Rose Group - Manager - Operations

Overview of Role:

The operations manager will be responsible for planning delivery timelines, ensuring timely procurement, monitoring stock levels and maintaining a smooth workflow at all points in the supply chain. The individual will report to the MD.

Responsibilities :

- Collaborating with the sales and marketing team to understand the specifications of the product that needs to be produced from the suppliers

- Identifying or qualifying new suppliers by understanding their manufacturing ability through on-site visits and measurements

- Negotiating prices and terms with suppliers by visiting the manufacturer/suppliers site to ensure that they meet the quality and delivery requirements

- Designing and implementing supply chains that support the organizations new business strategies adapted to environment, new or changed laws, new business opportunities, wastage control or cost reduction

- Ensuring orderly and timely receiving of the goods, and participating in coordination with other departments to optimize customer service

- Developing procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, finance, production, or quality assurance

- Managing activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control

- Analyzing inventories to determine how to increase turns, reduce wastage, or optimize customer service

- Conferring with supply chain planners to forecast demand or creating supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products

- Meeting the suppliers to discuss production forecast or changes

- Defining the service and logistical requirement of the major customer groups. Identifying customer needs such as expected order fulfillment cycle time, handling requirements, delivery requirements and special service needs

- Determining the material storage and handling strategy based on estimated production volume, stocking levels, and material storage requirements

- Preparing logistics budget conducting the variance analysis to identify deviation between actual and estimated expenses

- Critically analyzing and working closely with functional heads for improving design and implementation of logistics/supply chain

Prerequisites:

- Graduate/Diploma in supply chain management with 10 to 15 years of experience in Retail/FMCG distribution center environment

- Excellent knowledge of MS Office and ERP tools

- Good planning and leadership skills

- Attention to detail

- Should have managed a team before

Job Location : Breach Candy

Salary offered: 12 - 18 LPA