Supply Chain Manager (Candidates from Beauty, Beverages & Fragrance)

Demand & Production Planning

• Translate business projections, collection plans and sales forecasts into production requirements.
• Develop production plans based on expected demand, launch calendars, channel requirements and supplier lead times.
• Work closely with sales and merchandising teams to understand current and anticipated demand.
• Anticipate production requirements well in advance based on long lead-time components and international sourcing dependencies.
• Maintain visibility on production pipeline, committed quantities, expected receipts and potential supply gaps.
• Identify risks to product availability and proactively develop mitigation plans.

End-to-End Vendor Management

• Own relationships with domestic and international vendors involved in the fragrance supply chain.
• Identify, evaluate and onboard vendors in collaboration with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Manage vendor negotiations around timelines, quantities, quality, costs and commercial terms.
• Establish vendor performance standards and review vendor performance regularly.
• Build strong relationships with international suppliers and manage communication across time zones and geographies.
• Ensure vendor adherence to agreed production and delivery timelines.

Production & Component Coordination

• Coordinate production of fragrance bottles, packaging components and other relevant product components.
• Track component-level production and identify dependencies that may affect finished-product timelines.
• Maintain detailed production trackers covering purchase orders, quantities, production status, quality approvals, dispatches and expected delivery dates.
• Coordinate with manufacturing/production partners to ensure timely completion of orders.
• Work with R&D and product teams during product development and transition from sampling to commercial production.

Inventory & Availability

• Establish appropriate inventory norms based on demand, lead times and business requirements.
• Monitor inventory levels and identify potential overstock, understock and stock-out situations.
• Develop replenishment plans based on sales velocity and production lead times.
• Ensure alignment between inventory availability and planned launches across channels.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work closely with R&D, CPO, merchandising, retail, finance, HR and other relevant teams.
• Coordinate production plans with collection launch calendars.
• Align with sales teams on market requirements, upcoming demand and changes in projections.
• Work with Finance on purchase commitments, costing, working capital and vendor payments where required.
• Ensure supply-chain readiness for new launches and collection drops.

Cost & Process Optimisation

• Track product and component costs and identify opportunities for cost optimisation.
• Support costing exercises and vendor negotiations.
• Identify opportunities to reduce lead times, improve MOQ economics and optimise inventory.
• Build scalable supply-chain processes, trackers and SOPs for the new fragrance business.

International Supply Chain

• Manage international vendor relationships and associated production timelines.
• Coordinate international shipments and ensure visibility on expected arrival dates.
• Work with relevant internal teams on documentation, logistics and import-related dependencies.
• Build contingency plans for critical international suppliers and long-lead components.