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Being the best beer company starts with finding the best people. While we have big brands, we have bigger opportunities as well. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with colleagues, resources, and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together, when we combine your strengths with ours, is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The Incumbent will be responsible for supporting end-to-end demand, inventory, and replenishment planning for a designated sales region. The role will focus on ensuring high product availability, optimizing inventory deployment, driving service excellence, and enabling efficient logistics operations across the distribution network. The incumbent will work closely with Sales, Supply Planning, Brewery Logistics, Finance, and external logistics partners to ensure smooth execution of regional supply chain operations while delivering business and customer service objectives.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage regional replenishment and distribution planning to ensure timely product availability across distributors, depots, and customers.
- Monitor inventory levels and support stock deployment decisions to balance service levels, working capital, and inventory health.
- Track and drive key operational KPIs including product availability, stock coverage, inventory ageing, order fulfillment, and OTIF performance.
- Collaborate with Demand Planning, Supply Planning,



and Material Planning teams to ensure supply plans align with market requirements.
- Support S&OP; execution by highlighting inventory risks, supply constraints, and market opportunities.
- Partner with regional Sales teams and distributors to improve demand visibility, forecast accuracy, and inventory management.
- Identify opportunities for inventory and logistics cost optimization while maintaining customer service standards.
- Ensure compliance with excise regulations, bonded warehouse processes, and internal control requirements relevant to the alcoholic beverages industry.
- Coordinate with transporters, distributors, depots, and third-party logistics partners for smooth execution of logistics operations.
- Investigate supply chain disruptions, perform root cause analysis, and support corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Utilize SAP, Power BI, Excel, and planning tools to generate reports, dashboards, and actionable business insights.
- Drive process improvements, standardization initiatives, and continuous improvement projects within the regional logistics network.
- Support cross-functional projects related to supply chain transformation and capability enhancement.

Key Stakeholders

Internal

- Supply Planner
- Demand Planner
- Material Planner
- Regional Logistics Manager
- National Transport Manager
- T2 Depot Operations Lead
- Depot Logistics Operations Teams
- Brewery Logistics Operations
- Government Affairs
- Finance




- Field Sales Teams
- Plant Operations Teams
- Market Sales Leads

External
- Sales Distributors
- C&F; / Corporation Managers
- Transporters
- Third-Party Logistics Providers

Qualifications & Experience
- MBA or Postgraduate Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 2 to 6 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain Planning, Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, or Commercial Planning.
- Experience in FMCG, Consumer Goods, Beverage, Retail, E-commerce, or Alcoholic Beverage industries preferred.
- Hands-on experience with SAP ERP and reporting/analytics tools such as Power BI and Advanced Excel.
- Exposure to regional inventory planning, distribution planning, and stakeholder management.
- Experience working in cross-functional environments and delivering business improvement initiatives.

Preferred Skills

- Strong understanding of inventory planning and service level management.
- Working knowledge of S&OP; and integrated business planning processes.
- Understanding of logistics operations, distributor management, and supply chain execution.
- Knowledge of excise regulations and bonded warehouse operations is preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach.
- Good commercial understanding of supply chain cost drivers and working capital management.
- Effective stakeholder management and communication skills.
- High ownership, execution focus, and ability to thrive in rapid-paced environments.
- Proficiency in SAP, Power BI, Excel, and planning analytics tools.

And above all of this, an undying love for beer!

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📌 Assistant Manager - Demand/Commercial Planning (Logistics) (Bengaluru)
🏢 AB InBev
📍 Bengaluru