Sr.Manager - Purchase, Planning & Warehouse

LNT/-P-W/1882178

• DEIC-L\&T Precision Engineering \& Systems IC
• Coimbatore Campus
• Posted On 07 Oct 2026
• End Date 05 Apr 2027
• Required Experience15 - 20 years

Skills

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Knowledge \& Posting Location

Leadership and team building Planning Purchase Strategic Sourcing Vendor and supplier management Warehouse Management System

Minimum Qualification

Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

Job Description

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Roles \& Responsibilities :1. Purchase, Planning \& Warehouse Leadership \• Lead end-to-end Purchase, Material Planning, Production Planning, Warehouseand Logistics functions for EMS operations.\• Develop supply-chain strategies aligned with customer forecasts, production plans,NPI requirements, revenue targets, and working-capital objectives.\• Establish robust S\&OP / demand-supply planning processes to balance customerdemand, material availability, capacity, and inventory.\• Drive KPI governance through daily, weekly, and monthly reviews with clearownership and corrective actions.\• Coordinate closely with Program Management, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality,Finance, Sales, and Customer teams.2. Purchase \& Procurement Management \• Own procurement of electronic components, PCB/PCBA materials,electromechanical parts, mechanical parts, cables/wire harnesses, packaging andconsumables.\• Develop sourcing strategies for critical components including semiconductors, ICs,connectors, passives, displays, power electronics, and long-lead-time materials.\• Ensure competitive sourcing through RFQ, price benchmarking, negotiation, costbreakdown and supplier comparison.\• Drive Purchase Price Variance (PPV) improvement and year-on-year costreduction.\• Establish supplier contracts, LTAs, rate agreements, MOQ/SPQ optimization,payment terms, and delivery agreements.\• Manage AVL/AML compliance and ensure procurement only from approved andtraceable sources.\• Control risks related to counterfeit components, allocation, obsolescence,EOL/PCN and supply shortages.\• Develop alternate/local suppliers to improve localization, reduce lead time, andmitigate single-source dependency.\• Ensure PO release, acknowledgement, delivery follow-up, escalation, and closurethrough ERP/SAP.3. Material Planning \& MRP \• Own MRP execution based on customer forecast, firm orders, BOM, inventory, openPOs, lead times, MOQ/SPQ and production requirements.\• Ensure material availability to achieve 100% production plan adherence andcustomer OTD.\• Establish clear planning horizons: forecast, firm, frozen, and execution windows.\• Monitor shortages through material shortage reports, exception messages andshortage dashboards.\• Conduct daily shortage reviews for critical production requirements and drive supplierrecovery plans.\• Optimize safety stock, reorder levels, lead times, and inventory parameters based ondemand variability and supply risk.\• Control excess purchasing caused by forecast changes, MOQ, incorrect MRPparameters, or engineering changes.\• Manage ECN/ECO-driven material changes, phase-in/phase-out, alternate parts,and revision control.\• Ensure effective planning for customer-supplied, consigned, bonded, and locallyprocured materials.4. Production Planning \& Control \• Prepare Master Production Schedule (MPS) based on customer demand, materialreadiness, capacity, manpower, and equipment availability.\• Convert customer requirements into monthly, weekly, and daily production plans.\• Ensure synchronization between SMT, THT/PTH, box-build, system assembly,testing and packing operations.\• Conduct capacity planning considering SMT line capacity, cycle time, UPH,changeovers, shifts, tooling, test capacity, and bottlenecks.\• Track Plan vs Actual production and initiate recovery plans for deviations.\• Coordinate priorities across multiple customers and high-mix/low-volume or highvolume EMS programs.\• Improve schedule stability and minimize frequent production changeovers caused bymaterial shortages or planning gaps.\• Ensure NPI builds, pilot runs, ramp-ups, and mass-production requirements areproperly planned.5. Inventory \& Working Capital Management \• Own inventory performance across Raw Material, WIP, Finished Goods, InTransit, Consignment and Non-Moving Inventory.\• Define and achieve inventory targets in terms of inventory days/DOH andinventory turns.\• Drive reduction of Excess \& Obsolete (E\&O), Slow-Moving and Non-Moving(SLOB) inventory.\• Establish monthly E\&O reviews with Program, Engineering, Purchase, Finance, andCustomer teams.\• Identify inventory exposure caused by forecast reduction, cancellation, ECN/EOL,MOQ, NCNR commitments, and customer schedule changes.\• Ensure timely customer recovery/claims for customer-driven excess and obsoleteinventory where contractually applicable.\• Improve working capital through inventory optimization without affecting productioncontinuity.6. Warehouse Management \• Lead end-to-end warehouse operations covering Receiving, GRN, IQC staging,Storage, Kitting, Line Feeding, Return-to-Store, FG Storage and Dispatch.\• Ensure proper segregation and storage of electronic, mechanical, ESD-sensitive,moisture-sensitive, hazardous and temperature-sensitive materials.\• Implement FIFO/FEFO, lot control, date-code control, shelf-life management, andtraceability.\• Ensure strict MSD/MSL control including dry cabinet storage, floor-life tracking,baking requirements, and exposure control.\• Maintain ESD-compliant storage and material-handling practices.\• Ensure accurate bin locations, barcode identification, labeling, and system-to-physicalinventory matching.\• Establish cycle counting and perpetual inventory systems to achieve \>99.5%inventory accuracy.\• Control material issuance, return, scrap, rejection, MRB, and quarantine processes.\• Optimize warehouse layout, storage density, material movement, and spaceutilization.7. Digital Supply Chain \– SAP / ERP / MES / WMS \• Ensure disciplined use of SAP/ERP for M