Senior Manager - Supply Chain - Retail/eCommerce

Company Profile: Reputed company in the Retail/eCommerce industry

Location: Bangalore

Requirement:

- The candidate has held leadership positions in the Supply Chain function while having strong experience in Capacity Planning, Network Design, Inventory Management and S&OP.

- Developed strong high performing teams, providing coaching and mentor-ship.

- Demonstrated experience of successfully driving complex, milestone driven projects with a proven track record in designing/implementing advanced Supply Chain processes and tools.

- The candidate provides technical guidance, professional advice and developmental training on supply chain design and execution.

- Leads supply chain improvement initiatives at all levels. Has expertise and in depth knowledge of supply chain functional areas and is at the forefront of changes in the supply chain field

Responsibilities:

- Candidate must have to ability to design end-to-end supply chains (inputs, outputs, rationale, gaps)

- Candidate must have the ability to handle and have working knowledge of legal and regulatory framework existing in the country and develop solutions around the same.

- Candidate must have the ability to negotiate with transporters, global shippers and freight forwarders and should leverage his contacts for building fruitful relationships.

- Hire, manage, and develop a team of high-impact program managers and highly skilled supply chain professionals.

- The candidate needs to be able to extract insights from data, latest internal and external information and be able to communicate clearly appropriate triggers and actions. High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously

- The right candidate thrives in a high energy environment with lots of ambiguity where tactical and strategic activities are expected to be driven in parallel.

- Excellent creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to solve complex problems that may not have one clear answer

- Build metrics to measure the efficacy of the supply chain system. Owns all the metrics across the supply chain function and strive to meet and beat the goals and targets.

- Coordinate the technical development of all the systems and tools necessary for managing the different processes.

Basic Qualifications:

- Master's degree in Business, Engineering or a Supply Chain/Operations discipline

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or Statistics

- 7+ yrs experience managing Supply Chain operations including S&OP, Capacity Planning, Inventory Planning. Additional experience of having managed large Logistics/Transportation networks, multi-category warehouses and vendor management areas will be very useful.

- Ability to develop and manage 3PL service providers especially for categories like White Goods and Furniture

- Ability to monitor and enhance the Customer experience (all the technical settings, analysis of the failures, addressing them and helping fix them)