Associate Manager – Procurement

Provides commodity expertise through specific cost management, contract negotiations, development and enforcement – develop cost management strategies and implements appropriate strategies and tactical changes where required.

Develops, maintains and champions the marketplace information respective to category responsibility allowing continuous assessment of product total cost structures and implementation of defined sourcing strategies. Research and analyses market intelligence data for trends in commodity prices which could directly impact category spend.

Creates and maintains (where necessary) range strategies including pricing, sourcing, ranging and supplier risk analysis to ensure contingency planning and category vision. Makes short- and long-term strategic supply recommendations based upon research and analysis. Identifies and recommends forward purchasing / component future buy where necessary, by utilization and establishment of cost and supply breakdown structures and commodity tracking. Identifies and develops risk mitigation strategies for assigned key spend commodities for validation & approvals by Head – Purchase.

Leads maintenance of supply base, assessing and identifying opportunities for improvement and recommending new alternatives to ensure cost effective & reliable supply for both new & existing products. Use the global templates and guidelines to generate business intelligence reports on raw materials and packaging materials and update them with new capacity, supply & regulatory requirements.

Leads the negotiations for creation of “win / win” contracts and agreement to bring favorable business results in cost reduction, process, improvements and product innovations following policies & procedures. Plans to achieve timely completion, approvals, availability & renewal of all relevant documents.

Build close and effective relationships with all appropriate internal departments, identifying respective needs and areas of development to improve total departmental interaction and improvement opportunities while working on (a) new product launches & (b) other strategic initiatives. Negotiate, finalize & review Lead Times & MOQs Identify & Lead implementation of critical cost saving projects & supplier performance improvement project.

Implement systems, controls and procedures with regard to budgeting and monitoring of total category purchases and unit wise purchases Undertake measure towards cost improvements in the sourcing activities For eg : Tactical buying (timing of the buying decision)

Vendor Management : Evaluate, rank and recommend vendors to meet business requirements in terms of cost, time and quality following a systematic selection and evaluation procedure including structured reporting of plant and factory visits (of raw material vendors) in order to save costs for the company and diversify business risks Identify vendors for new product launches Engage in vendor / supplier negotiation in order to ensure sourcing of materials at the lowest purchase price and to meet overall cost objectives. Develop business relationships with new vendors and manage relationships with existing vendors.

Preferred Candidate :

5-8 yrs of experience in procurement of Direct Material – RM / PM Prior Experience of Price Negotiation in Dairy Products, Fruit Pulps shall be preferred Postgraduate – MBA in Material Management / SCM shall be preferred