Function: Planning

Location: Mumbai

Reporting To: General Manager – S&OP, Foods

At Tata Consumer Products Ltd, we stand #Forbetter – Planet, Sourcing, Nutrition, Communities. And #ForBetter Opportunities …. Here’s an exciting one!

How does this Job align to our Strategy?

At the core of Tata Consumer Products' business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthen core & accelerate our growth business, Build on new opportunities, Drive execution excellence everyday, Create future ready organisation, Drive Digital and Innovation and Embed Sustainability.

This job opportunity closely aligns with one of these key strategic pillars, which is driving Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business. The role involves Supply Planning for Foods/Beverages category in TCPL India business.

Where do you come in as?                           

This job is at N-5 level (N corresponds to CEO’s level)

Top dimensions:

Geography: India

Direct reports: 0

Complexity of the role (Optional): Medium

Will this job require travel (Y/N): N

Matrix Reports: NA

Type of Role: Full-time

Primary Stakeholders (Optional):

What are the Key Deliverables in this role?

Financial Outcomes

• Own supply planning outcomes that enable achievement and over-delivery of revenue targets across food categories.
• Ensure industry-leading OTIF, case fill, and shelf availability, especially for priority channels, key customers, and strategic brands.
• Provide proactive supply inputs to commercial plans (AOP/IBP) to support growth ambitions
• Drive inventory optimization across RM, WIP, and FG, balancing service, freshness, and cost.
• Lead reduction of SLOB, expiry, write-offs, and distress sales through robust planning and ageing controls.
• Improve working capital productivity (Inventory Days) in line with global FMCG benchmarks.
• Translate supply planning levers (network design, frequency optimization, MOQ rationalization, capacity trade-offs) into sustainable margin improvement.
• Partner Finance to quantify and track planning-led P&L impact.

Customer Service

• Order Fulfillment: Ensure consistent stock availability to meet OTIF & Case Fill metrics performance
• Own enterprise-level customer service KPIs (OTIF, Case Fill, Order Reliability).
• Drive systematic review of open orders, allocation logic, and service recovery mechanisms.
• Ensure differentiated service models for key accounts, channels, and strategic SKUs.
• Provide strategic oversight on Promo & NPD supply readiness, ensuring flawless launches and peak-period execution.
• Represent Supply Planning as the senior SPOC in cross-functional forums (CFTs) for NPDs, relaunches, and big-bet promotions.
• Institutionalize post-event reviews to improve forecast accuracy and supply responsiveness.
• Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Shopper Marketing, Customer Service, and Distribution to embed customer and channel insights into supply plans.
• Lead resolution of systemic service pain points through structural interventions.

Internal Processes

• Own Integrated Production Planning, Dispatch Planning, and Material Planning across multiple factories and external manufacturers.
• Govern factory-wise production plans and distribution flows aligned to demand priorities and cost efficiency.
• Ensure clear decision rights and escalation mechanisms for supply trade-offs.
• Lead supply planning for a multi-category foods portfolio with: High SKU complexity, Frequent NPDs and seasonal promotions, Diverse shelf-life profiles
• Optimize planning across multi-node supply networks including plants, co-packers, and depots.
• Proactively assess capacity, RM, PM, manpower, and logistics constraints.
• Drive cross-functional action plans for short-term disruptions and medium-term risk mitigation.
• Institutionalize scenario planning and stress testing for demand/supply volatility.
• Sponsor and lead enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, including: Inventory optimization & segmentation, Network design and footprint optimization, Long-term capacity and supply strategy, IBP / S&OP maturity enhancements

Innovation and Learning

• Design and deploy robust supply contingency frameworks to manage volatility, seasonality, disruptions, and demand shocks.
• Build resilience into planning through dual sourcing, safety stock strategies, and dynamic rebalancing.
• Build future-ready capabilities in: Advanced planning & analytics, Business partnering, Decision-making under ambiguity
• Drive adoption of advanced planning systems, analytics, and digital enablers.
• Benchmark supply planning processes regularly against best-in-class global FMCGs.
• Embed a culture of continuous improvement, root cause analysis, and standardized ways of working.

What are the Critical success factors for the Role?

• Qualification: BE / BTECH/Graduate (MBA – Operations preferred)
• Experience in supply planning in FMCG company

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role?

• Knowledge of Supply chain planning process & practices
• High proficiency in data handling, MS-Excel & SAP
• Prior experience of working on Planning system (like SAP-APO, JDA) preferred
•  Ability to work well in cross functional teams & effectively communicate across all levels of the organization
• Ability to take initiatives & drive projects Knowledge of H&S systems, tools, and techniques.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and solutioning mindset.

TCPL Growth Mindset and Behaviors

We are obsessed about keeping Consumers & Customers first in our hearts – that’s why we are here !

We are trailblazers in executing with Excellence … Together as One Team !

We take Ownership of our business …delivering value for our Stakeholders .. no Compromises !

We are Open to Continuously improving … Continuously innovating … For Better !

We live & breathe our Tata Code of Conduct

About Us: At Tata Consumer, we stand ‘For Better.’

Tata Consumer Products is a focused consumer products company uniting the principal food and beverage interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella. Our brands embody our purpose of ‘For Better ‘through the value they deliver to consumers with a focus on innovation, health and wellness, convenience and premiumisation. The Company’s portfolio of products includes tea, coffee, water, RTD, salt, pulses, spices, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat offerings, breakfast cereals, snacks, mini meals, herbal supplements and vending business. Few of our key brands include Tata Tea, Tetley, Eight O’Clock Coffee, Tata Coffee Grand, Himalayan Natural Mineral Water, Tata Copper+ and Tata Gluco+, Tata Salt, Tata Sampann, Tata Soulfull, Organic India and Chings.  In India, Tata Consumer Products has a reach of over 200 million households, giving it an unparalleled ability to leverage the Tata brand in consumer products.

The Company has a consolidated annual turnover of ~Rs. 20,290 Crs with operations in India and International markets. For more information please visit www.tataconsumer.com