Lead development and execution of the cell stockpile strategy to support SOP, ramp-up, production stability, and contingency planning.
Establish stockpile targets, inventory policies, and replenishment plans based on production demand, lead times, supply risk, and business requirements.
Develop and manage repacking strategies for finished cell, including pallet optimization, packaging transitions, relabeling, and transportation compliance requirements.
Coordinate repacking activities across suppliers, external warehouses, 3PL providers, and plant operations to ensure uninterrupted material availability.
Ensure inventory accuracy and material traceability throughout stockpile and repacking processes, including serial number, lot, and batch management.
Lead planning and execution of stockpile inventory migration activities between warehouses, staging locations, and production facilities.
Develop and maintain stockpile inventory dashboards, KPIs, and management reporting for leadership review.
Monitor inventory aging, shelf-life requirements, storage conditions, and stock rotation to minimize obsolescence and quality risks.
Ensure compliance with hazardous material handling, UN38.3 requirements, packaging standards, customs regulations, and transportation requirements.
Drive inventory reconciliation activities between MES, WMS, ERP (SAP S/4HANA), and physical inventory records.
Lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions related to stockpile discrepancies, receiving errors, labeling issues, ASN inaccuracies, damaged materials, and inventory variances.
Coordinate engineering change implementation, material disposition, and inventory balance-out activities to minimize obsolete inventory exposure.
Support launch readiness reviews and material risk assessments by identifying supply constraints, stockpile gaps, and recovery plans.
Partner with Production Control, Material Control, Purchasing, Logistics, Quality, Engineering, and Suppliers to ensure alignment on inventory and repacking requirements.
Develop warehouse space utilization plans and stockpile storage strategies to maximize capacity and operational efficiency.
Manage external warehouse and 3PL performance related to stockpile storage, repacking operations, inventory accuracy, and service levels.
Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and governance processes for stockpile and repacking operations.
Relevant Experience*
•Business resources who play operational roles in a manufacturing facility – be process expert in their job function and know SAP as a business user.
Candidates with experience level in the range of 7-10 years
