Supply Chain Associate Planner

About the role

Optimas is seeking an enthusiastic Supply Chain Associate Planner to join its Pune team. In this role you will help optimise product availability by collaborating closely with external suppliers and internal teams across sales, sourcing, operations and customer support.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain strong relationships with suppliers and meet or exceed service expectations.
• Support order planning, acknowledgement, and keep the order book aligned with system requirements.
• Identify and resolve supply risks, expediting parts when needed to ensure continuous supply.
• Communicate with Operations to ensure timely receipt of parts and resolve shipping or invoice queries.
• Collaborate with Technical Service and external suppliers on quality issues.
• Work with Sales, Supply Chain Analysts and Demand Planning to perform root‑cause analysis and improve forecasts.
• Implement supply‑chain strategies, manage day‑to‑day supply issues and use reporting to optimise inventory investment.
• Achieve or exceed Supply Chain Planner key performance indicators.

Required profile

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Friendly, patient, empathetic and customer‑focused.
• Strong attention to detail and continuous‑improvement mindset.
• Positive attitude with solid problem‑solving abilities.
• Highly organised with good time‑management skills.

Required skills

• Microsoft Excel