Assistant Purchase Manager

Role purpose

• Lead procurement for India across the Bangalore and Nashik plants, ensuring competitive total cost, uninterrupted material and service availability, compliant sourcing and appropriate inventory levels. The role converts business requirements into category strategies, measurable savings, resilient supplier solutions and a capable, empowered purchase team.
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  Key responsibilities and outputs (no more than 5)
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  • Category strategy and sourcing: Own category strategies, supplier mapping, RFQ/RFP, negotiation, contracting and sourcing reviews for direct materials, indirect materials, services, CAPEX and imports. Standardise sourcing templates and ensure compliance with procurement policy and Delegation of Authority.
• Cost, budget and data governance: Deliver the approved procurement savings and cost-avoidance plan with Finance-validated benefits. Maintain SKU-level raw-material budget visibility, an accurate savings pipeline, Spend Cube data readiness and disciplined separation of commercial, commodity, forex and economic impacts.
• Supply assurance and supplier performance: Ensure uninterrupted supply at optimum inventory by managing capacity, lead time, quality, OTIF and commercial performance. Lead supplier development, diversification and contingency actions, particularly for high-risk materials, and govern imports, landed-cost analysis and customs/service-provider performance

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• Strategic initiatives and sustainability: Lead cross-functional sourcing and value-engineering initiatives such as alternative materials/suppliers, packaging and pallet solutions, SG&A levers and inventory optimisation. Identify high ESG-risk suppliers, implement mitigation plans and support deployment of Spend Cube, Supplier Integrated Platform and other standard procurement capabilities.

• Leadership and stakeholder management: Set clear category and project ownership, coach and empower the purchase team, review performance and build succession capability. Communicate risks and decisions early, align stakeholders through regular governance, and escalate issues with options and recommendations.

Knowledge & Skills required (no more than 5)

Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile