Manager - Logistics

Job description

**urpose of the job:** Managing transportation & warehousing operations in a cost-efficient manner and maintaining service effectiveness. **Principal accountabilities:** **Customer Service & Logistics Operations:** - Creating systems to ensure the desired customer service levels by reviewing and improving "Same Day Execution". - To develop and implement systems to track the transit in time to the customers and ensure the same is as per the customer requirements. - Create the policies related to Logistics Operations and align the Field Teams on the same. - Analyze the Operational Performance locations and identify the Weak Performing Locations. - Draw out action plans along with locations and review the same to ensure that the performance is improved. **Warehousing:** - Drive continuous improvements in warehouses. - Managing warehouse cost while delivering required service levels. - Responsible for ensuring Inventory Record Accuracy on a daily basis and identify the critical issues and locations and work with locations to resolve the issue within the timelines. - Addressing the issues in repacking with the respective businesses and resolve the issues. - Selection of warehouses and rates negotiation. - Responsible for facilitating the procurement of assets like Material Handling equipment, Pallets etc. - To create systems for Independent Audit of the Warehouse Hygiene and Inventory at the locations. - Responsible for creating and managing the complete Warehousing Budget which includes Rental and Handling expenses. **Freight Optimization and Vendor Development:** - Continuously update the vendor base and explore the National Vendors. - Analyze freight performance branch wise and provide benchmarks to the district for improvements. - Provide tools and expertise to the field teams on transportation optimization through route/frequency optimization. **Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:** - Team player. - Business focus. - Managing multiplicities. - Data driven decision making. **Reporting Relationship** - Upwards - Senior Manager - Supply Chain