Assistant Manager Supply Chain Management

Assistant Manager – Supply Chain Management

We are seeking an experienced Assistant Manager to lead our Supply Chain Management function. This role is critical in ensuring operational efficiency and cost control across our supply chain.

Key Information

Department: Supply Chain Management

Experience: 12 to 15 years

Location: Kanakapura, Karnataka

Salary Package: 10.00 to 12.00 LPA

Departments Covered: Stores & Dispatch, PPC, Purchase

Overall Purpose

To ensure uninterrupted material availability, optimum inventory, strong supplier performance, and timely customer delivery while controlling overall supply-chain costs and improving operational efficiency.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Material & Procurement Planning

Plan raw materials, bought-out components, consumables, packaging, and other materials based on production and customer requirements.

Convert demand and projections into procurement requirements, ensuring timely PO placement and follow-up.

Coordinate with PPC, Production, Sales, and suppliers to ensure uninterrupted material availability.

Purchase & Supplier Management

Manage supplier performance covering cost, quality, delivery, capacity, lead time, and responsiveness.

Drive vendor development, alternate-source development, and supplier capacity enhancement.

Ensure committed quantities and delivery schedules are achieved.

Identify and mitigate single-source, long-lead-time, and supply-capacity risks.

PPC & Material Availability

Coordinate production planning with material availability and supplier capacity.

Monitor material shortages, production requirements, and delivery commitments.

Proactively resolve supply constraints to avoid production interruptions.

Stores & Inventory Management

Control raw material, work-in-progress, finished goods, consumable, and packaging inventory at optimum levels.

Ensure proper receipt, identification, storage, preservation, FIFO/FEFO, traceability, and material issue.

Maintain high inventory accuracy through physical verification and ERP reconciliation.

Drive reduction of excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory.

Dispatch & Logistics

Plan and control inbound and outbound logistics, transportation, and freight costs.

Ensure accurate and on-time dispatch as per customer schedules and documentation requirements.

Monitor customer delivery performance and proactively address potential delays.

ERP & SCM Compliance

Ensure timely and accurate ERP transactions, including Goods Receipt Notes (GRN), material issue, stock transfer, and dispatch.

Ensure compliance with internal SCM procedures, ISO/IATF requirements, and applicable documentation.

Cost & Working Capital Optimization

Drive reduction in purchase cost, freight, logistics, and inventory carrying cost.

Improve inventory turns and working-capital efficiency without affecting production or customer delivery.

Team & Continuous Improvement

Lead and develop the SCM team across Purchase, PPC, Stores, and Dispatch.

Drive cost reduction, lead-time reduction, inventory optimization, logistics improvement, and SCM Kaizens.

Monitor key SCM KPIs and implement corrective actions for performance gaps.

Key Skills Required

Strong expertise in Purchase, PPC, Stores & Inventory Management.

Material Planning / MRP and Production Planning.

Vendor Development & Commercial Negotiation.

Supplier Performance & Delivery Management.

Inventory Optimization & Working Capital Management.

ERP/MRP proficiency.

Logistics & Dispatch Management.

Cost Reduction & Supply Risk Management.

Strong analytical, decision-making, and execution skills.

Team leadership and cross-functional coordination.

Qualification

BE/B.Tech / MBA / PGDM in Supply Chain, Operations, Materials Management, or equivalent.