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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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