Supply Chain Lead

Location: Mumbai

Role Type: Full-time

About the role

abcoffee operatesa high-frequency, daily consumption business.Supply 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.