Senior Manager (Logistics) – Mumbai

Abreast Global; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverages manufacturer is looking for a dynamic professional to manage logistics operations across India. This role includes overseeing the secondary distribution network, providing analytical support for decision-making, and ensuring compliance with statutory regulations. The ideal candidate should possess strong skills in logistics management, team leadership, and cost reduction strategies. Experience in planning and managing logistics processes is essential for achieving optimal service costs and supporting long-term operational goals.

Qualifications

• Experience managing logistics operations on a pan-India level.
• Ability to analyze and reduce operational costs effectively.
• Knowledge of statutory compliance, including GST and FSSAI.

Responsibilities

• Manage the secondary distribution network across India.
• Provide analytical support for management decisions.
• Monitor compliance and conduct audits at CFAs and Depots.
• Planning capacity, production and warehouse space
• Monitoring GST/FSSAI compliance and statutory requirements
• Supporting IT initiatives for BI and data analytics

Skills

Logistics Management

Team Leadership

Analytical Skills

Budget Management

Cost Reduction Strategies

Forecasting

Job description

Our client is a leading beverages manufacturing company of India having presence in around 50 countries is looking for a dynamic professional to manage Secondary Logistics operations on PAN India level on a real time basis. Generate and provide inputs for long term infrastructure and operations execution.

• Managing the pan India Secondary Distribution network of a beverages manufacturing company, including large number of CFA locations and Depots with a team of Regional Logistics resources.
• Providing Systems and Process framework for Secondary Distribution operations in co-ordination with customer departments.
• Providing critical analysis and workings to support management decision making including budgeting, production planning, Plant capacity utilization and augmentation.
• Provide qualified inputs for proper creation and implementation of various SoPs regarding day to day operations to be carried out at the Depots and CFA.
• Providing design and implementation support for Information systems to be in line with such SoPs.
• Develop and implement various cost saving initiatives such as warehouse consolidation, direct dispatch, etc. to achieve optimal service cost; which, in turn, would reduce costs without impacting service time lines and service levels.
• Provide with Secondary Cost MIS along with variance analysis and focus areas for cost reduction.
• Provide with Secondary CFA performance metric measurement and appraisals with regular review is needed.
• Monitoring and ensuring Quality and stock audits at the CFA/Depots and closure of NCs through follow up.
• Administrating the Cost requests from CFA /Depots along with qualified inputs and reasoning for management approval.
• Monitoring timely statutory compliances of GST (IRN/ EWB), FSSAI and other laws.
• Long horizon planning support for Management through simulations of expected Sales (based on existing and expected trends).
• Using these long term forecasts, to provide decisions on Capacity augmentation and plant locations decisions.
• Using such long term forecasts to create plant wise yearly dockets for use by Purchase/ Preform departments for production and procurement planning; including mid-term corrections and review of original plans.
• Creating yearly plant wise production plans/ dispatch plans for budgeting purposes. Warehouse space engagement plans need to be developed in advance for season time engagement and regularly monitored.
• Analyze and Predict warehouse space availability at both, Factories & CFAs in keeping with Season & Non Season Variations.

Long term Demand planning and Operations Management

• Using various forecast techniques to generate and keep current and expected demand plan for at least 2-3 years with qualified inputs from various stakeholders.
• Prepare and keep current and expected Production plan for at least next 24 months with inputs from production stake holders with respect to capacities. Exchange appropriate inputs from and with the production team regarding any augmentation or shortfall in production capacities.
• Prepare and run models and simulations to account for any changes and impact thereof.

Network Analysis and Cost working for optimization

• To do a complete Network Analysis of existing and required best fit Depot locations to achieve Organizational Objectives of Sales growth at optimal costs.
• Provide cost based/ capacity based inputs for deciding the sourcing matrix from factory to depots to develop a Least Cost matrix for Primary & Secondary distribution with optimal Capacity utilization.
• Prepare and keep current the Cost per case for the secondary operations. Suggest and drive cost saving initiatives with proper workings for Management Decision making.
• Maintain & submit Various MIS reports for Top Management review.

Logistics and Operations Management

• Responsible for Cost tracking (Budget Vs. Actual, etc) and providing inputs on the same for corrective actions.
• Negotiating the freights with the Transport contractors based on the company guidelines.
• Negotiating with the CFAs for Fixed and Variable Costs with qualified market inputs.
• Process Design and review for maximizing working efficiency in the Secondary Circuit.
• Supporting all IT initiatives for Business Intelligence implementation.
• Analyze and Predict warehouse space availability at both, Factories & CFAs in keeping with Season & Non Season Variations.