Role: Assistant Manager – Cost & Procurement
(Warehousing CAPEX & Financial Control – Pan-India DCs, FCs & Dark Stores)
Location:
Mumbai
Function:
Operations Excellence – Cost Governance
Reports to:
Senior Manager – Operational Excellence / Network Strategy
Type:
Full time
Experience:
3–6 years in supply chain finance / procurement governance / cost control for warehousing or e-commerce
About The Role
The Assistant Manager – Cost & Procurement Governance will anchor financial discipline and capital governance across the pan-India network of Distribution Centers (DCs), Fulfillment Centers (FCs), and Dark Stores.
This role will own end-to-end CAPEX tracking, budget governance, procurement process coordination, asset capitalization tracking, and financial reporting for all infrastructure, automation, and technology initiatives across nodes.
By combining structured financial control with cross-functional coordination, you will ensure capital deployment is controlled, compliant, and aligned to approved business cases — enabling scalable and sustainable network expansion.
Note:
Commercial negotiations and rate finalization are managed by Central Procurement and are outside the scope of this role.
Key Responsibilities
- CAPEX Planning & Governance:
- Support annual CAPEX planning across DCs, FCs, and Dark Stores.
- Maintain centralized CAPEX tracker (project-wise, node-wise, network-level).
- Monitor Budget vs. Actual (BvA) and committed vs. invoiced spends.
- Track cost burn rate across projects and flag deviations proactively.
- Drive financial visibility across ongoing and upcoming expansion projects.
- Ensure alignment with approved Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA).
- Procurement Process Coordination (Non-Negotiation Scope):
- Coordinate PR-to-PO process with Central Procurement.
- Validate budget approvals prior to PO issuance.
- Track PO release timelines and milestone-based billing.
- Ensure invoice validation, GRN alignment, and documentation accuracy.
- Maint