Swiggy Hiring for Interesting Job Opportunity: Swiggy – Manager – Planning – InsanelyGood at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Full Time

Team – InsanelyGood

About InsanelyGood

InsanelyGood by Swiggy is a high quality grocery shopping platform offering consumers insanely fresh, authentic and delicious grocery items by 7am the next day. The assortment over indexes on ‘grocery essentials’ categories like Fruits & Veggies, Eggs, Dairy, Bakery, Staples, etc and aims to provide the highest quality version for each product type. The assortment also differentiates itself through a wide variety of small batch manufactured products that are either freshly prepared or authentically sourced/ traditionally prepared along with legendary regional & local brands. It is targeted at families with young children who want to look for high quality grocery products for their weekly requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for end-to-end supply planning and inventory management

Demand Planning

• Responsible to run the weekly demand planning and monitoring of forecast accuracy
• Collaborate with cross functional teams (Growth/Category) to understand demand forecast drivers
• Ensure demand plan optimization in line with Customer & Product Category strategy
• Include causal factors (weather, natural disasters, competitor actions etc.) and model events (sales promotions, marketing events etc.) into demand forecasts
• Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons, across multiple regions
• Release of final demand plans by incorporating all inputs as per agreed timelines

Supply Planning

• Manage the entire replenishment process
• Ensure timely release of POs to all vendors across all cities
• Manage buying quantities – ensuring optimal order quantities by considering inventory norms, stock on hand, forecast and vendor constraints
• Collaborate with category team to ensure high levels of supply reliability (OTIF)

Inventory Management

• Manage inventory health – availability and ageing
• Define and manage Inventory Norms at a Region X SKU level
• Maintain desired inventory levels at each of the regions
• Monitor and plan for liquidation of ageing/slow moving SKUs
• Collaborate with City Teams and Operations to ensure accuracy of stock levels

STAKEHOLDERS: Growth, Category, Operations, Procurement

Skills Required

• MBA/B.Tech with 2- 5 years of relevant experience in an inventory management role in FMCG/Retail
• Solid understanding of inventory management practices and procedures
• Rational decision-making, negotiating and influencing skills with an analytical work style
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment

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