Senior Fulfillment Manager - Fruits & Vegetables

Sr. Manager - Fulfillment

Reports To: The Sr. Manager - Fulfilment will report to Director Output Marketplace

Job Overview: 12-15 years' experience in logistics management, planning and maintaining daily Distribution Centre Supply Chain operations, customer service, demand management and order fulfilment.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Primary Logistics:

- Manage the end-to-end logistics operations. This would include movement of domestic material from production regions to distribution centres/port and movement of imported material from port to cold storages.

- Source good logistics partners- transporters and clearing agents.

- Engage into long term contracts and operationalize the logistics operations with them considering the growth plans of the business.

Distribution centres management:

- Ensure Inventory management with minimum deviations.

- Set the strategies and oversee execution to optimize Warehousing cost, efficiency & productivity by identifying continuous improvement and operational excellence projects.

- Should be able to identify and address operational bottlenecks instantly.

- Responsible for analysing and presenting warehousing Cost & Service performance trends.

- Focuses on design and development of new outbound process to manage the growing volumes.

- Manage and upskill the Operations teams in the Distribution centres.

Secondary Logistics:

- Optimize last mile beatwise logistics movement.

- Ensure effective use of technology wherever possible

- Source logistics network partners who can deliver the products cost effectively.

- Promote the use of eco friendly delivery vehicles.

Overall:

- Demonstrate effective use of technology in the entire operations.

- Develop optimization changes to an organization's business processes to improve operational efficiencies, quality, service, and profitability.

- Meet the profitability goals & successfully lead the team to achieve the organizational goals.

- Analyse and interpret Key Performance Indicators to identify areas for improvement and action plans.

- Work closely with stakeholders - internal and/or external to develop short term tactical improvements.

Qualifications:

- Business school graduate

- Expert knowledge of Excel.

- Strong Analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Self-starter with attention to details.

- Understanding of Process excellence

- Strong Business Acumen

- Strong sense of detailing in day-to-day work

- The candidate should have entrepreneurial attitude.

- The candidate should have good understanding of a standard WMS & should have thorough understanding of WMS features.

- Six Sigma Certification required.