Head - Supply Chain & Operation - FMCG

Key Responsibilities:

1. Demand & Supply Planning:

- Own the demand and supply planning process across SKUs, channels, and geographies.

- Translate sales forecasts, marketing campaigns, new product launches, and channel expansion plans into actionable production and procurement requirements.

- Build and strengthen the S&OP process in collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Production, and Purchase teams.

- Improve forecast accuracy and ensure optimal inventory availability across the network.

- Minimize stock-outs, excess inventory, obsolescence, and working capital lock-up.

2. Logistics, Warehousing & Delivery Excellence:

- Own the movement of finished goods from manufacturing locations to warehouses, distributors, retail partners, and customers.

- Drive strong logistics and delivery performance across GT, MT, e-commerce, quick commerce, EBOs, and other relevant channels.

- Ensure high levels of OTIF (On-Time In-Full) and service-level excellence.

- Monitor and improve order fulfilment, dispatch planning, delivery timelines, freight costs, and logistics partner performance.

- Identify bottlenecks across warehousing and distribution and implement scalable solutions.

3. Inventory & Working Capital Management:

- Maintain optimal inventory levels across raw materials, packaging materials, and finished goods.

- Establish inventory norms and monitor ageing, slow-moving, and obsolete inventory.

- Balance product availability with working capital efficiency.

- Build dashboards and MIS to provide visibility on stock availability, inventory health, forecast accuracy, and service levels.

4. Production Planning Coordination:

- Work closely with manufacturing teams to align production schedules with demand forecasts and inventory requirements.

- Understand production capacities, lead times, constraints, and batch economics to create realistic supply plans.

- Ensure adequate capacity planning for business growth, seasonal peaks, promotions, and new product launches.

- Proactively identify potential supply constraints and develop mitigation plans.

5. Purchase & Procurement Coordination:

- Work closely with the Purchase team to ensure timely availability of raw materials and packaging materials.

- Understand procurement lead times, vendor dependencies, and material availability risks.

- Support supplier planning and ensure procurement schedules are aligned with production requirements.

- Help identify opportunities to improve material availability and reduce supply disruptions.

6. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Continuous Improvement:

- Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Production, Purchase, Finance, Quality, and R&D teams.

- Support new product launches by ensuring material, production, inventory, and logistics readiness.

- Drive process improvements across planning, inventory, warehousing, and logistics.

- Build scalable systems and processes capable of supporting rapid business growth.