Assistant Manager-Logistics and Transportation

Date: Sep 11, 2025

Location: Bangalore, IN

Company: AkzoNobel

Warehouse officer–Purpose/Key Objectives of the Job:

To supervise warehouse Operations, Inbound and Outbound activities in Warehouse to achieve smooth functioning and running of all warehouse concerning activities. Able to follow standard operating procedures and work in a methodical and tidy manner. Having a comprehensive understanding of inventory management techniques, inventory methods and procedures.

• Responsible for safe operations of finished Goods at Secondary warehouses across Pan India.

• Study on picking and loading strategy and ensuring efficiency of both processes in Warehouse day-to-day operations.

• Ensure daily SLAs are for FG warehouse

• Picking

• Invoicing
• Inward

• Dispatch

• Responsible for Inventory management (Inward/Storage/Cycle Count/Dispatch)

• Understand & analyze root cause of inaccuracy and put in control measure with the team.

• Conduct daily MDI meeting with shift team

• Routine & refreshing activities in work flow regarding top 5 hazards by conducting weekly tool box meeting by the team.

• Optimizing space utilization for storage of Finished Goods.

• Systematic storing of Finished goods materials.

• Disposal of scraps on regular basis

• Ensure 5S across the warehouses.

Imports and Exports

• Coordinate with 4PL/Freight forwarders/Custom brokers/clearing agents and shipping lines.
• Track all import consignments on daily basis
• Ensure collection of right documents for all imports
• Timely Communication to stake holders on any transit delays
• Timely escalations for any challenges
• Co-ordinate with clearing agent and finance for duty payment
• Bond to bond movement in case space issues with valid approvals.
• Maintain all import and export documentation and records for internal and external audit
• Co ordination with CHA for vessel schedules for exports
• Export documentation through CHA as per LC/PO/PI
• Track Duty draw back for all exports.

Transportation

• • Ensure timely placement.
• Ensure adhoc vehicles are procured for new routes and contract failure lanes only through Breakwalls adhoc tool with due approvals.
• Ensure economic mode of transporter is chosen.
• Timely indent to transportation vendors.
• Delivery tracking and ontime delivery
• Vehicle placement
• Co-ordination with business for vehicle requirement
• Ensure vehicles are placed timely
• Vehicle placement should be more than 95%
• Delivery
• Tracking in transit consignments and ensure delivery happens on time.
• Ontime delivery should be 98% for FTL and 94% for PTL movements
• Debit notes for delayed consignments as per contract
• Coordinate and ensure timely delivery updation in tracker by vendors
• Co-ordinate and ensure POD upload in the tracker.
• Undelivered consignments- customer deferments
• Coordinate with sales team to get it delivered
• Coordinate with sales/commercial team for initiate of ROSA for customer refusals
• Track all transit damages if any and ensure required action taken immediately based on the transit loss value.
• Recovery from transporter
• Initiate the insurance claim
• Assist sales team/customer/planning team on visibility of in transit consignments and delivery status
• Customer returns
• Assigning transporter for customer returns
• Ensure right documentation for reverse logistics
• Ensure consignment is picked up and get it delivered to respective as per ROSA with 2-3 weeks
• Haulier Audit for all transporters yearly once.

HSE:

• Contribute to BBS program at site
• Working together with HSE&S department to integrate safety into business process and Ensure the SAQ element 2.3, 6.1,6.2, 6.3 and 7.2 are in or above reference level

. Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Planning, Sales, Order Desk, Production, Commercial & Finance teams.
• Create a positive and developing climate, with respect to HSE.
• To lead and direct the logistics team.
• Ensure that site meets AN HSE Standards and Directives.
• Ensure proper documentation with regards to each process.
• Maintaining various reports & interaction with taxation department for smooth operation.

Job Requirements

• University Degree.
• 10+years experience in Warehouse profile
• Good interpersonal relationships
• Good analytical and negotiation skills
• A team work skill person
• Fast leaner and logical thinking skills
• Good Industrial relations and labor legislation knowledge. A strong commitment people on duty