
- Facilitate planning between manufacturing site, logistics, and relevant supply department regarding vessel nominations and timing with clear understanding of site operational boundaries and processes for vessel selections and arrival windows through collaboration with manufacturing site teams (plant & documentation requirements, annual purchase for surveyor services, etc.)
- Report forecasts as agreed, and track supplier(s)' non-conformances, managing load balances to avoid congestions
- Ensure regular and timely planning and requisitions/orders/adjustment for all required raw materials scheduled for production and ensure supply parameters are accurately reflected in planning system
- Resolve stock low/out for raw materials. Adjust shipments to meet production requirements,
escalate to relevant impacted parties (e.g. production, regional advisors)
- Closely collaborate with others (e.g. Production planning and scheduling, Manufacturing,
- Suppliers, Procurement) to ensure timely raw materials availability minimizing costs (e.g. demurrage, surplus) AND stock reconciliation processes execution
- Work with suppliers (internal & external) on planned/unplanned disruptions and ensure availability for production and 3rd party sales
- Single point of contact for manufacturing plant during raw material supply disruptions and act on related mitigations
- Maintain raw material stock strategy and adjust planning system parameters in-line with
demand/product changes. Maintain relevant costs information for regional optimization processes
- Work with Procurement and others to continuously improve cost of goods, cost, and/or reliability
- Point of contact for new or obsolete raw material including site approval and inventory depletion
- Job location is Bengaluru
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain, or Operations Research (or related fields such as Applied Mathematics/Statistics)
- Minimum 3 years or more of experience post-secondary school graduation
- Proficiency with extracting information from ERP systems (such as SAP or Oracle) and utilize
- MS Excel to generate data insights
- Minimum 3 years relevant work experience in supply chain network or supplier management
- Experience supporting supply chain activities for large scale operations preferred (particularly in Oil & Gas and FMCG)
- Experience managing a supplier relationship supporting large-scale supply chain network
- Minimum 2 years' of experience supporting supply chain activities for large scale operations within the Oil & Gas/Consumer Packaged Goods/Fast-moving consumer goods industry
- Minimum 2 years' of experience with demand and/or supply and planning processes for either inbound materials or finished products
- Experience managing/supporting large-scale supply chain network or relevant manufacturing
- Understand Supply Chain Fundamentals and Supply & Demand Principles
- Proficient in SAP Systems and MS Excel knowledge is critical
- Function effectively in a team environment, including virtual environments is critical
- Strong background in statistics and/or analytics
- Strong judgment, including ability to make quality decisions
- Strong persuasion / communication skills / influence without direct authority
- Experience in supply planning roles in Petrochemical, FMCG, CPG, Manufacturing (petrochemical), E -Commerce preferred
- Experienced in petrochemical production/manufacturing process preferred
- Experienced in conducting analyses and providing data driven recommendations for S&OP processes
- Ability to work independently and without direct supervision
- Effectively interface with internal functions and external parties
- Experienced in conducting analyses and providing recommendations for supply planning problems using
- Proficiency with both spoken and written in English
- Strong and effective interpersonal skills SAP IBP/APO, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis
- Job Description Print Preview - SAP SuccessFactors Tableau and/or Power Bl for visualization Power Query, Excel
- Knowledge of R and/or Python for scripting is preferred
- Strong performer with ability to prioritize work strategically and independently while also functioning well within a global, virtual team
- Proven self-starter with strong collaboration and influence management skills; able to work effectively with all levels of the organization
- Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Experienced in supplier management or with petrochemical manufacturing background
- Perseverant and resilient in the pursuit of objectives; willing to take on new challenges Improve mindset; able to anticipate future opportunities and adept at evaluating new opportunities objectively
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including conceptual capabilities
- Customer oriented mindset and focus
Functional Skills
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