Executive Materials Management

This role oversees end-to-end warehouse operations at Henkel's Kurkumbh plant, ensuring compliance with IATF 16949, safety standards, and inventory accuracy. You will manage 3PL teams, drive digitalization initiatives like WMS and Smart Factory, and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to maintain efficient material flow. It requires strong leadership in a manufacturing environment with a focus on continuous improvement.

Plan, control, and monitor end-to-end warehouse operations (Inwards, kitting, storage, outwards, FG dispatch) ensuring material identification, traceability, FIFO/FEFO, and prevention of mix-ups. Ensure safe handling, segregation, and timely disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous scrap in compliance with statutory, customer, and IATF requirements. Manage procurement, storage, issuance, and inventory control of Raw and packaging materials, ensuring availability, shelf-life control, and usage traceability. Act as primary interface with Loctite plant warehouse & Production to address daily material-related issues and serve as SPOC for External stakeholders warehouse operation in HAIL Kurkumbh plant manufacturing. Maintain and ensure readiness of all documented information related to warehouse operations in accordance with IATF 16949, MSA, and internal procedures. Monitor daily KPIs (inventory accuracy, dispatch adherence, scrap removal, manpower productivity) and supervise 3PL manpower, review gaps, risks, and corrective actions during monthly performance reviews. Coordinate and support internal audits, external audits, customer audits, and regulatory inspections, including closure of findings through root cause analysis and corrective actions. Ensure on-time and error-free RM PM dispatch to kurkumbh plant from external warehouse, maintaining compliance with customer-specific requirements (CSR). Conduct monthly physical inventory counts, variance analysis, and corrective actions to ensure inventory accuracy and loss prevention. Present monthly warehouse performance, risks, improvement actions, and compliance status to the Materials Management Manager. Lead performance dialogue sessions, TBTs, training, and awareness programs to strengthen quality culture and competency of PISPL manpower. Drive effective implementation of WMS, Smart Factory, and digital initiatives through defined MOC (Management of Change) procedures. Ensure adherence to Good Warehouse Practices (GWP), 5S, safety norms, and risk-based thinking across warehouse operations. Perform additional responsibilities as assigned by the Materials Management Manager to support compliance and business continuity. Manage timely disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous scrap as per statutory requirements. Knowledge of Cost Saving, Quality standards adherence, E-way Bills & call off execution of Imported RM from Port, Local RM from supplier. Review and evaluate service provider performance against defined quality and compliance criteria. Escalate system, compliance, and operational risks impacting IATF requirements. Allocate roles and responsibilities within the warehouse team. Authorize warehouse-related records and documented information.

PGDBM in Material Management/Logistics/Supply Chain qualification is preferable.