About Rozana: Rozana is India's fastest-growing rural e-commerce company, revolutionizing the way underserved rural and rurban communities access essential goods and services. Operating in over 19,000 villages planning to scale to India's 6 Lac villages. Rozana is committed to empowering rural consumers with quality products at reasonable prices while creating employment opportunities and fostering economic development. With a vibrant work culture that attracts talent from industry leaders like Amazon, Ola, Flipkart, Swiggy, Spencers, Bigbasket, DMart, and Myntra, Rozana is shaping the future of rural e-commerce in India. Currently Rozana has over 1000 team members and serves over 40,000 consumers daily. Rozana has secured significant funding to fuel its growth: CNBCTV18: Rozana secures $22M funding Inc42: Rozana raises $22.5M for warehousing and logistics For more information on Rozana's business model: Inc42: Reaching 4 Lakh households Inc42: Ankur Dahiya's interview on Rozana's growth Role Overview: - We are seeking a seasoned Vice President - Planning & Replenishment to design and lead the company's end-to-end inventory, demand forecasting, supply planning, and replenishment operations. - The ideal candidate will have extensive experience across multiple categories like FMCG, footwear, cosmetics, staples, general merchandise, and electronics, and should have previously built and managed large-scale supply planning functions for high-growth retail or e-commerce organizations. - This role will own the entire lifecycle from warehouse to DC, and ensure optimum stock availability, reduced wastage, and high fill rates, while driving profitability and operational excellence. Key Responsibilities: 1. Demand & Supply Planning: - Lead demand forecasting and inventory planning across all categories and regions. - Align with category, merchandising, and sales teams to capture market seasonality and promotional uplifts. - Create agile supply plans that support high-growth, fast-moving rural markets. 2. Replenishment & Stock Optimization: - Design and implement automated and manual replenishment systems to maintain optimum inventory levels across FCs and DCs. - Optimize reorder points, safety stock, and inventory cover across 100+ subcategories. - Build mechanisms to ensure high availability without overstocking. 3. Inventory Health & Lifecycle Management: - Own processes for managing slow-moving, soon-to-expire, damaged, and expired goods. - Run periodic inventory audits and aging reviews to drive liquidation or corrective actions. - Establish and track KPIs like Inventory Turn Ratio, GMROI, fill rate, and wastage. 4. Warehouse to DC Alignment: - Create SOPs and planning cadence between central warehouses and delivery centers (DCs). - Drive stock transfers, inwarding/outwarding flows, and regional demand balancing. - Minimize inter-location stockouts and ensure timely availability at the last mile. 5. Team Building & Leadership: - Build and lead a team of senior planning managers and analysts. - Create planning processes, SOPs, and governance mechanisms for a 1000+ SKU universe. - Mentor cross-functional leaders in adopting a demand-driven mindset. 6. Technology & Process Innovation: - Partner with tech/product teams to implement forecasting engines, planning dashboards, and replenishment tools. - Deploy data-driven models using real-time sales, return, and movement data. - Lead automation projects across demand planning, stock movement, and liquidation tracking.

Delhi NCR

Planning Head - Rural Commerce 

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