Manager - Facility Planning and Design

DHL

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Exp: 6-8 Years

Full time

Mumbai, India

Job Description

Job Title

nManager Facility Planning and Design

nFunction

nPlanning and Engineering

nReporting to

nHeadOperations Planning, Automation and Efficiency

n1.

nPurpose

nResponsible for planning of operational facilities and design on the basis of volume forecast and historical trends to ensure that adequate space is always available at facilities. Ensure that facilities are designed to meet operational KPIs such as OTD, EDD by studying vehicle arrival and departure schedules, minimize man/material movement, reduce handling cost and prevent damages/accidents. Ensure that our workplaces are safe and promote health and wellbeing of our employees.

n2.

nDesired candidate profile

nEducational Qualifications

nIndustrial/Mechanical Engineer + MBA in Operations/Supply chain

nWork experience

n6 8 years

nIndustry type

n1.

nLogistics/Transportation/Courier/E-tail/Retail

n2.

nConsulting with supply chain specialization

n3.

nExperience/skill requirements

nExcellent knowledge and understanding of logistics, transportation, and supply chain operations.

nEstimation of space requirements keeping current and future volumes and process flow requirements.

nExperience in layout planning and facility design to improve throughput.

nAbility to identify bottlenecks in process design and provide alternative solutions for removing these bottlenecks.

nAbility to study and analyse data, build strong business cases with financial justification for consideration of top management.

nStrong knowledge of basic MS-office tools (Advanced Excel, word, power point) and good knowledge of design and Project Management tools.

nStrong analytical, presentation and communication skills

nResponsibilities

nStrategic

nCollaborate with different functions like sales, operations, finance and IT to get forecast for short and medium term and accordingly work with operations to build capacity needed to fulfill the demand.

nConduct competitive research and analysis to benchmark our own infrastructure with competition, identify critical gaps and suggest ways to become best in the industry.

nWork with different stakeholders to gather data and prepare business cases for new facilities.

nWork with stakeholders to design facilities to minimize operational costs and improve throughput by designing efficient workflows, reduce damages/accidents and ensuring safety of people.

nFinancial

nEstimate the Capital requirements for financial year and get them incorporated in Annual Operating Plans.

nCoordinate with India/DHL teams to get BCA approved by resolving their queries.

nOperational

nPerform regular infrastructure audits across all critical locations.

nPerform peak planning exercise to ensure that no facility faces space shortage due to load spike.

nPerform quarterly study to evaluate that which of the facilities are reaching threshold levels of space utilization and accordingly propose facility relocation, bifurcation or closure.

nPeople

nLead and develop a team of engineers to achieve business and functional goals as laid down by management.

nProvide mentorship and guidance to Engineers for their long term development.

nUtilises all available sources to keep abreast of new / changing technologies & methodologies in the market place related to own area of responsibility and remain current with potential changes in the business that could potentially impact Blue Darts market leadership position. Actively shares learning with your team and peers.
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