Head - Supply Chain Management - FMCG

Position Purpose:

To lead and manage end-to-end supply chain operations including demand planning, supply planning, warehousing, logistics, and distribution across India. The role involves optimizing supply chain networks, ensuring efficient coordination between planning, manufacturing, and logistics, and driving cost reduction and service level improvement initiatives.

Key Accountabilities:

- Responsible for complete supply chain operations - demand planning, supply planning, warehousing, logistics, and distribution.
- Design and manage pan-India warehousing and distribution network, ensuring alignment with business requirements and minimizing costs.
- Interface with demand planning, manufacturing, sales, and logistics to ensure smooth planning and execution.
- Ensure optimal dispatch planning with focus on minimizing finished goods inventory and avoiding stockouts.
- Lead and drive the Monthly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and long- term capacity planning.
- Understand and optimize network design and demonstrate impact through monthly production plans.
- Coordinate with production, purchase, depots, and sales teams for timely movement of finished goods to secondary stockists (SS) and distributors.
- Implement and optimize Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) / Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS).