PPICE (Production Planning Inventory Control Executive) – Captain Fresh Kochi Kerala

About the Job – PPICE (Production Planning Inventory Control Executive) – Captain Fresh Kochi Kerala

Job description

• Monitoring forecasts, inventory, supply planning through production planning at factories.
• Developing a plan to meet anticipated demand and optimum inventory levels.
• Creating rolling forecasts and projections to estimate future demand.
• Analyzing inventory and developing forecast models.
• Work closely with the sourcing team and other planners to proactively identify any gaps in inventory and address any potential
• supply shortages.
• Utilizing advanced analytics to manage Inventory, production planning and forecast.
• Proactively collaborate with marketing and sales team.
• Collaborate and drive a consensus approach by working with Sales, Finance and Supply Chain partners to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Responsible for providing volume input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies .
• Recommend and implement enhancements to business processes and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies.
• Review of Fast, Average & Slow Moving Inventories & blending those inputs into the Pruning & Demand Planning Process
• Rational decision-making, negotiating and influencing skills. An analytical work style.
• The ability to work effectively on a team or independently. Accountability, initiative, integrity and maturity are pre- requisites.
• Ability to deal with huge ambiguous data sets coming out disparate systems and in tools and spreadsheets of several distributed teams, creating meaning MIS and reports.
• Strong business and Financial acumen to convert a number analysis into a business story and having strong ability to articulate .Build and fortify a strong business/data models by going in depth and understanding where opportunities are and chasing them with innovative ideas.
• Ability to work with Spreadsheets / App sheets for doing daily analysis.
• Must be innovative, detail-oriented, experienced in highly visible projects.
• Ability to work like a corporate Entrepreneur with minimum hand holding and defining the correct path for the team members and stakeholders surrounding the business to achieve results.
• Candidate should have good communication skills along with strong stakeholder management skills – required to align internal and external stakeholders towards common goal.
• Willingness to solve problems, from process, people and systems angles, and drive the change.
• Drive regular connects and cadence with Category and Supply chain teams to drive business matrices including but not restricted to – capacity utilization, inventory health, speed, and in-stock.
• Will be part of the Horizontal and will take the End to End view of Inventory and decisions which Impacts Service, Efficiency and Growth.

Job Location: Kochi

• Education – Fisheries Background preferred / Food Technology & Food Science Candidates can also apply
• 2-7 years of prior experience, with hands-on knowledge of demand planning FMCG/ Fish /Meat.
• Excellent communication skills, Self-Motivating, Go Getter, High in Collaboration, Ability to deliver under pressure situations.
• Strong Demand Planning & Primary distribution Experience and technical acumen.
• Very high efficiency and effectiveness in Excel & PowerPoint.
• Superior Analytical skills with the capability of handling large and complex data sets .
• Process knowledge related to Statistical Forecasting methods.
• Team Spirit / Achievement orientation.
• Extensive knowledge of forecasting/demand estimation models, and experience working with them.
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills.

Interested candidates can mail their CV to – 

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About the Company –

With the aim of delivering the fastest harvest-to-retail, we at Captain Fresh are journeying beyond the horizons to revolutionise the B2B and B2B2C seafood marketplace and supply chain. We do this by leveraging AI, ML, IoT, Data and Analytics, and other cutting-edge technologies to empower local fishermen while delighting businesses with reliable, convenient, and fresh supplies.

Founded by Utham Gowda in 2019, we started with a vision to power the seafood supply chain with exceptional solutions. Soon, we grew into one of the only players in the market to bring in intelligence for superior demand-supply matching, standardising the quality of supplies, and maintaining digital traceability systems. With plans for further expansion, we are pioneering innovative solutions, including a seamless platform for e-auctions and community connect, advanced digital factory management, customised ERP, and a multi-channel demand generation engine. Currently, we work with 2500+ businesses, serving 120+ retailers in 10 cities, and have raised total funding of $126.7M, bringing our valuation to $500M.

Our seasoned leaders and spirited team of 1000+ captains are at the forefront of this disruption, continually envisioning and innovating the next big thing. We strongly believe in ‘play hard, work smart, which is reflected in our energetic, fast-paced, and collaborative work environment. Envisioning a growth of 100X in the near future, we are here to create limitless possibilities for people and processes, and we are having a lot of fun doing it!