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Job Context & Major Challenges
Company Profile:
ABG Apparel & Retail business is approx. INR 12000 Cr with interests in specialized fashion readymade garments design manufacturing & retailing. It also includes Food and Grocery retail business with two formats Supermarkets and Hypermarkets. Distribution network of each business entity is spread across the country with multiple formats and business models. The IT applications landscape of each business entity is independent and unique; The challenge is to simplify and build common IT application architecture across the businesses and integrate the same in the larger scheme especially with the long term business perspective for optimizing costs build synergy and standardization and also to enable key IT capabilities for each of business to sustain its competitive position in their respective market.
Job context:
Apparel industry is 2nd largest polluting industry in the world & creates huge air and water pollution hazardous Chemical discharge and exploitation of human & natural resources in its supply chain.
Consumers are becoming more aware of sustainability & stakeholders; Investors expectations is increasing day by day. Hence ABFRL being the largest fashion player in industry has the responsibility to ensure sustainable product & process through transparent supply chain in line with ABG sustainability vision & achieve cleaner better environment as well as mitigate regulatory risk in future.
Some Major business challenges associated with jobs are;
Sustainability Practices: Large set of suppliers & diverse product portfolio (500 supplier 9 Manufacturing units 3 business verticals and Multiple Brands & 1 Lacs Style codes). Embedding sustainability practices is supply chain is a big challenge.
Awareness: Low awareness on sustainability scarcity of sustainable raw materials & High Capex requirement in implementing the technology & solutions are critical issues to deal with.
Management: Ensure no discharge & disposal of hazardous chemical waste etc. during apparel manufacturing/ processing in fragmented supplier base.
products: Develop sustainable product portfolio in scenario when consumers are not willing to pay more.
Management: Data management (from farmers to end consumer) in the supply chain to bring transparency is very critical & challenging.
Key Result Areas
& monitor sustainable materials uptake and progress.
sustainable product development & Innovation.
Brand Sustainability dashboard & Communication to stakeholders on regular frequency.
Labelling Product footprint & Traceability: Develop Framework computation & Implementation in supply chain.
of Sustainable packaging materials.
& Annual validation of new product packaging materials.
of MRSL & RSL as per target. Ensure Hazardous Chemical input screening through ZDHC gateway.
& recommend technologies / approaches to prevent occurrence of restricted materials to achieve sustainable products.
robust mechanism for Supplier Sustainability Index (SSI) computation & communication to Key Textile & Garmenting partners on regular basis.
Index implementation & Provide support to reduce natural resource burden in supply chain.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
