Assistant Manager ─ Supply Chain Management

Job Description

Title: Assistant Manager ─ Supply Chain Management

Company Name: Helium Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Age: 28 to 35 years

Job Location: Dhaka (Niketan)

Salary: Tk. 38000 - 42000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 4 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Restaurant, Fast Food Shop

• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting, Finance, Management
• Bachelor/Honors

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management

• MBA or professional certification in Supply Chain Management will be an added advantage

• At least 4 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Restaurant, Fast Food Shop

• Age 28 to 35 years

• The age limit may be relaxed for candidates with strong and relevant experience.

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in supply chain, procurement, inventory, warehouse, or distribution operations

• Experience in a restaurant chain, food business, FMCG, retail, Central Kitchen, or distribution company will be preferred

• Experience in team supervision will be an advantage

• Strong knowledge of procurement, inventory control, warehousing, and distribution

• Practical knowledge of FIFO, FEFO, stock reconciliation, inventory ageing, and expiry control

• Good supplier negotiation and vendor-management skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

• Experience with ERP or inventory management software

• Strong reporting, accountability, and attention to detail

• Good communication and cross-functional coordination skills

• Willingness to travel regularly to Restaurant Outlets and Sub-Stores

Job Context

Helium is a growing restaurant chain operating three Restaurant Outlets and three nearby Sub-Stores in divisional cities, along with a Central Warehouse and a Central Kitchen in Dhaka.

We are looking for an analytical, responsible, and result-oriented Assistant Manager ─ Supply Chain Management to manage procurement, inventory, warehousing, replenishment, supplier performance, Central Kitchen coordination, logistics, cost control, and supply chain reporting.

Department: Supply Chain Management

Key Responsibilities

• Plan demand, procurement, and the replenishment cycle for all Restaurant Outlets and Sub-Stores.

• Ensure the timely availability of raw materials, semi-finished goods, packaging materials, beverages, and other operational supplies.

• Monitor purchase requisitions, purchase orders, supplier deliveries, lead times, and pending purchases.

• Evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, delivery performance, service, and performance.

• Negotiate purchase prices and analyze purchase price variances.

• Control emergency and local purchases and reduce unnecessary local sourcing.

• Monitor Central Warehouse and Sub-Store inventories, stock cover, stock-outs, excess stock, and inventory discrepancies.

• Ensure accurate stock transfers and reconciliation among the Central Kitchen, Central Warehouse, Sub-Stores, and Restaurant Outlets.

• Coordinate Central Kitchen production requirements, yield, material usage, wastage, and semi-finished goods transfers.

• Monitor slow-moving, near-expiry, expired, damaged, and wasted inventory.

• Ensure compliance with FIFO, FEFO, storage, temperature-control, hygiene, and food-safety requirements.

• Plan dispatches and monitor delivery accuracy, delays, shortages, transit damage, and logistics costs.

• Ensure proper documentation of requisitions, quotations, purchase orders, challans, GRNs, stock transfers, and inventory records.

• Coordinate with Operations, Accounts, HR & Admin, Central Kitchen, Outlet Management, and Internal Audit.

• Prepare weekly and monthly supply chain reports, KPI dashboards, risk updates, and action plans.

• Supervise and develop warehouse, store, and supply chain personnel.

• The salary will be determined based on experience, capability, and overall suitability.

• Salary review as per company policy

• Festival bonuses as per company policy

• Mobile or communication allowance, where applicable

• TA/DA for approved official travel

• Subsidized lunch and snacks

• Training and career-development opportunities

• Other benefits according to company policy