Job Description
Position Summary:
The Sr. 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).