Senior Manager

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Stores & Warehouse Management
• Oversee receipt, storage, preservation, and issuance of raw materials, consumables, packaging materials, spare parts, WIP, and finished goods.
• Ensure proper storage and handling of Solar Wafers, Solar Cells, Solar Modules, and other sensitive materials to prevent damage and quality deterioration.
• Develop and implement warehouse management strategies to maximize storage utilization and operational efficiency.
• Maintain housekeeping standards and ensure compliance with warehouse safety norms.
• Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs) for warehouse operations.
• 2. Inventory Management & Control
• Ensure accurate inventory accounting and maintain optimum stock levels.
• Drive inventory control practices including FIFO/FEFO methodology.
• Conduct periodic stock verification, cycle counts, and annual physical inventories.
• Monitor inventory ageing, slow-moving, non-moving, and obsolete stock and initiate corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Planning, and Production teams to ensure material availability and minimize stock-outs.
• Ensure inventory reconciliation between physical stock and ERP records.
• 3. Dispatch & Logistics Management
• Lead dispatch planning and execution of finished goods to customers, project sites, warehouses, and distribution centers.
• Ensure timely preparation and verification of delivery challans, invoices, e-way bills, gate passes, and shipping documentation.
• Coordinate with transporters and logistics service providers to ensure on-time deliveries.
• Monitor transportation costs and drive logistics optimization initiatives.
• Manage returns, transit damages, replacement shipments, and customer dispatch-related concerns.
• 4. ERP & Documentation Control
• Ensure accurate transactions and inventory records in SAP HANA, SAP MM, or other ERP systems.
• Maintain inventory reports, stock movement reports, GRNs, issue slips, and dispatch records.
• Prepare MIS reports related to inventory, consumption, stock ageing, dispatch performance, and logistics costs.
• Support internal and external audits through proper documentation and record management.
• 5. Compliance, Safety & Risk Management
• Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and company requirements related to stores and warehouse operations.
• Enforce EHS practices for handling solar manufacturing materials and finished products.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards, storage guidelines, and material traceability requirements.
• Support audit activities and implement corrective actions arising from audit findings.
• Drive a zero-loss, zero-accident culture within warehouse operations.
• 6. Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management
• Lead and develop warehouse, stores, dispatch, and contract manpower teams.
• Allocate responsibilities, monitor performance, and drive capability building of team members.
• Coordinate closely with Production, SCM, Procurement, Planning, Quality, Finance, and Sales teams.
• Manage transporter and warehouse vendor relationships and monitor service-level performance.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence within the stores function.
• 7. Process Improvement & Cost Optimization
• Implement lean warehousing and inventory optimization initiatives.
• Drive improvements in warehouse productivity, inventory accuracy, and turnaround times.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction in storage, handling, and transportation.
• Lead digitalization and automation initiatives within stores and warehouse operations.