Manager Stores

Designation: Manager Stores

Reports to: Chief Purchase, Stores and Inbound Logistics

Function: Purchase, Stores & Inbound Logistics

Purpose of the Job: This role is to ensure effective inventory management by monitoring inventory control systems to provide required supply of spares and consumables to plants.

Key Responsibilities:

Inventory (Spares and Consumables) Management:

• Monitor inventory control systems and ensure adequate supply & requisite movement of spares and consumables.
• Interact, frequently with Purchase Department to ensure timely availability of spares material, equipment and consumables.
• Coordinate with all stakeholders to maintain inventory levels within the predefined minimum and maximum range.
• Oversee ongoing inventory especially critical spares/parts to provide the desired level of internal customer service.
• Communicate daily with internal stakeholders such as PPC, Plant operations to provide spares for O&M as per schedule.
• Convince critical internal stakeholders to provide requirements in time so that required support to deliver against timelines can be provided.
• Logging of cumulative inflow and outflow of spares and consumables.
• Reports spares and consumables inventory as per scheduled plans and highlights any critical demand.
• Interacts with Logistics to check availability and quality of the incoming raw material.

Stores Management Practices

• Insure First in first out (FIFO) in Inventory Management.
• Establish item wise min max levels & adhere the same and Maintaining system versus physical stock and 5S in store area.
• Training to workforce through meetings, training classes internally to monitor discipline, Continuous improvement and other systems in stores for better Results.
• Maximum utilization of resources (like men, machine, material) particularly space is very Vital resource in stores and good in housekeeping.
• Preparation of SOP's, Work instructions, check lists &charts for stores as per ISO 9001:2000 standard

Internal Coordination

• Coordinate with plant (maintenance & process team) for maintaining spares inventory at plant.
• Ensure adherence to minimum and maximum inventory levels in plant and follow up with delivery schedules.
• Handle key escalations from internal customers pertaining to quality of the delivered materials to enhance internal customer satisfaction

Logistics management

• Adhere to defined processes, systems and checks to ensure delivery of spares and consumables to consumption centers as per desired service levels.
• Ensure no line stoppages at plant because of spare availability.
• Participate in training to observe better operation practices.
• Ensuring TAT for receiving spare parts and materials remains within the defined limits.

Education:

MBA in supply chain management/operations management with 10-12 years of inventory management (Spares and consumables) experience.

Experience:

• Role requires in-depth knowledge of store operations so that spares can be provided in line with business demand.
• In-depth understanding of inventory management.
• Role requires knowledge of functioning of plants