Head - Supply Chain - FMCG

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

The role would be responsible for establishing a clear and effective business ownership for Supply Chain processes within the organization to ensure adherence of the defined standards and key deliverable will be :

- Leading the demand and inventory management processes and ensuring they are capable of meeting agreed business targets

- Engage and lead operations planning and generate demand planning in sync with annual business plan

- Working very closely with production planning, manufacturing and sourcing teams to meet sales forecast as per the plan

- Inventory and Replenishment automation by deploying tools like TOC methodology.

- Analyzing work flow, OTIF, planned order, Resource Optimization, Order loss, RCCP & schedule customer order based on material availability, machine capacity and constraints.

- Managing Warehouse facilities and Distribution operations to ensure availability of products to fulfill customer orders in a timely manner from both the central and branch, warehouses in accordance with optimal supply planning.

- Maintaining the inventory at optimal levels / targeted DSI (Day Sales Inventory) including safety stocks analysis

- Reviewing the material and production lead time on a scheduled basis together with Sourcing, Production and Quality Control

- Developing demand and inventory policy through analysis of all supply chain factors

- Generating short/medium term net requirements and negotiating supply plan with international suppliers

- Maintaining all products within agreed inventory parameters to ensure continuity of supply

- Ensuring demand analysis and consumption tracking is carried out on behalf of the business

- Negotiating supply delivery to enable Sales to expedite order fulfillment

- Providing financial and volume projections of inventory to supplement decision-making,

REQUIRED SKILLS :

QUALITATIVE :

- Should demonstrate good organizational abilities, multi-tasking skills, and excellent time-management.

- Strong people skills and soft skills to manage teams with diverse backgrounds

- Strong team player and good leadership skills to lead a young and dynamic team

- Strong analytical skills & comfort with MS office suite - word/ppt/excel

- Must be able to work under pressure and on various projects simultaneously and autonomously

- Should have some understanding of QSR business -food production process, working with franchises etc.

ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTES :

- Ability to work with external (vendors/suppliers) and internal stakeholders (Top leadership, HR/finance/Production teams etc.)

- Self-driven individual with a go-getter attitude and entrepreneurial mind-set

- Ability to take initiative and work independently with a sense of ownership

- Can look at macro and micro picture at the same time

- Readiness to travel extensively if needed

EDUCATIONAL & INDUSTRY PREFERENCE :

Education : MBA (Ops Management / SCM)

Industry : Candidates from FMCG/ QSR Industry experience will be preferred