Associate Manager - Supply Chain

AB Mauri India; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

AB Mauri India is seeking a seasoned supply chain professional in the Gurugram region to lead planning, import/export, and end-to-end logistics for cold chain products. The role requires ensuring FIFO/FEFO, OTIF performance, and cost optimisation across warehouses and transport partners.

The candidate should have 5–8 years in FMCG/cold chain with a diploma in Supply Chain or related commerce qualification, and strong analytical capabilities to drive improvements and customer service excellence.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in FMCG, cold chain, demand and supply planning, logistics and warehouse management.
• Commerce graduate or postgraduate with a diploma in Supply Chain.
• Proven experience in supply planning, logistics and distribution.
• Proficient in standard WH and logistics software.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Supply planning, coordination & order execution for Cold chain.
• Import and export of goods responsibilities.
• Plan and manage logistics, warehousing, transportation and customer services.
• Plan, implement and monitor inbound & outbound deliveries through Cold/Dry chain as required.
• Monitor temperature adherence for perishable Compressed Yeast throughout transport.
• Real time tracking of reefer vehicles and data logger analysis with timely reports.
• Inventory control and FIFO/FEFO adherence for order execution.
• Coordinate and optimize OTIF, vehicle fill rate & TAT for each supply.
• Monitor safety stock in regional warehouses and cold stores.
• Circulate MIS on sales, stock, ageing and value.
• Liaise with sales to enhance customer service.
• Track quality, quantity, stock levels, delivery time and transport costs.
• Select carriers and negotiate contracts and rates.
• Forecasting & demand planning responsibilities.
• Coordinate reverse logistics of stocks as required.
• Route planning to minimise TAT and logistics costs.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement solutions.
• Attend to customer complaints in supply chain timely.
• Meet cost, productivity and accuracy targets.
• Renew vendor contracts for warehouses, cold stores and logistics partners.
• Analyze costs related to storage and distribution.
• Initiate and close stock salvation for expired/damaged stock per protocol.

Skills

FMCG

Cold chain

Demand planning

Logistics

Warehouse management

Analytical

Problem solving

Organisational skills

Independent work

Education

Commerce Graduate/Postgraduate with diploma in Supply Chain

Tools

Warehouse software

Logistics software

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Supply planning, coordination & order execution for both for Cold chain.
• Will be responsible for import and export of goods.
• Plan and manage logistics, warehousing, transportation and customer services
• Plan, implement and monitor inbound & outbound deliveries thru Cold / Dry chain as required depending on the nature of the product.
• Compressed Yeast being perishable in nature, need to plan, monitor and control to ensure temperature adherence throughout the journey.
• Real time tracking of reefer vehicle, analysis of data logger record and timely report submission to management.
• Inventory control & adherence of FIFO/FEFO with respect to order execution
• Coordinate & optimize transactional OTIF, vehicle fill rate & TAT for individual supply.
• Monitor & ensure safety stock label in respective regional WHs/Cold stores
• Circulation of Daily/weekly/monthly MIS pertaining to sale, stock availability, ageing & value.
• Liaise and collaborate with sales to enhance customer service.
• Keep track of quality, quantity, stock levels, delivery time, transport costs and efficiency
• Select carriers and negotiate contracts and rates.
• Will be responsible for forecasting & demand planning.
• Coordinate with respective stake holders to ensure reverse logistics of stocks as required
• Route planning with respect to customer delivery to minimise TAT & optimise logistics cost.
• Identify process bottleneck and implement solution
• Attend & resolve customer complaints in supply chain domain in time bound manner.
• Meet cost, productivity & accuracy targets
• Renewal of vendor contracts (Warehouse, Cold store & Logistics partners) as per timeline
• Analysis & possible cost reduction with respect to storage & distribution.
• Initiate & close stock salvation process for expired and damaged stock (if any) as per the protocol within defined timeline
• Position requires sound knowledge pertaining to FSSAI, HACCP and good distribution practices.

Preferred candidate profile

• 5-8 years of experience in FMCG, Cold chain particularly in demand and supply planning, Logistics & warehouse management.
• Commerce Graduate/Postgraduate with diploma in Supply Chain.
• Proven working experience in the field of supply planning, logistics & distribution.
• Proficient in standard WH & logistics software
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and organisational skills

Ability to work independently.