Supply Planner Specialist
Hindustan Unilever Limited · Chennai
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Key Responsibilities Warehouse Operations
- Manage day-to-day warehouse operations across assigned DCs and CFA locations.
- Ensure adherence to SOPs, safety standards, quality requirements, and statutory compliance.
- Drive warehouse productivity, space utilization, put-away efficiency, picking accuracy, and dispatch performance.
- Ensure optimal utilization of warehouse infrastructure, automation, conveyors, and MHE equipment.
- Lead warehouse audits and ensure closure of audit observations.
Inventory Management
- Maintain high inventory accuracy through regular cycle counts and reconciliation.
- Monitor stock ageing, slow-moving inventory, damages, and write-offs.
- Ensure FIFO/FEFO compliance across all product categories.
- Drive inventory productivity and minimize stock losses.
- Coordinate with Finance and Planning teams on inventory governance and stock adjustments.
Transportation & Distribution
- Manage secondary transportation operations to achieve service and cost targets.
- Ensure vehicle placement as per dispatch plans and business requirements.
- Monitor transporters' performance, vehicle turnaround time, detentions, POD compliance, and freight efficiency.
- Drive network optimization and loadability improvement initiatives.
- Ensure timely dispatch of customer orders and STO movements.
Service & Customer Excellence
- Deliver agreed service levels across GT, MT, QCom,E-commerce, CSD, and Key Accounts.
- Coordinate closely with Customer Service, Planning, Sales, and Finance teams to resolve execution challenges.
- Monitor fulfilment KPIs and implement corrective actions for service gaps.
- Support peak season planning and execution.
Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Management
- Manage warehouse and transport service providers.
- Conduct regular performance reviews with 3PL partners.
- Ensure contractual compliance and SLA adherence.
- Drive productivity improvements and cost-saving initiatives through vendor collaboration.
Cost & Productivity Management
- Deliver annual logistics cost targets.
- Identify and implement warehouse and freight optimization projects.
- Drive continuous improvement projects focused on productivity, automation, digitalization, and process simplification.
- Monitor warehouse cost, freight cost, manpower productivity, and overall cost-to-serve.
Safety, Quality & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with EHS standards and company safety policies.
- Conduct safety reviews, risk assessments, and incident investigations.
- Drive a Zero Harm culture across warehouse and transport operations.
- Ensure statutory compliance related to warehousing and transportation activities.
People Management
- Lead DC warehouse executive, warehouse supervisors, operational teams, and outsourced manpower.
- Develop capability-building plans and training programs.
- Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and operational discipline.
- Drive employee engagement and performance management initiatives.
Digital & Continuous Improvement
- Support Digital DC initiatives and automation projects.
- Drive dashboard governance, KPI visibility, and operational reviews.
- Lead process improvement projects to improve service, productivity, and cost efficiency.
- Champion digital adoption and data-driven decision-making across operations. ________________________________________ Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Service
- Day 0 Dispatch %
- Dispatch Compliance
- Allocation to Invoice Gap Operations
- Warehouse Productivity
- Throughput
- Loadability
- MHE Utilization
- Inventory Accuracy
- Buffer Compliance
- Detention
- POD Compliance
- TAT
- DOT Safety
- Near Miss Reporting Rate
- Unsafe Act / Unsafe Condition Closure %
- Forklift/MHE Safety Compliance %
- Driver Safety Training Compliance %
- Safety Audit Compliance Cost
- Logistics Cost vs Budget
- Productivity Savings
- Warehouse Cost Efficiency ________________________________________ Qualification & Experience Education
- Graduate/Postgraduate in supply chain, Logistics, Engineering, Operations Management, or related discipline.
Experience
- 2 to 3 years of experience in Warehousing, Logistics, Distribution, or Supply Chain Operations.
- Experience in FMCG, Consumer Goods, Retail, or 3PL operations preferred.
- Hands-on experience managing warehouses, transportation, inventory, and service providers.
Technical Skills
- SAP / ERP knowledge
- Advanced Excel and Power BI
- Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
- Inventory Management
- Data Analytics and Dashboard Reporting Leadership Competencies
- Customer Focus
- Operational Excellence
- Problem Solving
- Stakeholder Management
- Cost Consciousness
- Team Leadership
- Change Management
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