Supply Chain - Manager

Job Summary

Role Summary Duratuf ships electrical safety equipment to industries in 65+ countries from two entities India and the UAE. The Supply Chain Manager owns the keystone sub-function of Operations: plan demand, hold the right stock, and buy and move every order Purchase Order (PO) to dispatch, fully documented so nothing ships late and nothing sits dead. You inherit a working team and live lanes on day one, and you own the planning cycle, the vendors, the freight, and the trade documentation across both entities.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and personally run the monthly SOP (Sales Operations Planning) cycle forecast, stock policy, replenishment within your first 60 days.
• Hold stock cover within policy bands on fast-moving items: high forecast accuracy, minimal stockouts, inventory turns at target.
• Run inbound operations hands-on: Bill of Entry (BOE), customs clearance, Customs House Agent (CHA) coordination, inbound freight from overseas suppliers.
• Own supplier inbound OTIF (On-Time In-Full) on strategic international vendors, with a structured expediting cadence.
• Own on-time dispatch across Kolkata and Bhiwadi lanes.
• Own export documentation end-to-end Bill of Lading (BL), Certificate of Origin (COO), Letter of Credit / Telegraphic Transfer (LC/TT), packing documentation ex-India and ex-Dubai, with zero rejections as the standard.
• Drive landed cost down against baseline through freight and vendor negotiation to engineering should-cost benchmarks.
• Build SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) others can run ERP/Zoho-class systems discipline, dashboards over chasing.
• Lead and develop the inherited supply chain team across inbound and outbound.

Requirements

• Experience 6+ years in supply chain, with at least 3 years owning a demand-planning or SOP cycle personally ran the monthly cycle with owned forecast-accuracy and stock-cover numbers, not supported planning.
• Personally ran both import operations (BOE, customs clearance, CHA coordination, inbound freight) and export operations (BL, COO, LC/TT, packing documentation) within the last 3 years with named lanes and ports.
• Vendor and freight negotiation with owned numbers named lanes and the % savings you personally delivered.
• ERP/Zoho-class systems discipline builds SOPs that outlive you.
• Exposure to a certified-product or quality-critical context is a strong plus.

Non-Negotiables

• Hands-on import and export operations within the last 3 years supervising a team that did it does not qualify.
• You should be able to walk a shipment end-to-end from memory, including where clearances go wrong.
• First-hand demand planning / SOP ownership having supported planning does not qualify.
• Based in Kolkata or committed to relocating.
• Notice period of 60 days or less.

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