Vice President - Operations - Supply Chain & Logistics
Description
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Vice President (VP) Operations to lead end-to-end logistics, supply chain, fulfillment, and marketplace operations across multiple locations.
- The role will be responsible for driving operational excellence, profitability, scalability, productivity, service quality, and customer experience.
- The ideal candidate should have strong experience in managing large-scale operations, building high-performing teams, optimizing operational costs, and scaling multi-city networks.
- The candidate will work closely with Product, Technology, Finance, Sales, and HR teams to align operational strategy with overall business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end First Mile, Middle Mile, Last Mile, Warehousing, Fulfillment, and Transportation operations.
- Develop and execute operational strategies to support business growth, scalability, and profitability.
- Drive operational excellence through process optimization, automation, standardization, and data-driven decision-making.
- Own operational P&L, including cost management, productivity improvement, and profitability.
- Identify opportunities for cost optimization while maintaining service quality and customer satisfaction.
- Scale operations across multiple cities and locations while maintaining consistent operational standards.
- Improve SLAs, delivery performance, turnaround time, productivity, and fleet utilization.
- Drive network expansion and develop effective capacity planning strategies based on business requirements.
- Monitor operational performance through key metrics, dashboards, and analytics.
- Identify operational gaps and implement continuous process improvements.
- Work closely with Product and Technology teams to identify and implement technology-led operational improvements and automation.
- Partner with Finance teams on budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and operational P&L management.
- Collaborate with Sales and HR teams to support business expansion and workforce planning.
- Develop and implement effective network and fleet management strategies.
- Ensure optimal utilization of operational resources, manpower, infrastructure, and fleet.
- Establish strong governance frameworks, operational processes, and performance standards across locations.
- Ensure compliance with organizational policies, operational standards, and applicable requirements.
- Build, mentor, and lead high-performing operations teams and cross-functional teams.
- Develop leadership capabilities within the operations function through coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
- Drive a strong culture of accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
- Monitor customer experience and implement initiatives to improve service quality and customer satisfaction.
- Identify operational risks and develop scalable solutions to address challenges proactively.
- Use data and operational analytics to support strategic decisions and improve overall business performance.
Experience:
- 8-10 years of progressive experience in Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, E-commerce, Quick Commerce, or Marketplace Operations.
- 3- 5 years of experience in a leadership role managing large-scale operations and cross-functional teams.
- Experience managing multi-city or multi-location operations.
- Proven experience in operational strategy, cost optimization, productivity improvement, and business scalability.
- Experience managing operational P&L and key business performance metrics.
Key Competencies:
- The ideal candidate should demonstrate strong strategic thinking, operational leadership, analytical ability, decision-making, stakeholder management, and people leadership skills.
- The candidate should be capable of managing complex operations at scale while balancing profitability, productivity, service quality, and customer experience.
- The role requires a hands-on and data-driven leader who can identify operational challenges, build scalable processes, lead transformation initiatives, and deliver measurable improvements across the organization.
