SCM Manager - Agri Commodities - Grains

- "Exp handling Grains is a must for this role"

- "Vessel discharge operations"

- Silo Operations

- International exp is preferred.

- 8+ years of overall supply chain experience in reputed companies, in the relevant Industry like Agri commodities / Food processing/ Animal Nutrition etc.

- Lead the development and implementation of the Supply Chain strategy in the business unit, aligned to the business objectives Responsible for overall performance of supply chain function (including planning, procurement, logistics, warehousing, and customer services) within the business unit.

- Responsible for developing annual supply chain plan, including mix of outsourcing, external and internal capacities for manufacturing, warehousing and delivery in consonance with the annual business plan.

- Based on Sales Forecasts, plan total inventories, production, finished goods, warehousing and transit inventories to ensure optimization and efficiencies in working capital deployed. Be responsible for building sophistication in the demand forecasting process

- Ensure that the Inventory Plan adequately reflects SKU level production and corresponding SKU-wise Service Level in the market.

- Ensure just-in-time availability of raw and packing material to service the production plan through timely call-ups of raw materials, packing materials as determined and negotiated by Central Purchase.

- Ensure optimal route planning and the productivity of the trucks and manpower

- Determine the requirement of warehouse and delivery van capacities. Ensure optimal supply of these capacities

Knowledge & Skills :

- Ensure that all transactions with outsiders and insiders are reflected with courtesy, dignity and enhance the value and image of the office and company

- Locate, analyse, and develop a consolidated supplier base to meet current and future needs.

- Ability to size up the numbers considering present and future condition in mind. Knowledge of bargaining positions. Using a process to negotiate.

- "Skilled in leading negotiations, account management skills with vendors

- To ensure tendering and contracting for other raw materials, packing materials not covered in the Central Purchasing System.

- Vendor development skills, source development (product), relationship management.

- Good Market Fluctuation assessment & recommendation skills

- Strategic buying skills

- Timely procurement of raw materials

- Ability to track and map prices of commodities and availability.

- International trading issues/imports/legal, awareness and management

- The ability to negotiate, support and manage effective contracts and other related documents specific to suppliers and vendors to add value for the business