Manager Purchasing Supply Chain

Position Summary:

The Manager Purchasing Supply Chain is a business-critical position that ensures smooth sourcing uninterrupted supply of contract packaging and trading items for the business operations, while also achieving the corporate strategic objectives of materials fulfillment, inventory control and supply competitive advantage.

Key Roles Responsibilities:

Envisioning executing material supply and fulfilment strategies for India having purchasing annual spend base of Rs. 500+ Cr, with potential of enlarged responsibility of Asia Pacific based on performance, leadership skills and potential.

Leading a team of multi-location material purchasing professionals in India.

Bringing to the business a high level of supply market knowledge/intelligence of the supply industry at India, Asia Pacific preferably global level.

Driving supply base (including local and global) and supply chain management ideas around material fulfilment and supplier performance through optimization of supplier performance/relationship management, smart supply chain processes, inventory management inward logistics.

Working collaboratively with other functions like strategic sourcing (within department), operations/manufacturing, commercial finance to delivery holistic business solutions and advantage.

Driving function specific financial goals like supply base performance, inventory control working capital improvement.

Driving contemporary supply chain management systems through business processes and digitization. Owning and driving the new P2P automation process (under implementation).

Candidate Profile:

Qualification Certification (if applicable)

Graduate in relevant area with minimum 60% throughout academics with MBA/equivalent as an added advantage.

Experience

7-12 years of experience in a large manufacturing organization.

Sourcing experience - a MUST - ideally should be a materials/purchasing management .

Preferably from a manufacturing company (MNC or relatively large Indian co.).