Manager - Egg Sourcing

Licious; Bengaluru Urban; Presencial; INR 1 800 000 - 2 400 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Licious, Bengaluru-based meat and seafood company, is seeking an Egg Sourcing Manager to own the end‑to‑end egg supply network across India. You will build a scalable sourcing model, onboard layer farmers, manage pricing and contracts, and ensure on-time availability of diverse egg varieties for a growing D2C brand.

You will work closely with farmers, aggregators, packers and internal teams to optimize cost, quality, and supply reliability while expanding the egg portfolio across multiple cities

Qualificações

• 4–10 years of experience in sourcing/procurement, preferably in eggs or FMCG.
• Experience with eggs, poultry supply chains, and supplier management.
• Ability to build sourcing dashboards and supply visibility mechanisms.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability.
• Willingness to travel extensively to multiple sites across India.

Responsabilidades

• Own central egg sourcing strategy for the portfolio across India.
• Develop and manage sourcing for Classic, Vitamin D/Fortified, Brown, Country eggs and other varieties.
• Build and maintain a supplier network including farmers, aggregators and strategic partners.
• Establish source-level material control and visibility from farm to Licious receipt.
• Own OTIF performance and lead corrective actions with suppliers.
• Lead regional sourcing management with pan-India mandate and travel to NCR and Kolkata.
• Collaborate with Demand Planning, Finance, Quality and Operations on forecasts and capacity.

Conhecimentos

Poultry farming

Egg supply chains

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Willingness to travel

Ferramentas

Excel

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We are Licious and we are a Bengaluru based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, our founders, foodies and friends. We pride ourselves on being India’s most successful D2C food-tech brand operating in 20 cities across the country delighting over 32 lac customers with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood!

Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on…

What makes the role meaty?

Licious is looking for an Egg Sourcing Manager to build and manage a reliable, scalable and quality-led sourcing network for its growing egg portfolio.

The role will have central ownership of egg sourcing across multiple varieties, including:

• Classic Eggs
• Vitamin D / Fortified Eggs
• Brown / Country Eggs
• Other differentiated egg propositions as the portfolio expands

The role will be responsible not only for procurement and pricing, but for building end-to-end visibility and control from the farm/source to Licious receiving points. A key objective will be to ensure that the right material is available at the right source, in the right specification, at the right time and at the right cost.

The manager will work closely with farmers, aggregators, packers, vendors, Quality, Operations, Demand Planning, Logistics, Category and Finance teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. Central Egg Sourcing

• Own sourcing strategy for the Licious egg portfolio across India.
• Develop and manage sourcing for Classic, Vitamin D/Fortified, Brown, Country and other differentiated egg varieties.
• Build a strong network of farmers, layer farms, aggregators, packers and strategic suppliers.
• Identify new sourcing clusters and develop alternate supply sources to reduce supply concentration.
• Negotiate commercial terms, pricing, payment terms, specifications and service levels with suppliers.
• Establish competitive sourcing benchmarks across regions.
• Identify and onboard suitable layer farmers and sourcing partners.
• Develop a structured farmer onboarding pipeline with clear visibility of:
• Farm location
• Flock size
• Breed / strain
• Age of flock
• Expected availability
• Packing capability
• Certifications/compliance
• Current customers/offtake
• Build a database of approved, under-evaluation and pipeline farmers/suppliers.
• Coordinate farm audits and onboarding with Quality and relevant internal teams.
• Develop long-term sourcing relationships with strategic farmers.

3. Source-Level Material Control

A critical responsibility of this role will be to establish visibility and control of material at source, rather than managing supply only after dispatch.

The manager should have visibility on:

Key responsibilities include:

• Track daily/weekly production availability at major sources.
• Maintain visibility of committed versus actual supply.
• Ensure material is reserved/allotted for Licious requirements.
• Monitor source-level inventory and ageing.
• Track planned dispatches versus actual dispatches.
• Identify supply gaps before they impact Licious operations.
• Build early-warning mechanisms for potential shortages, quality issues or dispatch delays.
• Establish source-level reconciliation of production, dispatch and receipt.

4. OTIF & Supply Reliability

Own supplier OTIF performance across all major sourcing locations.

Key metrics:

• Fill Rate
• Planned vs Actual Quantity
• Dispatch Adherence
• Short Supply %
• Damage / Breakage %
• Quality Compliance %
• Lead Time
• Supply Variability

The manager will be expected to identify the root cause of OTIF failures and drive corrective actions with suppliers, rather than only reporting the deviation.

5. Regional Sourcing Management

The role will be based in Bangalore but will have a pan-India sourcing mandate, with regular travel to major sourcing and supplier locations, particularly:

• NCR
• Kolkata

The manager should develop strong understanding of the local supplier ecosystem, production clusters, price movements, logistics constraints and seasonal availability in each market.

6. Demand Planning & Supply Planning

• Work closely with Demand Planning and Category teams to translate forecasts into sourcing requirements.
• Develop weekly and monthly supply plans.
• Ensure adequate sourcing capacity is contracted/secured ahead of demand.
• Maintain visibility of supply coverage for the next 2–8 weeks.
• Build contingency plans for peak demand, seasonal fluctuations and supplier disruptions.
• Align sourcing plans with Licious' city-wise requirements.

7. Cost & Commercial Management

• Track NECC, aggregator and market prices.
• Analyse price movement and identify key cost drivers.
• Negotiate competitive procurement rates.
• Develop should-cost understanding across different egg varieties.
• Identify opportunities for direct farmer sourcing and reduction of intermediary costs.
• Monitor landed cost including packing, logistics and other sourcing costs.

8. Quality & Specification Compliance

Work closely with Quality to ensure that suppliers consistently meet Licious specifications.

Responsibilities include:

• Define and maintain source-level specifications for each egg variety.
• Monitor egg size/weight, shell quality, cleanliness, freshness and other agreed parameters.
• Ensure correct segregation of Classic, Vitamin D/Fortified, Brown/Country and other varieties.
• Drive traceability from farm/source to Licious.
• Investigate quality complaints and implement CAPA with suppliers.
• Ensure supplier adherence to food safety and regulatory requirements.

Create a structured supplier scorecard covering:

Parameter Key Measure

Supply

OTIF / Fill Rate

Quality

Cost

Purchase Price / Landed Cost

Reliability

Forecast Adherence

Operations

Dispatch Accuracy

Compliance

Audit / Documentation

Capacity

Conduct regular supplier reviews and create improvement plans for underperforming suppliers.

10. MIS & Sourcing Visibility

Build and maintain a central Egg Sourcing MIS covering:

• Farm capacity
• Flock age
• Planned dispatch
• City requirement
• Supply coverage
• OTIF
• Fill Rate
• Rejections
• Price
• Landed cost
• Risk/issue tracker

The expectation is to create forward visibility, so supply issues are identified before they become operational shortages.

Key KPIs

The role will be measured on:

• Fill Rate
• Source-level supply visibility
• Supply availability / coverage
• Egg quality compliance
• Procurement cost / landed cost
• Farmer onboarding and active supplier base
• Forecast vs actual supply accuracy
• Reduction in emergency / spot procurement
• Availability of differentiated egg varieties
• Traceability and source-level material control

We hope that you have...

• 4–10 years of experience in sourcing/procurement, preferably in:
• Eggs
• Fresh food
• FMCG procurement
• Food supply chain
• Experience working directly with farmers, producers, aggregators or primary suppliers is strongly preferred.
• Experience managing a multi-city supplier network will be an advantage.

Skills

• Strong understanding of poultry/layer farming and egg supply chains.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability.
• Ability to understand farm-level economics and production cycles.
• Ability to build sourcing dashboards and supply visibility mechanisms.
• Strong stakeholder management across Quality, Operations, Demand Planning, Finance and Category.
• Willingness to travel extensively.
• Strong execution orientation with the ability to work at both strategic and ground level.

Role Characteristics

• This is not a transactional buying role.
• The successful candidate will be expected to operate as the central owner of the egg supply ecosystem, with visibility starting from the layer farm and extending through sourcing, allocation, packing, dispatch and Licious receipt.
• The role requires a combination of farm-level understanding + commercial sourcing + supply planning + supplier management + data-driven execution.