Team Manager - Stores

alfalaval; Pune District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa Laval in Pune is seeking a Team Manager Store to oversee all store activities, ensuring high stock accuracy and timely inbound/outbound logistics to support production.

You will lead a team, drive ALPS, 5S and Kaizen initiatives, develop standardized work via SOPs, and collaborate with buyers, QC, and suppliers to optimize inventory. The role requires a commerce graduate with 5–7 years of experience in warehousing.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in warehousing/store management.
• Commerce graduate with strong leadership and process-improvement mindset.
• Experience with inventory control, stock accuracy and LEAN practices preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all store activities with emphasis on stock accuracy and timely material handling.
• Lead inbound/outbound logistics and coordinate with Receipt QC for inspections.
• Drive ALPS/5S/Kaizen initiatives and develop SOPs for standardized work.
• Set targets for the team, monitor performance and ensure safe store operations.
• Collaborate with buyers, suppliers and internal functions to ensure smooth material flow.

Skills

Store management

Inventory control

Leadership

Lean thinking

Education

Commerce Graduate

Job description

Vacancy for Team Manager Store _ SET Join us as a Team Manager Store based in Pune to manage all stores activities, a high-level accuracy is to be maintained in the stock. Being a support function, understand the customer needs and support them. Give top priority to the production.

About the Company:

In Alfa Laval, we are every single day contributing to a more sustainable future for our planet through engineering innovation. Our global team designs and implements the refining, recycling and purifying process that allow our customers to be better themselves. You will find our work in leading applications for water purification, clean energy, food production, waste processing, pharmaceutical development and much more. The people of Alfa Laval enjoy the freedom to pursue ideas and the resources to see those ideas to become reality, in an environment that welcomes drive, courage and diversity. The result is a company where we all can be very proud of what we do.

Our core competencies are in the areas of heat transfer separation, and fluid handling. We are dedicated to optimizing the performance of our customers' processes. our world-class technologies, our systems, equipment and services must create solutions that help our customers stay ahead. Please feel free to peruse our website www.alfalaval.com .

The position / About the Job:

In this job the Team Manager Store would be responsible for:

Key Tasks and responsibilities:

• Responsible for: the stock, incoming material from supplier, coordination with Receipt QC for inspection, locating material at the correct place, picking of material within short time.
• Responsible for proper transaction of material.
• Count the material and update to maintain a high accuracy level of stock.
• High light: the stock level when it goes up, material comes early than required, etc.
• Set and follow up targets for the group and monitor the performance.
• Make GRR as soon as the material received to support SDOT, which is one of the factories KPIs.
• Secure ALPS / Lean Six Sigma and other Operations initiative in the within the group - Run the ALPS Board as per the standard, 5S, kaizen, Projects & FTMs.
• Secure Standardized work via SOP's and development of these.
• Drive Problem Solving & Improvement activities in the stores.
• Responsible for quick disposal of supplier rejection and scrap material from stores.
• Responsible for high level of safety precautions in the stores/yard.
• Preparation of e-way bill.
• Dispatch of material against MSJ.
• Stock verification of A & B class items on regular basis.
• Maintain FIFO to shelf-life items.

Expectations & Responsibilities:

• Align overall targets and KPI's to department goals and KPI's. E.g., - ALPS, 5S, Kaizen, accuracy of stock, negative stock, Rejection volume to zero.
• Maintain and develop ESI for own team.
• Secure feasible and standard communication plan within team.
• Support with development of different tools to increase productivity, order handling, cost calculation, design etc.
• Analyze process deviations and facilitate root cause analysis and solutions via sourcing, order handling, planning and stores- team supported by support functions.
• Ensure a good level of cooperation between buyers, TM's and suppliers.
• Assures stocking program is implemented as agreed.
• Analyze inventory values and system set up in reducing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Analyze ALPS sourcing, delivery and stores SB problems on weekly basis and make action plans to overcome issues -Maintenance of relevant basic data parameters.
• Drive / facilitate project work within the department.
• Secure frozen production schedule minimum next 6 days.
• Launch, Schedule, Close Shop Work Orders.
• Constant awareness about future shortages minimum N5W.
• Securing highest level of safety in Stores and in the yard.
• Creating total overview of the department load.

Competencies:

• Be a result driven leader who likes to be visible in the organization
• Drive result through people
• Be open and communicative
• Have high integrity
• Have a strategic perspective
• Have ability to create overview

Process knowledge:

• Assembly processes, Flow thinking (Lean)

Key relationships:

• Team Managers
• Factory Manager
• Other Unit Managers
• Support functions
• Customers, internal and external
• Suppliers, internal and external

Authority level / Power of procuration:

• Break down the Unit´s overall targets into targets for each Team / Function
• Follow up targets and take corrective actions in case of deviations
• To make ALPS audits within the Unit and take corrective actions in case of deviations To delegate tasks in the Stores organisation

Who are you?

As a person who manage the warehouse and ensures Inbound and Outbound logistics of material in time by optimizing resources to continuously improve output and meet customer expectation

What can you be?

• Commerce Graduate, minimum 5 -7 years of experience in same field
• Independent and self-motivated, Drive to continuously improve performance
• knowledge of store