National Warehousing Manager - Raw Material (RM) & Packing Material (PM) at Michael Stevens Consulting

Job Purpose

• To ensure best in class warehouse management practices to ensure high servicing level of RMPM to production and minimal inventory loss on account of warehouse storage and handling.

Job Responsibilities

• To effectively manage storage of All RM PM supplies; both dry and cold room including but not limited to sugar, milk, concentrates, laminates, shrink films, consumables, etc.
• To ensure timely delivery of RMPM supply to production lines based on the weekly manufacturing plan and monthly S&OP projection.
• Warehouse management of technical stores in line with SOP along with setting up and maintenance of reorder levels
• To draw up and implement the RMPM warehouse management strategy
• Projection of space requirement both short term and long term
• Implementation of Best-in-Class warehousing standards & practices for each product class
• Implementation of storage types to ensure effective balance between maximum space utilization, storage cost and FMFO/FEFO compliance
• To select and implement warehouse management systems for all RMPM product group including technical store items
• To ensure zero damage and obsolescence of RMPM stock by ensuring FMFO/FEFO, proper handling and timely communication to concerned stakeholders
• Monitoring and working with engineering team to maximize uptime and minimize maintenance of supply chain assets
• To implement effective controls and processes in warehouse inventory management
• To implement flexibility and agility in inventory storage, production line servicing to deal with exceptional situations - natural disaster, external disruption, theft and pilferage, stock contamination, fluctuating inventory in RMPM inflow and outflow

Interfaces for Executing Day Job.
Internal:

• Production Team
• Engineering Team
• Procurement Team

External:

• External Suppliers
• Government Agencies

Key Behavioral Competencies Required:

• Attention to Detail
• Very High level of system and process orientation
• Willingness to Learn and Adapt quickly
• Ability to manage complexity
• Service Orientation
• Sense of Urgency

Experience/Knowledge/Technical Skills Required
Qualifications & Experience:

• Engineer graduate with 12 year of work experience / Engineer & MBA with up to 8 year of work experience in an Multi National Company
• Work Experience in RMPM Warehousing would be preferred
• Experience in working and implementation of WMS -ERP systems necessary
• Experience and working in mechanized and sophisticated material handling preferred
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office

Skills:

• Analytical skills
• Team management skills