Warehouse Manager

HM.CLAUSE; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Growth

Diversity and Inclusion

Gender Equality

Employee Wellness

Training and Development

Safer Workplace

Rewards and Recognition

Job summary

Limagrain HM.CLAUSE seeks an experienced Warehouse Manager in Hyderabad to oversee seed and non-seed handling from Reception to Dispatch, ensuring zero deviations and strong QA compliance.

You will manage Reception, Inventory, Dispatch, and Plant QC, drive continuous improvement (5S, Lean, Kaizens), coordinate with transporters and authorities, and lead a team to meet service levels and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in inventory management and logistics within a warehouse/plant environment.
• Strong leadership and team management capabilities with a focus on safety and quality.
• Proven track record of driving process improvements (5S, Lean, Kaizen).

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to Reception, Inventory, Dispatch, Sales return, bulking, Non-Seed and Plant QC teams.
• Achieve Service Level Agreement targets for Reception and On-time Dispatch with zero deviations.
• Drive safety and quality culture across the site and worker safety initiatives.
• Develop objectives and plans for team members and monitor performance against goals.
• Coordinate with transport companies and government authorities as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Team Leadership

Time management

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Communication

Inventory management

Logistics operations

Supply chain

SAP

MS Office

JDE

Customer focus

Negotiation skills

Tools

JDE

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries.

As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.

HM.CLAUSE is a business unit of Limagrain (https://www.limagrain.com/), an international co-operative agricultural group, specializing in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products.

With a team of 2,800 professionals in over 30 countries, we are dedicated to the sustainable solutions for the land, successful products for our customers, and intensive research and innovations for the future. HM Clause is a leading vegetable seeds company with successful product development for more than 200 years. Headquartered in France we have operations across countries like Mexico, USA, France, Spain, Italy, India, Vietnam and Thailand. We have a diverse set of customers, across regions, who engage with us at various touchpoints, to gain more information about our products and benefits. Considering our products are launched after years of R&D and the impact on the customer’s life is significant, our communication has been largely product benefits-led. In India, we have been operating for last 10 years and are known for our commercial brand – Clause seeds.

Function

Operations

Main Goal

Warehouse Manager has oversight for all Seed as well as Non-Seed handling from Reception to Dispatch ensuring operational excellence by managing physical Seed inventory vs system with zero deviations and additional responsibility of Plant QC and also Responsible for organizing deliveries, storage and dispatches of goods within the Warehouse or Distribution center or to the direct Customer.

Job Description

• Provides overall direction to the Reception, Inventory, Dispatch, Sales return , bulking , Non-Seed and Plant QC team and implements strategy in collaboration with the Plant Head.
• Responsible for Service Level Agreement targets for the Reception as well as On time dispatch with Zero deviations.
• Accountable, Represents and contribute to the site’s involvement to improve the Overall safety as well as Quality culture and drive the initiatives and objectives to ensure worker safety.
• Accountable, Represents and contribute to the site’s involvement to improve the Overall safety as well as Quality culture and drive the initiatives and objectives to ensure worker safety.
• Develop objectives and plans for team associates and track performance to annual goals.6. Support areas across the plant in driving the adoption of continuous improvement practices and programs (5S, Lean, Kaizens, SIM, Gemba walk & CRP (Critical Risk Programme).
• Stock Taking : Cycle count twice in year for both Seed and Non-Seed. Also, Blind count on monthly basis.
• Records: Keeping detailed records of warehouse activities
• Supervising Daily Warehouse activities, including Quality assurance, inventory control, space management, logistics, floor productivity, shipping, and support Customer service team for ensuring the right qty to right Customer with on time.
• Liaising: Liaising with transport companies and Government authorities with alignment of plant manager and Legal team.
• Team development aligning with business needs.

Skills

Accountability

Collaboration

Entrepreneurship

Respect

Communication

Computer Skills

Customer Focus

Decision Making/Judgment

Customer Service

Integrity/Ethics

Job Knowledge

Managing Conflict

Negotiation Skills

People Development

Planning

Problem Solving/Analysis

Proficiency in the role

Quality

Results Focus

Team Leadership

Teamwork

Work Environment/Safety

• Leadership
• Communication and interpersonnel skills
• Time management and organisation skills
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Knowledge of inventory management, logistics, and supply Chain operations.
• Results oriented & Good People Manager.
• Strategic & Customer Centric Thinking
• Excellent Computer skill – JDE / SAP/MS office

Your Benefits And Working Environment

• Career Growth
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Gender Equality
• Employee Wellness
• Training and Development
• Safer Workplace
• Rewards and Recognition

Recruitment process

HM.CLAUSE committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive

• Profile Screening
• Phone screening
• Interviews - 3 rounds
• Offer Discussion
• Offer Letter Issue
• Background Verification
• Pre Employment Medical Checkup
• Onboarding