🏢 Company: Ludhiana Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (LBPL)
🔥 Hiring – Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO)
📝 Job Description
Ludhiana Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (LBPL) is looking for an experienced Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) to lead the end-to-end Supply Chain function and drive enterprise-wide supply chain excellence.
The CSCO will lead the complete supply chain value chain covering Demand & Supply Planning, Strategic Procurement, Inventory, Stores & Warehousing, Primary Distribution, Fleet & Workshop, and SCM Analytics.
The role will focus on ensuring product availability and service reliability while driving cost competitiveness, working-capital optimisation, supplier resilience, distribution productivity and digital supply chain transformation.
🎯 Role Focus
- Product availability and service reliability.
- Cost competitiveness and strategic sourcing.
- Working-capital optimisation.
- Supplier resilience and governance.
- Distribution and fleet productivity.
- Digital supply chain transformation.
- Safety, compliance and operational excellence.
📋 Key Responsibilities
- Lead the complete end-to-end Supply Chain function.
- Drive Demand & Supply Planning.
- Lead strategic procurement and sourcing initiatives.
- Oversee inventory, stores and warehousing operations.
- Drive primary distribution and logistics effectiveness.
- Oversee fleet and workshop operations.
- Leverage SCM analytics for data-led decision making.
- Improve product availability and service reliability.
- Drive cost competitiveness and working-capital optimisation.
- Strengthen supplier resilience and governance.
- Improve distribution and fleet productivity.
- Lead digital supply chain transformation.
- Ensure safety, compliance and operational excellence.
✅ Eligibility Criteria
- 18–25 years of progressive Supply Chain leadership experience.
- At least 5 years heading a multifunctional SCM mandate.
- Experience in FMCG, beverages, food or consumer goods.
- Proven exposure across procurement, planning, inventory, warehousing and logistics.
- Strong track record in cost optimisation, working-capital improvement and service enhancement.
- Strong understanding of ERP/MRP, S&OP/IBP, DMS, warehouse/fleet systems and analytics.
- Experience in governance, contracts, compliance, risk management, quality and safety.
- Engineering / Operations / Supply Chain / Commerce background.
- MBA/PGDM preferred.
🛠️ Key Skills
- Supply Chain Leadership
- Demand & Supply Planning
- Strategic Procurement
- Inventory Management
- Stores & Warehousing
- Primary Distribution
- Fleet & Workshop Management
- SCM Analytics
- Cost Optimisation
- Working-Capital Management
- Supplier Governance
- Logistics Management
- ERP / MRP
- S&OP / IBP
- DMS
- Warehouse & Fleet Systems
- Risk Management
- Quality & Safety
- Compliance & Contracts
🎁 Benefits
- Enterprise-wide Supply Chain leadership mandate.
- Opportunity to lead multiple Supply Chain functions.
- Exposure across procurement, planning, inventory, warehousing and logistics.
- Opportunity to drive digital supply chain transformation.
- Cross-functional leadership across Sales, Manufacturing, Finance, QSE, Commercial and IT.
⭐ Why Join?
- Lead an enterprise-wide Supply Chain mandate.
- Drive integrated and data-led Supply Chain transformation.
- Lead multiple Supply Chain functions across the value chain.
- Work closely with Sales, Manufacturing, Finance, QSE, Commercial and IT.
- Drive improvements in service, cost, working capital and operational excellence.
🎯 Core Skills Required
- Supply Chain Strategy: Ability to lead an integrated, enterprise-wide Supply Chain function.
- Planning: Strong exposure to Demand & Supply Planning and S&OP/IBP.
- Procurement: Strategic sourcing, procurement and supplier governance.
- Inventory: Inventory management and working-capital optimisation.
- Warehousing: Stores and warehouse operations management.
- Distribution: Primary distribution and logistics productivity.
- Fleet: Fleet and workshop management with focus on productivity.
- Analytics: SCM analytics and data-led decision making.
- Technology: ERP/MRP, DMS, warehouse and fleet systems.
- Governance: Contracts, compliance, risk management, quality and safety.
- Leadership: Cross-functional stakeholder management and enterprise leadership.
🎤 Interview Preparation
Candidates should be prepared to discuss their Supply Chain leadership experience, multifunctional SCM mandate and experience within FMCG, beverages, food or consumer goods.
- Be prepared to explain your end-to-end Supply Chain leadership experience.
- Discuss your experience heading a multifunctional SCM mandate.
- Prepare examples of Demand & Supply Planning and S&OP/IBP.
- Be ready to discuss strategic procurement and supplier governance.
- Explain your experience with inventory, warehousing and distribution.
- Discuss fleet management, productivity and logistics optimisation.
- Prepare examples of cost optimisation and working-capital improvement.
- Be familiar with ERP/MRP, DMS, warehouse/fleet systems and SCM analytics.
- Prepare examples involving governance, contracts, compliance, risk, quality and safety.
- Be ready to discuss cross-functional partnerships with Sales, Manufacturing, Finance, QSE, Commercial and IT.
📩 How to Apply
Interested candidates can share their profile at the email address below.
📧 Email: saloni@lbpl.in