Purchase Manager

Job title : Purchase Manager

Company / Unit : Rama Phosphates Limited

Department : Purchase / Commercial

Location : Indore

Objective of Job:

• To manage and optimize procurement of raw materials, chemicals, packing materials, spares, and services for fertilizer manufacturing operations, ensuring uninterrupted production, cost efficiency, statutory compliance, and quality adherence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute procurement of fertilizer raw materials such as rock phosphate, sulphur, ammonia, phosphoric acid, potash, chemicals, catalysts, and additives.
• Manage sourcing of packing materials (HDPE/PP bags, liners), engineering spares, plant consumables, and maintenance services.
• Align purchase plans with production schedules, plant shutdowns, and maintenance requirements.
• Identify, develop, and approve reliable vendors in compliance with quality, safety, and statutory norms.
• Conduct price negotiations, rate contracts, and long-term supply agreements to achieve cost optimization.
• Issue, track, and close Purchase Orders (POs), Service Orders, and Annual Rate Contracts (ARC).
• Ensure timely inward of materials and coordinate with logistics, stores, and quality teams.
• Monitor inventory levels, minimummaximum controls, and critical spares availability.
• Ensure compliance with Fertilizer Control Order (FCO), environmental norms, safety standards, and internal audit requirements.
• Coordinate with Accounts for invoice verification, GRN matching, GST compliance, and vendor payments.
• Handle import procurement, including vendor coordination, documentation, customs clearance, and statutory compliances (where applicable).
• Track market trends, raw material price fluctuations, and alternate sourcing strategies.
• Resolve vendor disputes, quality rejections, shortages, and delivery delays.
• Support cost-reduction initiatives through value engineering and vendor development.
• Lead and develop the procurement team at plant and corporate level.
• Prepare and present procurement MIS, cost-saving reports, inventory analysis, and compliance dashboards.

Educational Qualification:

• Any Graduate

Experience:

• 15 - 20 years of experience in manufacturing industry (e.g., Fertilizer, Petrochemical, Chemical)