07 Oct
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Licious
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Hoskote
We are Licious, a Bengaluru-based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by foodies and friends, Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta. We’re proud to be India’s most successful D2C food-tech brand, operating in 20 cities and delighting over 1.2 million customers per month with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood!
Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on…
What makes the role meaty?
Procurement & Market Visits:
Visiting local livestock markets and regional mandis to evaluate, select, and check the availability, price and make sure the vendor supplies the healthy Carcass.
Vendor Onboarding & Audits:
Identifying, vetting, and onboarding meat processing vendors and slaughterhouses that meet the company's precise standard specifications. This includes conducting regular field and plant audits to ensure structural hygiene and protocol compliance.
Quality and Yield Monitoring
Maintaining real-time oversight of carcass yields, meat quality and processing efficiency alongside the Quality Assurance (QA) team.
Cold Chain Logistics Support
Coordinating with operations teams to manage the perishable product pipeline, ensuring a strict cold chain is maintained from slaughter to delivery to minimize rejections.
Price Negotiation & Cost Control:
Analyzing protein market trends and seasonal availability to negotiate structural contracts and day-to-day spot pricing
We hope you have...
- 3+ years of experience in sourcing/procurement, preferably in fresh food, meat, eggs, poultry, dairy or FMCG.
- Strong product and market knowledge, especially in red meat.
- Understanding of seasonality, demand, pricing and supply availability in the Bangalore market.
- Experience in vendor identification, onboarding, negotiation and management.
- Ability to manage supply shortages and market disruptions and identify alternate sources.
- Strong vendor relationships and market intelligence.
- Willingness to be hands-on and travel regularly to slaughterhouses and the PC.
- Positive communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Exposure to chicken sourcing is a plus.
📌 Senior Sourcing Executive, Red Meat & Eggs (Hoskote)
🏢 Licious
📍 Hoskote