Junior Distribution Planner

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (ACT) is a global Fortune 200 company. A leader in the convenience store and fuel space, ACT’s retail network includes ~17,000 convenience stores, and has footprint across 31 countries and territories primarily under the Circle K brand. The India Fuels & Logistics Global Capability Centre (F&L GCC) is an integral part of ACT’s Global Fuels & Logistics Team, and the Junior Distribution Planner will be a key player on this team that will help oversee the stock movements across the supply chain network and grow F&L globally at ACT.

**_ About the role_**

The incumbent will be responsible for maintaining optimal stock cover at each location, ensuring minimum distribution costs, liaising with stakeholders across the supply chain lifecycle to identify risks and/or opportunities to the overall supply plan, and executing necessary changes & communicating effectively to key stakeholders and supporting business needs. Additionally, the incumbent will have to be flexible to work in shifts.

**_ Roles_**_ _**_&_**_ _**_Responsibilities_**

**_ Fuel_**_ _**_Distribution_**_ _**_Planning_**
- Responsible for service level and preventing inventory runouts at stations, always ensuring sufficient stock levels
- Liaise with supply/sourcing to ensure efficient value chain, and oversee fleet planning to fulfill operational goals
- Ensure adherence to HSSE targets and compliance within distribution
- Accountable for maintaining a positive P&L for in-fleet trucks, keeping stations with sufficient stock all the time, and efficient fleet planning and monitoring of performance metrics
- Handle calls and address operational issues, show immediate reaction, and support drivers in resolving fuel delivery-related issues.

**_ Operational_**_ _**_Excellence_**
- Drive process, innovation, and transformational change within the department, and initiatives for operational improvements, process/workflow development, and managing cross functional projects
- Follow and establish industry standards, implementing SOPs to achieve desired benchmarks on fleet planning metrics HSE, Load size, drop size, productivity, P&L (in house), etc.
- Monitor activities within Fuel Distribution to make sure standards and procedures are met for product reconciliations

**_ Stakeholder_**_ _**_Management_**
- Work collaboratively across multiple sets of stakeholders—business functions and the global F&L team—to deliver on project deliverables
- Proactively recommend multiple approaches along with their pros & cons to the business stakeholders and support making the right decisions
- Collaborate closely with colleagues inside and outside Global Fuels and Circle K, to drive business results
- Serve as first point of contact for the Business stakeholders for any technical/non-technical activities/escalations within the project

**_ Job_**_ _**_Requirements_**

**_ Education_**
- Bachelor’s degree in any discipline (preferably in Logistics, Supply Chain, Operations, or related fields)

**_ Relevant_**_ _**_Experience_**
- Basic understanding of logistics or supply chain management.
- Experience in call handling; Fluency in English - verbal and written communication

**_ Behavioural_**_ _**_Skills_**
- Delivery Excellence
- Business Disposition
- Social Intelligence
- Innovation and Agility
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Organized and stress resistant personality

**_ Technical_**_ _**_Skills_**
- Demand Planning
- Distribution Planning
- Fleet Management
- Downstream Inventory Management

**_ Knowledge_**
- Aptitude and Logical reasoning, Mathematical knowledge

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