Company Description: Beginning as a modest caf in 1953, Paradise Food Court Pvt Ltd. (Paradise Biryani) has grown into one of the most admired restaurant chains in the country. It is an iconic fixture in Hyderabad, recognized for serving the best Biryani and award-winning cuisine loved for its purity and taste. With multiple formats including cafes, bakeries, and restaurants, Paradise ensures top-notch quality and hygiene standards.

Recognized by respected media for authentic Hyderabadi cuisine, Paradise is poised for growth, opening new outlets in several cities across India in the coming years.

Role Objective To ensure optimal material availability across warehouses and store networks through accurate demand planning, material requirement planning, inventory optimization and timely replenishment. The role will focus on maintaining target inventory levels, preventing stock outs and excess inventory, minimizing expiry and wastage, and improving warehouse and supply chain efficiency through system-driven planning.

Key Responsibilities

A. Material Requirement Planning (MRP) & Replenishment

- Prepare daily, weekly and monthly SKU-level material plans based on store demand, historical consumption, forecasts, upcoming promotions and business requirements.
- Calculate material requirements considering available stock, open purchase orders, goods in transit, supplier lead times, minimum order quantities and safety stock.
- Generate and review replenishment proposals to ensure timely availability of raw materials, finished goods and packaging materials.
- Identify shortfall and excess stock risks in advance and coordinate corrective actions with procurement, suppliers and warehouse teams.
- Ensure planning parameters and replenishment cycles are aligned with inventory norms and business requirements.

B. Demand Planning & Store Fulfilment

- Consolidate store-wise and SKU-wise requirements to develop warehouse procurement and replenishment plans.
- Coordinate with CML, warehouse operations, procurement and regional teams to ensure uninterrupted supply to stores.
- Monitor daily stock availability and identify potential stock outs, high-demand items and supply constraints.
- Support demand planning for new store openings, menu launches, seasonal demand and promotional activities.




- Analyze demand variations and recommend stock allocation or inter-warehouse transfers wherever required.

C. Inventory Optimization & Shelf-Life Management

- Maintain inventory within defined minimum, maximum, safety stock and days-of-inventory norms.
- Monitor ageing inventory, slow-moving and non-moving SKUs, near-expiry materials and potential write-offs.
- Publish weekly expiry-risk reports, including items approaching expiry within the next 3060 days, and drive corrective action.
- Ensure FEFO (First Expiry, First Out) and FIFO (First In, First Out) practices are followed as applicable.
- Review inventory deviations, excess stock, stock outs and wastage, and conduct root-cause analysis with corrective action tracking.
- Optimize working capital while maintaining the required service levels and product availability.

D. Supplier & Procurement Coordination

- Coordinate with procurement and suppliers on purchase requirements, order confirmations, dispatch schedules and delivery commitments.
- Track open purchase orders, pending supplies, material shortages and goods in transit.
- Monitor supplier performance through OTIF (On-Time In-Full), lead-time adherence and supply reliability.
- Escalate supply risks and arrange alternate supply or prioritized deliveries in coordination with procurement.
- Support purchase-order and material-master accuracy in the ERP system.

E. System, MIS & Data Analytics

- Ensure timely and accurate execution of MRP runs and system-generated replenishment proposals.
- Maintain accurate SKU master data, lead times, MOQ, shelf life, safety stock and other planning parameters.
- Develop daily, weekly and monthly MIS reports covering stock availability, inventory days, ageing, expiry risk, stock outs and supplier performance.
- Use advanced Excel functions, Pivot Tables, lookup formulas and dashboards for planning and analysis.
- Leverage ERP/WMS and Power BI reports to improve planning accuracy, visibility and control.
- Identify opportunities for automation, exception-based reporting and system-driven replenishment.

F.



Cross-Functional Coordination

- Work closely with CML, warehouse operations, procurement, production, quality assurance, finance and regional/store operations.
- Align material availability with production plans and store replenishment schedules.
- Coordinate action plans for rejected materials, quality holds, shelf-life constraints and supply disruptions.
- Participate in periodic inventory reviews and support physical stock reconciliation and audit requirements.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

1. Material Availability: Ensure availability of required materials to meet store and production demand.
2. Inventory Adherence: Maintain stock within defined inventory days and stocking norms.
3. Stock out Reduction: Minimize stock outs and emergency procurement.
4. Expiry & Wastage Control: Reduce expiry-related losses, ageing inventory and material write-offs.
5. Forecast Accuracy: Track forecast accuracy and bias at SKU and warehouse levels.
6. Supplier OTIF: Monitor and improve supplier delivery performance.
7. MRP Compliance: Ensure MRP runs and replenishment actions are completed within defined timelines.
8. Inventory Accuracy: Improve alignment between ERP/WMS stock and physical inventory.
9. Working Capital Optimization: Reduce excess inventory without compromising service levels.
10. Reporting & Master Data: Ensure timely MIS reporting and accurate planning parameters.

Required Skills & Competencies

- Robust understanding of material requirement planning, demand planning, inventory control and replenishment.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics or equivalent.
- Advanced MS Excel skills; Power BI knowledge will be an advantage.
- Strong analytical, numerical and problem-solving abilities.
- Understanding of FIFO/FEFO, shelf-life management, safety stock and inventory ageing.
- Ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and manage time-sensitive supply requirements.
- Strong ownership, attention to detail and execution discipline.

What We Offer - Perks & Benefits:

1. Mediclaim Policy - Includes Family & parents
2. Life & Accident policy

3. Mobile Reimbursement
4. PF & Retirement benefits as per the act
5. Growth & Clear Promotion Path

Interested candidates can share their resumes on [email protected]

📌 Opportunity For Material Planner Warehouse & Supply Chain (Hyderabad)
🏢 Paradise Food Court
📍 Hyderabad