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• Identifying new suppliers and growers, and building relationships with them.• Indent Planning• Negotiating prices and contracts with suppliers.• Managing inventory and forecasting demand for produce.• Conducting quality control inspections and ensuring that all produce meets company standards.• Keeping abreast of market trends and changes in produce availability, and adjusting procurement strategies accordingly.• Building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers and growers to ensure continuity of supply.• Managing and training a team of sourcing and procurement professionals.• Collaborating with other departments such as logistics, sales, and marketing to ensure a smooth supply chain process.• Adhering to food safety and regulatory compliance.• Continuously monitoring supplier performance and implementing improvements where necessary.

• Involving in negotiation and buying/sourcing of F&V from wholesale market/farm through suppliers/consolidators.• Scouting for suitable suppliers, supplier on-boarding and supplier management.• Tracking with Monitoring & RCA's in case of misses• Delivery Time – Monitoring, Fill Rate – Monitoring, Fix Ad Hoc Issues.• Coordinate with POC from Finance team for timely payments according to rules set by Finance team.• Indent and allocation of F&V.• Ensuring quality of the products as per specification from suppliers/source.• Ensuring planned assortment and fill rate from suppliers/source.• Coordination with operation team in RCA, solution from supplier and source.• Benchmarking - wholesale, retail, competitor for prices, quality, and range.• Coordinating with pod operation team and QC Executives for any issues and escalations.• Implementing the secondary sale process: vendor identification, vendor coordination and process monitoring.• Managing relevant documents, files related to sourcing/buying of F&V.• Coordinating with MIS Executives regarding daily indents and allocation for F&V supplies.• Any other task by the Management as per their requirement.• Expertise on File Management, MIS Report.

• Sourcing of fruits and vegetables daily as per indent plan, and at a competitive price band.• Daily 15–20-ton F&V Procurement from various mandi.• Identifying new suppliers and growers and building relationships with them.• Negotiate with vendors (Price, Margin, Promo scheme & Duration) & Planning for promotion.• Taking care of stock at DC level & ensure Quality for finished goods at CPC level.• Monitoring various mandi in Kolkata & Visit them physically also alternatively.• Responsible about 100% fill rate at DC level with good quality along with best price from market.• Expertise on File Management, MIS Report.• Ensuring the Seasonal Assortment availability.• Building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers and growers to ensure continuity of supply.• Collaborating with other departments such as logistics, sales, and marketing to ensure a smooth supply chain process.• Daily price benchmarking & implementation of Pricing as per market arrivals.• Developed new network / Sourcing belts or consolidators for improving availability and buying efficiency.• Continuously monitoring supplier performance and implementing improvements where necessary.• Ensure compliance to the production standards & continuous in the timing of sourcing.• Vendor Amend cases solving as well as reconcile ledger along with finance team.• Any other task by the Management as per their requirement.• Vendor payment issue cases solving as well as reconcile ledger along with finance team.• Sales Price Benchmarking vs Price update SKU.

• Prepare CP Index F&V.• Prepare Fill rate of Hyperlocal store, Supermarket as well as vendor.• Update Projection PO for store & prepare vendor indent for Kolkata. Also maintain in-stock data• Total Responsibility regarding vendor receiving at DC as well as Super Market.• Providing Vendor accounts reconciliation as needed.• Prepare MTD file for Kolkata as well as rejection data both Stores & Vendor end.• Assist Sourcing team to purchase Fruits & Vegetable from market daily basis & Prepare Daily pricing sheet.• Prepare TAT for both Vendor & Stores.• Providing information & Support to internal and Statutory Auditors• Expertise on File Management, MIS Report.• New vendor or farmer searching & code creation.• Ensuring the 95% fill rates- Line and Quantity, Forecasting & Planning Process in association with the region.• Surprise visit at DC as well as Hyperlocal & Supermarket Dark stores.• Knowledge about Fruits & Vegetable quality related.• Working as a part of DC inbound support. Also have knowledge of outbound activity at DC or CC level.• Any other task by the Management as per their requirement.

•Processing all type of Merchandise (F&V DC-CC Both, RPC, DRY, Frozen, Direct store Delivery, Rent, Electricity), Non Merchandise Invoice, including validation of invoices on supporting with TDS, GST & TCS.•Provision activity for Rent & Electricity.•Calculate & Process Back Margin, Dump recovery & promo recovery For F&V part only (Both DC & CC).•Process RTV for Both Store & DC Part.•Providing Vendor accounts reconciliation as needed.•Reconcile Market Cost Price Along with Actual Cost Price (For F&V part only).•Providing information & Support to internal and Statutory Auditors•Expertise on File Management, MIS Report.•Surprise visit at store for Cash Audit & CC for Finance Audit. •Knowledge about Fruits & Vegetable quality related. Also know some operation related activities.•Any other task by the Management as per their requirement.

Job Role:•Processing all type of Merchandise, Non Merchandise Invoice, including validation of invoices on supporting with TDS, GST & TCS.•Reconciliation of vendor & Customer Account.•Reconcile F&V rate MPP & CP with actual price.•Expertise on File Management, MIS Report.•Payment Process of Vendor Account.•Knowledge about Fruits & Vegetable quality related. Also know some operation related activities.•Effective Communication and Computer Skills.• Store Cash Audit• Have some basic knowledge about Operation related including Indent, receiving, TO, TI, TD, AD etcSoftware: Oracle

•Hands on experience on Account Handling including GST.•Processing of Expense Invoice in SAP, including validation of invoices on supporting, TDS and GST.•Processing Purchase Order & GRN creation for Non merchandise invoices.•Reconciliation of vendor & Customer Account.•Expertise on File Management, MIS Report.•BRS, Payment Process of Vendor Account.•Provision related activities.•Processing Merchandise invoices PO & GRN.

•Maintain Customer Data in Excel.•Entries of Collection payment from customer.•Maintain Petty Cash (Cashhier).•Matter Related to banking.•Make Payment entries.•Maintain Stock details.•Reconcile day to day collection with master data.•Prepare Balance Sheet in excel.