RP Sanjiv Goenka Group - Kolkata, India - Guiltfree Industries Limited

    Guiltfree Industries Limited
    Guiltfree Industries Limited Kolkata, India

    2 weeks ago

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    Manager Projects (Transportation & Warehousing) - Guiltfree Industries (RPSG RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group :


    The RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group is a diversified conglomerate with interests across Energy (Power, Renewables, Chemicals), Consumer (retail, food services), Entertainment (media, music, sports) and technology businesses.

    The group overall has 31+ companies and 45,000+ employees.

    The flagship companies include :


    • CESC Limited
    • A Fully Integrated Private Power Utility


    • Spencer's Retail

    • India's second largest food based retailer


    • Firstsource Solutions

    • India's Top 3 pure play BPO player
    • Saregama India the biggest collection of Indian music


    • Phillips Carbon Black

    • India's 2nd largest carbon black manufacturer


    • Harrisons Malyalam

    • One of the largest plantation businesses in India
    • Along with Spencer's Retail and Saregama, the Group has also ventured into FMCG business recently through Guiltfree Industries Limited. It has also acquired another FMCG Company, Apricot Foods Private Limited
    • With strong profitability, robust balance sheets and deep cash reserves, the Group is looking to build a strong position in the consumer goods and retail space.

    Background - FMCG Business:


    RPSG FMCG Business has made strong initial inroads by creating a new segment of snacks in the Indian market, with its brand "Too Yumm" In a short period the brand has established itself across India as a strong choice vis a vis of traditional fried.

    This was possible by bold investments in product design and go to market. The division also has forayed into traditional snacks and Ayurveda ( Dr Vaidya's). The group is now in earnest to build the FMCG business in India through bold organic growth and acquisitions.

    Position Summary :


    The role will be responsible for identifying and driving Logistics Projects across Primary transportation, Secondary transportation and Warehousing at PAN India scope.

    One needs to collaborate with various teams, including transporters, warehouse service providers, sales team and internal functions to drive Cost Efficiency projects in Logistics.


    The role requires a strong understanding of logistics processes, supply chain management, and the ability to optimize PAN India Logistics Cost.

    Job Description :


    To discover primary and secondary freight & warehousing landscape and CEP opportunities by spend reporting / analytics, network design assessment of organization and similar benchmark companies.


    • To develop and implement logistics strategies that align with organizational goals, such as to reduce primary, secondary transportation/ freight and warehousing cost, reduce Delivery times and optimize inventory turnover.
    • To collaborate with crossfunctional teams to develop and implement logistics optimization projects, such as load ability improvement, network optimization, deploy PDPs (Permanent Dispatch Plans) and CEP projects
    • To conduct market research and benchmarking to support logistics decisionmaking, such as identifying trends in transportation rates, warehouse rental costs, and customer preferences.
    • To creating MIS (dashboards, reports) to communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders
    • Staying uptodate with emerging logistics trends, technologies, and best practices.
    • To develop and maintaining logistics performance metrics and KPIs, such as ontime delivery, freight spend, and inventory turnover.
    Education & Skill sets required:


    • Post Graduates with 36 Yrs of experience in Supply Chain (Logistics & Projects)
    • Should have endtoend knowledge of Transportation, Warehousing & Storage, Inventory management, Order Fulfilment, and related IT tools and systems.
    • Should have excellent verbal and written communication skills, Problemsolving approach, Path Finder and come in handy with Project management skill sets
    • Experience with MSOffice (PowerPoint and Excel strongly desired)
    • Improve primary vehicle asset utilization and drive direct Customer deliveries, Labor productivity & demurrage leveraging WMS & Yard management, etc.
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