Product Manager (Quick Commerce) - Inventory Planning

Flipkart Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Flipkart Group is seeking a Product Manager (Quick Commerce) to own the roadmap for planning automation across the SH and DS network. You will transform manual PO, replenishment and balancing workflows into scalable, system-driven products, working with Planning, Ops, Category, Finance, Tech and Data Science.

You will drive automated PO, auto scheduling, replenishment, inventory balancing, SMNM management, IPC norms and supplier integration while defining success metrics such as in-stock rates,

Qualifications

• 5-10 years in product, supply chain tech, or planning.
• Strong grounding in inventory planning, replenishment, S&OP, and network design.
• Hands-on SQL and Python/R to validate logic and size opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for planning automation across SH, DS network.
• Turn manual planning workflows into scalable, system-driven products.
• Collaborate with Planning, Ops, Category, Finance, Tech and Data Science.
• Define success metrics and report on them.

Skills

SQL

Python

Stakeholder management

Inventory planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Python

ERP/WMS/OMS

EDI/ASN

Job description

Wh Role: Product Manager (Quick Commerce)

About the team:

The Planning team improves customer experience through inventory availability and placement that maximize delivery speed. Product owns the systems that automate planning decisions across the network.

About the role:

Own the product roadmap for planning automation across the SH, DS network. Turn manual planning workflows (PO, replenishment, balancing, SMNM) into scalable, system-driven products. Work with Planning, Ops, Category, Finance, Tech, and Data Science.

What you will own:

• Automated PO: Auto PO generation and approval workflows, with exception handling and guardrails (MOQ, lead time, budget, vendor constraints).
• Auto scheduling and replenishment (SH to DS): Rule- and model-driven replenishment, truck and slot scheduling, and capacity-aware dispatch.
• Auto inventory balancing: DS-DS, DS-SH, and SH-SH rebalancing, including trigger logic, transfer cost vs. instock tradeoffs, and execution.
• SMNM management: Detection, liquidation and markdown workflows, and stocking-norm controls to cut aged inventory and working capital lock-in.
• Inventory planning and IPC: Norms, safety stock, and planning configurations, plus monitoring and control towers for instock, DOH, and plan adherence.
• Supplier integration: ASN, VMI, and EDI products for supplier-side visibility and automated order-to-receipt flows.
• Case pack movement (SH to SH): Case-pack-level planning and movement logic, balancing pack-size constraints against network efficiency.
• Product ops: PRDs, backlog prioritization, UAT, rollout, and adoption tracking. Define success metrics (instock %, inventory turns, planner touch rate, manual-intervention %) and report on them.
• Risk and gaps: Flag system and process gaps early, especially ahead of BAU and event peaks (BBD).

What you should have:

• 5-10 years in product, supply chain tech, or planning, with at least 3 in product ownership of supply chain or planning systems.
• Strong grounding in inventory planning, replenishment, S&OP, and network design. Quick commerce or e-commerce experience is a plus.
• Hands-on SQL and Python/R, enough to validate logic and size opportunities independently.
• Experience with ERP/WMS/OMS integrations, EDI/ASN, or VMI.
• Ability to translate ambiguous planner workflows into clear, testable system requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management. Customer-first and quantifies the impact of every decision on customer metrics.
• Ownership mindset, comfortable in high-visibility, ambiguous problem spaces.