Assistant Manager Cost And Procurement

Role: Assistant Manager – Cost & Procurement

(Warehousing CAPEX & Financial Control – Pan-India DCs, FCs & Dark Stores)

Location: Mumbai

Function: Operations Excellence – Cost Governance

Reports to: Senior Manager – Operational Excellence / Network Strategy

Type: Full-time

Experience: 3–6 years in supply chain finance / procurement governance / cost control for warehousing or e-commerce

About The Role

The Assistant Manager – Cost & Procurement Governance will anchor financial discipline and capital governance across the pan-India network of Distribution Centers (DCs), Fulfillment Centers (FCs), and Dark Stores.

This role will own end-to-end CAPEX tracking, budget governance, procurement process coordination, asset capitalization tracking, and financial reporting for all infrastructure, automation, and technology initiatives across nodes.

By combining structured financial control with cross-functional coordination, you will ensure capital deployment is controlled, compliant, and aligned to approved business cases — enabling scalable and sustainable network expansion.

Note: Commercial negotiations and rate finalization are managed by Central Procurement and are outside the scope of this role.

Key Responsibilities

• CAPEX Planning & Governance:
• Support annual CAPEX planning across DCs, FCs, and Dark Stores.
• Maintain centralized CAPEX tracker (project-wise, node-wise, network-level).
• Monitor Budget vs. Actual (BvA) and committed vs. invoiced spends.
• Track cost burn rate across projects and flag deviations proactively.
• Drive financial visibility across ongoing and upcoming expansion projects.
• Ensure alignment with approved Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA).
• Procurement Process Coordination (Non-Negotiation Scope):
• Coordinate PR-to-PO process with Central Procurement.
• Validate budget approvals prior to PO issuance.
• Track PO release timelines and milestone-based billing.
• Ensure invoice validation, GRN alignment, and documentation accuracy.
• Maintain audit-ready procurement documentation repository.
• Project Cost Monitoring & Control:
• Track capital spends across automation, MHE, racking, civil works, CCTV, security systems, and tech integrations.
• Ensure cost tagging to correct cost centers and asset classes.
• Highlight cost overruns and support corrective action planning.
• Monitor committed liability exposure and future payment obligations.
• Asset Capitalization & Financial Compliance:
• Coordinate with Finance for asset capitalization and asset master updates.
• Track capitalization timelines and depreciation start dates.
• Ensure documentation compliance for statutory and internal audits.
• Maintain network-level asset governance tracker.
• Data, Analytics & Reporting:
• Develop dashboards for CAPEX tracking and capital efficiency metrics.
• Track capital productivity indicators (₹ per sq. ft., ₹ per pallet position, ₹ per throughput unit).
• Present monthly financial governance reports to leadership.
• Support expansion feasibility analysis with structured cost inputs.
  
  

• CAPEX budget adherence %
• Budget forecasting accuracy
• Variance reduction across projects
• On-time PR/PO coordination %
• Invoice validation accuracy %
• Asset capitalization compliance %
• Zero major audit observations
• Reporting timeliness adherence
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Finance / Supply Chain / Operations
• 2-4 years of experience in cost control, procurement governance, or supply chain finance
• Experience in multi-site warehousing or e-commerce environment preferred
• Strong understanding of CAPEX vs OPEX classification
• Working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP / Oracle / similar)
• Advanced Excel / financial dashboarding capability
  
  

• Exposure to network-level capital governance across pan-India operations
• Ownership of high-impact automation and expansion financial tracking
• Career growth across Operations Excellence, Strategy, and Finance leadership tracks
• Opportunity to build structured capital governance frameworks in a scaling e-commerce environment