Job Description:

One of our leading clients in FMCG and F&B is looking for a leader in logistics operations who has worked in a midsize organisation and is leading secondary logistics for multiple zones.

Role & Responsibilities:

Role:

Manage Distribution Planning, Dispatch Planning, and Secondary Logistics operations across the zone on a real-time basis. Generate and provide inputs for long-term infrastructure and operations execution.

Responsibility:

- Managing the Zonal Secondary Distribution network, including 25 to 30 CFA locations and Depots with a team of Regional Logistics resources.

- Providing Systems and Process framework for Secondary Distribution operations in co-ordination with customer departments.

- Providing critical analysis and workings to support management decision making including budgeting, production planning, plant capacity utilization, and augmentation.

- Provide qualified inputs for proper creation and implementation of various SoPs regarding day-to-day operations to be carried out at the Depots and CFA.

- Providing design and implementation support for Information systems to be in line with such SoPs.

- Develop and implement various cost-saving initiatives such as warehouse consolidation and direct dispatch to achieve optimal service cost, which in turn would reduce costs without impacting service timelines and service levels.

- Provide with Secondary Cost MIS along with variance analysis and focus areas for cost reduction.

- Provide with Secondary CFA performance metric measurement and appraisals with regular review as needed.

- Monitoring and ensuring Quality and stock audits at the CFA/Depots and closure of NCs through follow-up.

- Administrating the Cost requests from CFA/Depots along with qualified inputs and reasoning for management approval.

- Monitoring timely statutory compliances of GST (IRN/EWB), FSSAI, and other laws.

- Long horizon planning support for Management through simulations of expected sales based on existing and expected trends.

- Using these long-term forecasts to provide decisions on capacity augmentation and plant location decisions.

- Using such long-term forecasts to create plant-wise yearly dockets for use by Purchase/Preform departments for production and procurement planning, including mid-term corrections and review of original plans.

- Creating yearly plant-wise production plans and dispatch plans for budgeting purposes. Warehouse space engagement plans need to be developed in advance for season time engagement and regularly monitored.

Preferred Candidate Profile:

Candidate should have worked or be working in FMCG, Food, Beverage, or Dairy industry, managed or managing CFA/C&F, possessing good communication skills, and willing to relocate to Mumbai.