Associate Manager: Field Inventory Management

What you will do

• Use inventory optimization concepts to define ideal state inventory and drive optimization actions.
• Templatize inventory requirement process for consignment and define governance framework.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing to streamline consignment portfolio.
• Coordinate with Customer Excellence (within Supply Chain) for consignment optimization actions and tracking.
• Set up Governance forums and dashboards for action alignment with leadership as well as operations team.
• Develop analytics frameworks and dashboard for better data driven insights.
• Streamline data management for Service Loaner operations and develop KPIs to track effectiveness.
• Benchmark KPIs and define success-factors for Service Loaner operations.
• Drive digitization initiatives for Consignment and Service Loaner operations.

What you need

• Bachelors in a mathematical field like Engineering, Economics, Science etc. with MBA
• Minimum 1-3 years (Tier-1 MBAs) or 3-5 years of experience for others, in Supply chain analytics, operations, program management or process improvement
• Strong knowledge in inventory optimization and planning principles
• Hands on experience in Power BI, Advanced excel
• Experience in driving insights from large datasets with data centric decision-making ability
• Hands-on experience in leading projects from inception to execution
• Ability to work with minimum oversight

Must Required:

• MBA in Supply Chain or Business Management (preferably from Tier-1 institutes like SPJIMR, IIM Mumbai, FMS, XLRI etc.)
• Hands on experience in Excel Macro, Python/ R
• Experience in Power Automate, Power Apps, RPA
• Experience in people management

Financial acumen with knowledge about Gross Margin, Operating Margin, Cashflow etc.