Junior Distribution Planner

Job Description

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (ACT) is a global Fortune 200 company. A leader in the convenience store and fuel space, ACT’s retail network includes ~17,000 convenience stores, and has footprint across 31 countries and territories primarily under the Circle K brand. The India Fuels & Logistics Global Capability Centre (F&L GCC) is an integral part of ACT’s Global Fuels & Logistics Team, and the Junior Distribution Planner will be a key player on this team that will help oversee the stock movements across the supply chain network and grow F&L globally at ACT.

The candidate hired will partner with multiple departments, including Global Technology, Business Units, and Support functions.

About The Role

The incumbent will be responsible for maintaining optimal stock cover at each location, ensuring minimum distribution costs, liaising with stakeholders across the supply chain lifecycle to identify risks and/or opportunities to the overall supply plan, and executing necessary changes & communicating effectively to key stakeholders and supporting business needs. Additionally, the incumbent will have to be flexible to work in shifts.

Roles & Responsibilities

Fuel Distribution Planning

• Responsible for service level and preventing inventory runouts at stations, always ensuring sufficient stock levels
• Liaise with supply/sourcing to ensure efficient value chain, and oversee fleet planning to fulfill operational goals
• Ensure adherence to HSSE targets and compliance within distribution
• Accountable for maintaining a positive P&L for in-fleet trucks, keeping stations with sufficient stock all the time, and efficient fleet planning and monitoring of performance metrics
• Handle calls and address operational issues, show immediate reaction, and support drivers in resolving fuel delivery-related issues.
  
  

• Drive process, innovation, and transformational change within the department, and initiatives for operational improvements, process/workflow development, and managing cross functional projects
• Follow and establish industry standards, implementing SOPs to achieve desired benchmarks on fleet planning metrics HSE, Load size, drop size, productivity, P&L (in house), etc.
• Monitor activities within Fuel Distribution to make sure standards and procedures are met for product reconciliations
  
  

• Work collaboratively across multiple sets of stakeholders—business functions and the global F&L team—to deliver on project deliverables
• Proactively recommend multiple approaches along with their pros & cons to the business stakeholders and support making the right decisions
• Collaborate closely with colleagues inside and outside Global Fuels and Circle K, to drive business results
• Serve as first point of contact for the Business stakeholders for any technical/non-technical activities/escalations within the project
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline (preferably in Logistics, Supply Chain, Operations, or related fields)
  
  

• Basic understanding of logistics or supply chain management.
• Experience in call handling; Fluency in English - verbal and written communication
  
  

• Delivery Excellence
• Business Disposition
• Social Intelligence
• Innovation and Agility
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Organized and stress resistant personality
  
  

• Demand Planning
• Distribution Planning
• Fleet Management
• Downstream Inventory Management
  
  

• Microsoft Office applications (MS Excel, etc.)
• Aptitude and Logical reasoning, Mathematical knowledge