PRASUMA
Website:
prasuma.com
Job details:
About Ample Foods Private Limited (Prasuma)
Ample Foods Private Limited (Prasuma) is a fast-growing food and consumer business with a strong presence across the Fresh & Chilled Deli Meats, Momos and Gourmet Meat categories. Backed by a strong business ecosystem and association with the ITC Group, the organisation combines the entrepreneurial speed of a growing consumer business with the discipline, governance and scale expected of a leading corporate environment. Prasuma has established itself as a pioneer in the Fresh & Chilled Deli Meats segment in India, with over three decades of product and service excellence. The brand has built a strong reputation among modern retail outlets, restaurants, chefs and consumers across the country. In recent years, Prasuma Momos has emerged as a high-growth consumer brand, achieving significant scale and becoming one of India's leading momo brands. The group's portfolio also includes Meatigo, a premium online meat and delicatessen business focused on transforming the way Indians consume meat through quality products, responsible sourcing, cold-chain excellence and traceability.
This is an opportunity to join a growing food and FMCG organisation and play an important role in strengthening financial reporting, controls, processes and management information systems. Website: https://www.prasuma.com and http://www.meatigo.com
Role Overview
- Demand & Supply Planning
- Drive demand and supply planning across products and locations.
- Analyse historical sales, demand trends and business requirements to improve forecasting accuracy.
- Monitor demand vs. actual sales and identify gaps in forecasting and supply planning.
- Ensure the right product, quantity and inventory is available at the right location and time.
- Work with business and operations teams to align supply plans with changing demand.
2. Inventory Management
- Own inventory planning, replenishment and availability across locations.
- Monitor inventory levels, ageing, slow-moving/non-moving and near-expiry inventory.
- Drive reduction in stock-outs, excess inventory, ageing and wastage.
- Improve inventory accuracy and stock availability.
- Analyse inventory movement and recommend stock transfers/reallocation based on demand.
- Ensure appropriate FIFO/FEFO practices wherever applicable.
3. Supply Chain Cost Control & Optimisation
- Monitor key supply chain costs and identify areas for optimisation.
- Drive initiatives to reduce inventory holding costs, wastage, logistics costs and operational inefficiencies.
- Analyse cost drivers and identify opportunities for improved productivity and utilisation.
- Work with cross-functional teams to implement cost-saving initiatives.
4. Central Operations & Fulfilment
- Monitor end-to-end supply chain and operational performance across locations.
- Ensure smooth movement of products from source/warehouse through fulfilment and delivery.
- Track key operational metrics including fill rate, fulfilment rate, stock-outs, service levels and delivery TAT.
- Identify bottlenecks and drive timely corrective actions.
- Coordinate with city and central teams to resolve operational gaps.
5. Logistics & Warehouse Coordination
- Work closely with Warehouse and Logistics teams to ensure efficient inventory movement and fulfilment.
- Monitor logistics performance and service levels.
- Analyse capacity utilisation, route efficiency and logistics costs.
- Coordinate with 3PL/logistics partners wherever required to ensure service-level adherence.
6. MIS, Analytics & Business Insights
- Develop and maintain supply chain dashboards and MIS.
- Track and analyse key metrics such as:
- Inventory availability
- Fill rate
- Stock-outs
- Inventory ageing
- Wastage
- Forecast accuracy
- Order fulfilment
- Delivery TAT
- Logistics cost
- Service levels
- Identify trends, root causes and business opportunities through data.
- Present actionable insights and performance updates to leadership.
- Process Improvement & Automation
- Identify gaps in existing supply chain processes and drive improvements.
- Standardise processes and SOPs across locations.
- Lead initiatives focused on improving productivity, efficiency and scalability.
- Explore and implement automation, AI-enabled tools and technology solutions wherever relevant.
- Continuously identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve decision-making.
7. Cross-functional Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with Sales, Operations, Demand Planning, Warehouse, Logistics, Finance, Procurement and other stakeholders.
- Act as a central point of coordination for supply-chain-related operational issues.
- Drive discussions, align stakeholders and ensure timely closure of critical issues.
- Communicate clearly and confidently with internal stakeholders and leadership.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 6–10 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain Management, Central Operations, Demand Planning, Inventory Planning or related functions.
- MBA/PGDM preferred, ideally from a Tier 2 / Tier 3 B-school.
- Experience in FMCG, Food, Frozen Food, D2C, E-commerce, Quick Commerce, Beauty & Personal Care, Retail or similar consumer-facing industries.
- Exposure to Quick Commerce / Q-commerce business models or platforms will be preferred.
Key Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Excellent command of MS Excel / Google Sheets and supply chain MIS.
- Strong understanding of inventory and supply planning.
- Ability to analyse data and convert insights into business actions.
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination skills.
- Clear and confident verbal and written communication.
- Comfortable handling discussions with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
- Strong ownership and execution mindset.
- Comfortable using AI tools and technology to improve productivity, analysis and decision-making.
Ideal Candidate: A commercially strong and analytically driven supply chain professional who can independently lead end-to-end planning, optimise inventory and costs, identify business risks, generate actionable insights, and drive automation and process improvements to strengthen supply chain efficiency.
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