AKAM - Business Operations

Date: 15 Apr 2025

Location: Bangalore, KA, IN, 560024

Company: Tata Consumer Products Limited

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Designation
AKAM - Business Operations


Function
Alternate Channels
Location
Bangalore
Reporting To
Associate Director - Digital Enablement, GTM and Sales Capability - Organized Channel

 

 

Job Description

 

 

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About the Job: AKAM – BizOps

Function: Ecommerce

Location: Bangalore

Reporting To:  NKAM - BizOps

 

At Tata Consumer Products Ltd, we stand #Forbetter – Planet, Sourcing, Nutrition, Communities. And #ForBetter Opportunities …. Here’s an exciting one!

 

How does this Job align to our Strategy?

At the core of Tata Consumer Products' business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business, Driving Digital and Innovation, Unlocking Synergies, Creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities and Embedding Sustainability.

This job opportunity closely aligns with one of these key strategic pillars, which is driving Strengthening & Accelerating our core business. The role is responsible for overseeing the strategic development, sales, and business relationships with stand-alone modern trade chain accounts across the country. This role be responsible for managing and optimizing the operational processes for modern trade channels. This role requires strong coordination with internal teams, external partners, and key stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of sales, supply chain, and merchandising strategies.

 

 

MD & CEO

Where do you come in as?                            

 

      

 

Head – India Sales

VP & Head – Ecommerce

VP & Head -Ecommerce

NKAM – Bizops

AKAM – Bizops

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This job is at N-5 level (N corresponds to CEO’s level)

Top dimensions :

Geography: India

Direct reports: NA

Complexity of the role (Optional) :

 

Matrix Reports : NA

Type of Role : People Manager

Primary Stakeholders (Optional) : India Sales, category teams & Demand Planning teams.

What are the Key Deliverables in this role?

 

This is a cross-customer role within the eCommerce team with the mandate of improving availability across all customers. Best-in-class on-shelf availability across customers is the most important moat in building an eCommerce business. Doing it for a  portfolio with a high degree of complexity 150+ Customer DCs, 20000 SKU-DC combinations, 300 SKUs+ customers requires a high degree of analytical skills and collaborations with multiple teams involved: Key Account Management, Customer Supply team, Supply Planning and Customer Service teams

 

Digital & MDM Partnership

Own the partnership with Digital team on various projects: EDI, Centralization, Pooling, Low Shelf Life, RCA

Supply Control Tower

Liaise with planning teams on forecast and stock coverage. Build early warning systems to mitigate loss & stock ageing

Supply Scorecard

Lead tracking of supply KPIs and work with customers for improvement: Fill Rate, Lead Time, Recon, Unloading time..

Voice of Customer Supply

Be the voice of customer internally to improve processes in service. Lead WBR with customer teams

Key Account Team Partnership

Develop scorecards that help KAM teams in driving negotiations with customers to improve availability

NPD Hypercare

NPDs form an important pillar of growth. Work with CMM & KAM teams to drive execution and resolve any issues.

 

 

 

 

What are the Critical success factors for the Role?

 

  • Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field.
  • 4+ years of experience in e-commerce/supply, preferably in FMCG with a mix of customer service/business roles
  • Strong analytics and excel skills.

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role ?

  • Brings energy in execution and can tackle ambiguous problems
  • Track record of delivering impact in fast paced environments before
  • Would prefer candidates who have worked in eCommerce in either retail or brand side

 

TCPL Growth Mindset and Behaviors

We are obsessed about keeping Consumers & Customers first in our hearts – that’s why we are here !

We are trailblazers in executing with Excellence … Together as One Team !

We take Ownership of our business …delivering value for our Stakeholders .. no Compromises !

We are Open to Continuously improving … Continuously innovating … For Better !

We live & breathe our Tata Code of Conduct

       

 

 

About Us: At Tata Consumer, we stand ‘For Better.’

Tata Consumer Products is a focused consumer products company uniting the principal food and beverage interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella. Our brands embody our purpose of ‘For Better ‘through the value they deliver to consumers with a focus on innovation, health and wellness, convenience and premiumisation. The Company’s portfolio of products includes tea, coffee, water, RTD, salt, pulses, spices, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat offerings, breakfast cereals, snacks and mini meals. Our key brands include Tata Tea, Tetley, Eight O’Clock Coffee, Tata Coffee Grand, Himalayan Natural Mineral Water, Tata Copper+ and Tata Gluco+, Tata Salt, Tata Sampann and Tata Soulfull.   In India, Tata Consumer Products has a reach of over 200 million households, giving it an unparalleled ability to leverage the Tata brand in consumer products.

The Company has a consolidated annual turnover of ~Rs. 15,206 Crs with operations in India and International markets. For more information please visit www.tataconsumer.com

 

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