Manager - Logistics - Manufacturing Business

Planning : 

- Responsible for making FG available at 52 depots as per plan and schedule to achieve weekly sales target

- Co-ordinating with Business Heads for weekly indents and Plant team for stock positions in order to prepare production plan

- Weekly despatch plan of 9 manufacturing locations, based on the production plan, sales indent & stock, as per most effective sourcing matrix and communicate the same to plant team

- Co-ordinate with business heads for understanding stock priorities and stock liquidation. Taking decisions for judicious allocation and availabilty of stocks as per requirement

- Responsible for effective planning & placement of vehicles for FG/ RM / PM movement

Inventory Management : 

- Ensuring real time visibility of stocks across value chain

- Maintaining plant & depot inventory as per desired norms ensuring neither stock out sitauatiion nor excess inventory across value chain

Ensuring zero expiry of FG

Vendor Management: 

- Ensure freight contracts are made with clear terms & conditions and made available on time duly signed by internal & external stake holders

- Short listing and sourcing new freight vendors

- Responsible for freight bill processing and payment release as per contract terms & conditions.

- Vendor A/c reconciliation and ensuring NDC immediately after financial year

- Analysing vendor performance and take corrective & preventive actions wherever required

- Co-ordinate with HO accounts, IT, plant accounts, plant logistics, depots & vendors to resolve issues / disputes, if any.

Cost Reduction

Working on cost reduction opportunities to bring down the logistics cost

MIS 

Monthly Logistics MIS (TTAT, Loading optimisation, OTIF, Vendor performance, transit damages, vehicle detention and freight cost) with CAPA is prepared, analysed and presented

Process and SOP control

- Conduct Regular Checks on process adherence & surprise audits

- Responsible for process related improvements

Core Competencies

- Well versed in SAP & various MS Excel tools

- Strong verbal and written communication skills

- Ability to effectively co-ordinate with large group of internal and external stake holders

- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize

- Having keen analytical & Problem Solving skills

- Goal Orientation

- System and Process oriented

- Ability to handle pressure and deadlines

- High level of integrity and honesty

Candidate from FMCG/F&B / or any other Industry where in and out large volumes handled

Experience - Minimum 10 to 12 Years, preferably, with both corporate and plant experience

Kuldeep Singh Shekhawat