Retail Planning

Title: Assistant Project Manager (Hospitality Interiors)

Location: Navi Mumbai

Key Responsibilities:

Project Planning & Coordination:

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Develop detailed project plans for product procurement and delivery of material to jobsite.

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Coordinate with internal teams (design, procurement, logistics, finance, etc.) and external vendors.

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Oversee multiple supply chain projects simultaneously, ensuring timelines and budgets are met.

Client & Stakeholder Communication:

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Serve as the main point of contact for hospitality clients throughout the project lifecycle.

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Provide regular updates to stakeholders on progress, risks, and milestones.

Vendor & Supplier Management:

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Collaborate with approved vendors to ensure timely production and quality compliance.

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Evaluate supplier performance and support procurement team in sourcing decisions.

Logistics & Delivery:

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Manage the scheduling of shipments and delivery to hotels, resorts, or restaurant properties.

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Monitor and resolve any issues related to shipping, customs clearance, or last-mile delivery.

Quality Control & Compliance:

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Ensure products meet required quality and brand standards.

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Adhere to safety, sustainability, and compliance regulations relevant to hospitality supply.

Budget Management:

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Track project costs and variances against budget forecasts.

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Support cost-saving initiatives and report financials as required.

Issuing Sales Orders and Purchase Orders:

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Coordinate with vendors and internal stakeholders to facilitate the issuance of sales orders and purchase orders for materials and services.

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Raising payment timely payment request.

Excel Skills:

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Utilize advanced Excel skills to manage project data, track expenses, and generate reports for analysis.

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Prepare and share expediting reports and project related reports and share with the stake holders.

Bid Revisions:

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Coordinate bid revisions with vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with project requirements and budget constraints.

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Prepare Change Orders and creating budget for same.

Project Documentation & Close Out Report

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Maintain comprehensive documentation of project activities, including contracts, purchase orders, and correspondence with vendors.

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Prepare project close out reports.

Qualifications:

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Bachelor's degree in architecture, civil engineering, construction management, or a related field.

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3–5+ years of project management experience in hospitality, supply chain, procurement or site execution works in commercial or residential projects.

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PMP certification or equivalent is a plus.

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Knowledge of FF&E, OS&E, or hospitality procurement preferred.

Skills & Competencies:

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Strong organizational and time management skills.

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Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Monday.com, Asana).

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Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

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Analytical and problem-solving abilities.

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Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Requirements:

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Background in Civil/Architecture/Interior Design: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.

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Excellent Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to interact effectively with internal teams and external vendors.

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Interiors Experience: Previous experience in interior design projects, with a solid understanding of materials, finishes, and construction processes.

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Estimation Experience: Proficiency in project estimation techniques, with the ability to accurately forecast costs and timelines.

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Excel Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including functions, formulas, and data analysis tools.

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Vendor Management: Demonstrated experience in coordinating with vendors, negotiating contracts, and resolving issues in a timely manner.

About the Company:

Our client has created a sustainable livelihood program for urban disadvantaged youth. Fostering agency, workplace competencies, and skills in youth, unleashes social and economic transformation in the communities that the youth come from. The organization runs through a public-private partnership that empowers the Government, Corporates, NGOs, and Citizens to work together toward changing lives. The provision of location and capital expenditure for the organization is taken care of by the Government. Corporates contribute through CSR funds to provide operational expenses. NGOs come on board to provide various skilling courses to the youth. We are growing at a fast pace in various other cities in India.

Job Details:

Designation: Employment Engagement Manager

Reporting structure: Will be reporting to the Project Manager

Base Location: Pune, Maharashtra

Roles and responsibilities:

1. Develop, strengthen and proactively connect with new employers to increase our youth’s opportunities to secure a sustainable livelihood.

2. Maintain and strengthen current employer engagement activities including employer events, and support the Mentoring Programme and management of the vacancy portal and customer relationship management tool/platform to reflect the needs of our youth and maximize opportunities for employers to engage with our students.

3. Understand the context of youth enrolled in the program in order to inform and identify areas of action and use statistical analysis to improve employer engagement activity.

4. Establish, strengthen, and evaluate effective communication with skilling partners, trainers, mentors, and youth.

5. Working with the Program Head in partnership with central placement cells, and other programs within the organization to establish and evaluate priorities and provision.

6. Be responsible for the effective income generation of the youth above minimum wages.

7. Use expert knowledge, research, creative ideas, and activities to identify new opportunities for collaboration, within industry and across employment sectors, to enhance our delivery of activities to students to support their career planning and development.

8. Undertaking monitoring of progress via regular 1:1 meetings, positive engagement and communication with employers, and tracking the progress of our placed youth.

Eligibility:

● Any Graduate/Post Graduate with 5+ years of experience in the logistics sector, preferably from a corporate sales background.

What are we looking for:

● Excellent verbal and written communication skills and digital comfort.

● Self-motivated with a willingness to take initiative and solve complex problems.

● Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and sometimes high-pressure environment.

● Passion for social impact and belief in the impact that can be delivered by purpose-led engagement of the workforce.

● Exceptional articulation skills (written and verbal) to present - ideas, approaches, and solutions.

● Willing to travel.

● Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, & Excel) and Google Docs.

Company Description

Miko is an advanced artificial intelligence innovation lab with a mission to bring AI and robotics to every consumer home. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, our workforce spans several countries, including the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. To check out various product offerings, visit Miko's website.

Responsibilities:

Non-Direct Routing (NDR) Optimization:

- Develop and implement strategies to optimize NDR processes, minimizing transportation costs while maintaining service levels.

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders (sales, procurement, customer service) to identify NDR opportunities and -streamline order fulfillment.

- Manage carrier and logistics service provider relationships, negotiating rates, managing contracts, and ensuring compliance with routing guidelines.

Reverse Logistics (RVP) Management:

- Oversee the RVP process, encompassing returns, exchanges, and product recalls, to minimize costs and maximize recovery value.

- Partner with customer service, repair, and warehouse teams to streamline RVP processes and improve customer satisfaction.

- Manage relationships with reverse logistics partners, vendors, and service providers to ensure timely and efficient processing of returns and exchanges.

Pickup Coordination:

- Coordinate pickups from various locations (suppliers, warehouses, distribution centers) to optimize transportation efficiency and minimize costs.

- Schedule and monitor pickup activities, track shipment status, and resolve any issues or delays to ensure on-time pickup and delivery.

- Communicate pickup schedules and requirements to carriers and internal stakeholders for alignment with logistics plans.

Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement:

- Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure logistics performance in areas like on-time - pickup/delivery, NDR utilization, and RVP processing time.

- Analyze logistics data and performance metrics to identify trends, root causes of issues, and opportunities for improvement.

- Lead cross-functional teams in implementing process improvements, best practices, and technology solutions to enhance logistics efficiency and customer service.

Qualifications:

- Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).

- 1-3 years of experience in logistics operations, transportation management, or a similar role.

- Proven track record of identifying and implementing logistics process improvements.

- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques.

- Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across departments.

- Experience working with transportation management systems (TMS) a plus

• Developing and communicating shipment schedules.
• Liaising with vendors and carrier services to coordinate logistics and timelines.
• Assisting customers and resolving shipment issues and complaints.
• Preparing and maintaining shipment paperwork, records, and digital databases.
• Collect shipping data from various websites/documents and enter in the database system.
• Create spreadsheets with extracted data without mistakes.
• Verify / Analyze data by comparing it to source documents, update existing data
• Performing additional duties as needed.
• Prepare daily reports/summaries and send it to Managers / TLs / Clients etc.
• Good typing/communication skills.

What you need to have:

Position: Operations Manager

Domain: US, Healthcare

Job Description-

Roles & Responsibility

• You will be responsible for handling multiple processes and LOBs.
• Duties may include, taking part in planning, organizing and directing the work of leads or others, strategize and drive leads to execute procedures on work received, to estimate time on new jobs received, to check accuracy/quality of classification done, to ensure records are maintained accurately, and to ensure utilization (or related metrics) of team is high.
• As an operations manager, you would be responsible for managing a team of associates and would have Leads reporting into you.
• Work with various teams to formulate strategy, seek automation opportunities and leverage technologies.
• Work with internal teams to develop creative and best-in-class compliance business processes that can scale up.
  Leverage data to continuously improve.
• Link all the programs to business metrics and build solutions keeping that in mind.
• Scale-up team by proper budgeting and co-owning the budget.
• Attract talent and make right hiring decisions, Onboarding and continuous development of the team and maintain a high delivery bar.
• Deliver business goals for processes handled.
• Operational goals for respective business functions measured under Cycle Time/ Productivity/ Quality/ Cost metrics.
• Mentor and guide lead / Process Expert to manage quality, to improve process efficiency, to minimize variation, and to conceptualize, design & deliver training to the team.
• Co-owner in the process of budget planning.
• Directly managed 5 to 6 process leaders, deputy managers and thus indirectly managed at least 200 plus people organization.
• Possess strong communication and leadership skills
• Able to work in an ambiguous, dynamic & 'internet-speed' environment with tight deadlines, Have an absolute passion for ensuring a great customer experience Possess exceptional skills in data manipulation and analysis
  Outstanding attention to detail; Exceptional problem solving & analytical skills
• Be a self-starter
• Attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing for priorities simultaneously
• Experience in business process improvement

Experience & Education Qualification:

• Existing Experience as a Sr. Operations Manager is a plus.
• Experience in handling multiple processes and LOBs simultaneously is a plus.
• Graduation is a must.
• MBA is a plus.

Timings

• Fixed shift 7:30pm - 4:30am
• Fixed weekend off.
• No transportation

Looking forward to your response.

Regards,

• Manages day to day business of the operations department 
• Oversees operational processes while looking for improvement opportunities
• Anticipates & tracks operational risks and provides strategic solutions
• Works with sales teams to help set and meet daily and quarterly goals.
• Plays a significant role in long-term planning and implementing quality control processes.
• Works closely with COO on other special planning and departmental projects.
• Oversees and reports weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual metrics.
• Collaborates with other back-office team members to ensure seamless business execution, reinforce positive morale, and uphold company values.
• Collaborates with transitions and onboarding team as needed.
  
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