Supply Chain Manager

Job Purpose

• Supervise the procurement of all the Capex and Opex materials and services required for initiatives taken at the zone / area level.
• Oversee the transportation and storage of materials and equipment to the zone warehouse and ensure their availability at the site based on requirement

Key Job Responsibilities

Capex and Opex Procurement

• Coordinate with Zone/ Area to determine material requirement for the location.
• Raise capex and opex material requirement requests from warehouse and to Material Planning & Assurance for materials to be procured from vendors.
• Ensure proper documentation for all transactions and transfers related to Capex and Opex materials at the Zone / Area.
• Ensure that the documentation is available for others to verify or use in order to track materials and vendor costs.

Vendor Selection and Management

• Assist Zonal Capex and Opex executives with identification of vendors that are appropriate for the type of equipment (Class A) required at the zonal/ area level.
• Evaluate vendors based on various parameters like specification, SLAs, quality etc.
• Coordinate with Services Procurement to ensure verification and approval of vendors.
• Follow up with the Finance team for bill processing and ensure timely payment to vendors.
• Escalate vendor matters to Regional Head, Capex Service Procurement and Services Procurement in situations of mismatch between data or understanding.

Warehouse and Logistics Management

• Monitor efficiency of the warehouse with metrics such as lead time from material requests received by the warehouse at the zone/ area.
• Coordinate with vendors to ensure timely delivery of equipment and materials to the warehouse and directly to the site.
• Conduct warehouse visits and physical verification to ensure adherence of vendors to SLAs
• Monitor inventory levels of all equipment at the warehouse.
• Track delivery of Class A equipment from the warehouse to the site.

Services Management

• Ensure all capex services are available at the deployment site on time and prevent delays due to inability of vendors to deliver the appropriate service.
• Ensure upkeep of existing sites including regular repairs by overseeing the provision of opex services delivery.

Customer- Internal Customer Satisfaction

• Complete all vendor on-boarding tasks to ensure the vendor is able to deliver on time
• Provide feedback to Warehouse & Logistics and Services Procurement on the supplier. performance basis compliance with contract terms, product quality and on time delivery.
• Track order acknowledgement, prepare and communicate shortage and backlog reports, and provide visibility of potential interruptions to internal customers.

Financial- Supply Chain Budgeting

• Coordinate with SCM Head to monitor overall cost levels and implement initiatives to increase efficiency within the region.

People Management and Development

• Allocate responsibilities to the members within team, supervise performance, resolve grievances, counsel and mentor team members
• Lead and provide guidance to direct reports
• Monitor attrition in the team and drive engagement initiatives to build morale
• Ensure the Timely completion of performance appraisals with quality review and inputs from Managers in order to increase the capability and morale of the team to deliver goals
• Support in recruitment related activities to meet the manpower needs of the business

Job Requirements

• B.Tech (SCM related degree preferred)
• Technical Competencies Procurement Planning
• Negotiation
• Spend & Demand Analysis
• Supplier Identification & Selection
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Regulatory & Compliance Management
• Material Buying