General Mills - Assistant Manager - Logistics

Job Summary:

This role will be responsible for Regional logistics and distribution management for South India - which will entail warehousing management and last mile delivery to final customers.

Job Location: Bangalore

Job Responsibilities:

- Implement the distribution strategy (route to market) including transportation, warehousing and last mile delivery to support distribution growth, in the region

- Responsible for complete warehousing and CFA management across the region

- Manage transportation from CFAs / distribution centers to final customer including route / vehicle planning for both modern and traditional trade to optimize customer service and freight

- Responsible for ensuring high levels of Customer service (Viz DIFOT, Fill Rate etc.) at least possible Logistics and Distribution cost, with high focus on order execution at customer level.

- Direct and control warehousing activities to ensure efficient and economical utilization of facilities for storage, repacking and distribution. Ensure appropriate financial, operational, quality controls and statutory / regulatory compliance to ensure operations in line with corporate requirement.

- High focus on operational planning that optimizes Supply Chain Operations- assets to achieve strategic and tactical deliverables

- Responsible for managing performance of all service providers through contracts / service level agreements, monitoring and operations reviews, for his region.

- Monitor, review and report KPI's (e.g. cost, customer service, controls etc.) around effective management of logistics and distribution, and connect with each stakeholders to drive improvement.

- Responsible for developing suppliers / service providers to provide logistics solutions to support efficient and effective distribution

- Demonstrate team work in cross-functional teams to resolve issues and deliver breakthrough improvements consistent with best demonstrated practices.

Academics:

MBA/Post Graduation with a specialization in Supply Chain Operations

Experience: 3-7 years of experience with a minimum of 3 years in Logistics in a FMCG setup