Head - Supply Chain - eCommerce

- Creating the vision and strategy for planning, logistics and warehousing across India, establishing the footprint, organisation structure and team to deliver this strategy.

- Leading and facilitating collaboration between six manufacturing sites across India and supply chain functions to maximize customer service while balancing inventory investment and operating expenses.

- Managing transportation budget and activities for inbound and outbound flows, and physical distribution network optimization and performance.

- Driving common processes, disciplines, systems and metrics across the planning function by leveraging ERP (SAP) and advanced planning systems to enable best practice operating efficiencies.

- Utilizing and refining of key performance indicators (KPI) to monitor and drive performance and continuous improvement; ensuring strict compliance with regulations and group standards

- Assessing, developing, and refining the overall planning, warehousing, distribution, and logistics skill set in the organization.

- Driving operational excellence and best practices to improve the supply chain process. The Successful Applicant To be a successful candidate, you should:

Do you fit in?

- Be an engineer with 10-20 years of supply chain experience with a key focus on planning and logistics in progressively senior positions in a chemical, paint or coating manufacturing industry.

- MBA in Supply Chain/Operations from Tier-1/Tier-2 B-school with 5 years of work experience OR 10 years of work experience in handling Supply Chain Operations

- Be responsible in all areas of Supply Chain including but not limited to planning, distribution operations and logistics.

- Have considerable knowledge of financial, quantitative, analytical and P&L skills besides ability to work in multi-functional teams.

- Exhibit in depth knowledge of latest supply chain / logistics processes, LEAN methods & current best practices to execute business continuity/strategic plans to provide direction toward the achievement of financial targets.

- Have a strong 'hands-on' people management, interpersonal skills, stakeholder management, team building, leadership and coaching skills.

- Excellent negotiation skills required to negotiate with suppliers, vendors and partners across geographies.

- Ability to multi-task and juggle multiple priorities.

- Ability to work with multiple constraints. You will be dealing with legal, financial, commercial, technical and business side teams both internal as well as external.