About the client: PSS has been mandated to hire an Associate Director- Logistics for one of the leading beer and beverage companies that manufactures premium and super-premium brands with sales offices and breweries across the country.
Job Purpose:
1. Responsible for executing the logistic strategies and plans to ensure the right quantity & SKU of product reaches the market as per demand and permits issued by Excise.
2. Responsible for ensuring raw material/packaging material availability in breweries to support the production plan.
3. Responsible for ensuring compliance with excise laws applicable state to state.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead the team to rightly forecast demands from the market and help breweries on their production planning to meet the demands without any delay & shortage.
2. Successfully monitor and communicate forecasts, changes, inventory estimates, supply situations, business risks, and opportunities across all warehouses on a periodic basis, identify areas of alert, and create solutions to mitigate any potential risks of product stockouts.
3. Analyse, track, and highlight the performance of defined categories/SKUs with a focus on filling each DC.
4. Developing a country-level deployment plan that meets anticipated customer demand at optimum inventory levels.
5. Takes joint responsibility with warehousing teams for inventory accountability across regional DCs.
6. Lead the Returnable Packaging, and ensure the Bottles, Kegs, and Crate inventory returns meet production requirements and budget.
7. Work to evolve strategies and business models to improve bottle returns through vendor and environment management.
8. Conduct Market visits and communicate ground-level realities to help decision-making in the dynamic pricing of RGB.
9. Ensure Best practices are implemented across regions for Ret Pack handling.
10. Responsible for setting up / improving logistics processes in the brewery and monitoring them to improve manpower efficiency vis-a-vis dispatch volume, safety, and VLC cost.
11. Responsible for capex identification, business case creation, and providing PMO activities for capex deployment for automation of logistics activities inside the brewery
Responsible for vehicle placements across all breweries, monitoring/controlling detention, and Excise liasoning.
12. Ensuring 100% vehicle placement vs. dispatch plan, coordination with Planning, BLMs, and LCA teams on production and permit plan.
13. Activation of vehicle placement from secondary sources that were not contracted to maintain business continuity.
14. New businesses: Activation of HMO for retail distribution, Evaluating cost savings opportunities.
Educational Qualifications And Experience:
- Postgraduate (MBA in operations/Supply Chain)
- Premium Btech colleges and premium MBA colleges
- Analytical mind, especially on supply chain efficiency
- Excellent strategic thinking and planning ability
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills in dealing with government bodies
- Provide coaching and training to the team to deliver better business results
- Problem-solving attitude and crisis management
Posted On:
11-Oct-2024
Function:
Supply Chain
Industry:
Food & Beverages
Location:
Bangalore
Employment Type:
Full Time