Supply Chain Lead

Location

Mumbai

Role Type

Full-time

• About the role
• abcoffee operatesa high-frequency, daily consumption chain reliability, cost discipline, and speed matter as much as brand and product.
• This role exists to
• build and run a supplychain that scalescleanly across cities
• , supports rapid expansion, and protects unit economics- withoutdisrupting on-ground operations.
• You will own sourcing,procurement, vendor management, and supply continuity across India.
• Why abcoffee
• Opportunity to buildsupply chain foundations for a category-defining brand
• High ownership role with real impact on margins and growth
• Close collaboration with operations and leadership
• What you will be responsible for

End-to-End SupplyChain Ownership

• Own procurement and supply chainacross all citiesand outlets
• Ensure uninterrupted availability of coffee, ingredients, packaging, consumables, and equipment
• Work closely with operations to anticipate demandand avoid stock-outs or excess inventory

Vendor Sourcing and Management

• Identify, onboard, and manage vendorsacross categories
• Negotiate pricing, credit terms, and SLAs
• Build a dependable vendor ecosystem, not transactional relationships
• Hold vendors accountable on quality, timelines, and consistency

Cost and Margin Discipline

• Drive cost optimisation without compromising quality
• Track and improvelanded costs acrosscategories
• Partner with financeto control COGS and workingcapital
• Continuously benchmark and renegotiate as scale improves

Inventory Planning and Control

• Build demand planningand replenishment systems
• Set inventory normsby category and city
• Reduce wastage, expiry, and emergency procurement
• Improve stock visibility and accuracy across locations

Systems and ProcessBuilding

Create simple, repeatable procurement and SCM processes

Build dashboards covering

• Vendor-wise pricing and performance
• Inventory turns and ageing
• Stock-out and overstock incidents
• Purchase order adherence and lead times
• Ensure processes scalewith growth

Expansion and New LaunchSupport

• Support new outletand city launcheswith zero surprises
• Ensure timely availability of equipment, raw materials, and packaging
• Build scalable playbooks for rapid rollout

Quality and Compliance

• Ensure quality standards are met consistently
• Own quality checks,certifications, and auditswhere required
• Work closely with operations and product teams on qualityimprovements
• What success looks like
• Zero critical stock-outs impacting operations
• Predictable supply availability across cities
• Improved cost efficiencies as scale increases
• Lower working capitalstress through betterplanning
• Strong vendor relationships with high accountability
• SCM never becomesa bottleneck to growth
• Who this role is for
• 10–12+ years of experience in supply chain / procurement (QSR, food retail, FMCG, consumer brands, or similar)
• Hands-on experience managingmulti-city or pan-India supply chains
• Strong negotiation and vendor management skills
• Comfort working with data, systems,and on-ground teams
• Practical problem-solver with execution bias
• Nice to have
• Experience supporting rapidstore expansion
• Exposure to tech-enabled inventory or ERP systems
• Understanding of food safety and quality standards
• What this role is not
• Not a PO-processing role
• Not a passivevendor coordination job
• Not a pure back-office function
• This role is about
• buildingsupply muscle
• , not just managingpurchases.