Supply Planner

Vishay Precision Group•Chennai, TN

About The Position

VPG is seeking a full-time Supply Planner in Oragadam, Chennai, to join its Planning team. The Supply Planner develops and executes supply plans to ensure products and materials are available at the right time. The role balances demand, production capability, supplier performance, and inventory targets, while identifying risks and leading recovery actions to protect customer service and revenue. The Supply Planner works cross-functionally with Demand Planning, production, Logistics, Sales Operations, and Customer Service to translate business requirements into supply priorities, maintain planning data integrity, and support timely, fact-based decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related field.
At least 3 years of experience in supply planning, material planning, production planning, or a comparable manufacturing role.
Strong practical experience with ERP/MRP systems and planning master data.
Advanced Excel skills.
Fluent business English.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with confidence working with operational data.
High ownership and accountability, with a consistent focus on execution and closure.
Ability to prioritize across competing customer, inventory, and operational requirements.
Clear communication and stakeholder-management skills, including constructive challenge and escalation.
Proactive, structured, and resilient approach in a changing manufacturing environment.
Commercial awareness and sound judgment when balancing service, inventory, capacity, and supply risk.

Nice To Haves

Experience with QAD or other planning tools.
Additional languages.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain supply plans based on demand forecasts, customer orders, backlog, inventory policy, and business priorities.
Review demand and supply exceptions, identify shortages or capacity constraints, and develop mitigation and recovery plans.
Monitor inventory against service and inventory objectives and recommend actions addressing shortages, excess, and obsolete exposure.
Manage material and product availability from a planning perspective, including requirement timing, prioritization, allocation, and escalation.
Coordinate with Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Demand Planning to align supply execution with customer and operational needs.
Track late backlog, due-date reliability, and supply commitments; lead recovery plans and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
Maintain accurate ERP/MRP planning parameters, including lead times, order policies, safety stock, and other master-data settings within the role’s scope.
Support production and capacity planning by highlighting demand changes, bottlenecks, material gaps, and required trade-off decisions.
Support New Product Introductions and product transitions by ensuring supply, material, and planning readiness.
Monitor supply-planning KPIs, explain gaps, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement.
Promote exception-based planning and reduce manual, reactive follow-up through disciplined processes, standard work, and system usage.