Warehouse & Distribution Manager -India

With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defence, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Title: Warehouse & Distribution Manager

Location: Bangalore, India

Qualification

• Bachelor or higher degree, major in logistics, business administration or international trade is

• Has 10+ years working experience in logistics operation (warehouse, transportation, import and

export) with minimum 5 years as supervisor or manager.

• Good English speaking and writing
• Good windows office skill (excel, word, PPT, etc.)
• Has SAP experience is preferred
• Compliance, hard working with strong responsibility
• Good team leader and player, open and self-driven.

• Manage the Distribution Center warehouse, in our Bangalore plant, including the daily operation

(receiving, storage, shipping, return & scrap, etc.,), security, system (SAP & KIS) and 5S.

• The Distribution center manager is also responsible for managing the operations of the Central

Stores for Bangalore Mfg Plants (Raw Material/Consumables/Packaging/Spares) and the Vender

Cell.

• Lead whole warehouse team and manage their performance, training, hiring and dismissing.
• Manage the import, export and local delivery to customers in India.
• Manage the logistics vendor performance for 3PL warehouse, brokers, local and corporate

carriers.

• Responsible for the warehouse budget planning and actual spending.
• Responsible for the best safety, EHS and trade compliance of warehouse and logistics in India.
• Closely follow and work with corporate and regional logistics team.
• Closely interact with internal (Mfg plant, Sales, CSR, QA, Finance, Legal, EHS, HR) and external

stakeholders (customs, customers, suppliers, suppliers, etc.,) as logistics leader in India.

• Main KPI (include but not limited): Safety, On time Delivery, Productivity (line processed

  /hour/operator), Quality (error per million lines shipped), Cost (actual spending vs Plan), Stock

• accuracy (cycle count bin accuracy).
• As part of our core values, Kennametal is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all people. We are an Equal Opportunity employer.