Associate Manager - Procurement

As a Supply Chain Manager at Pristine Ingredients (PIPL) in the Bakery (BK01) business group, your role involves overseeing supply planning, purchase order execution, and inventory management for multiple plant sites producing finished food products for industrial/retail sales in India and overseas. Your responsibilities include: - **Supply Planning:** - Undertaking monthly supply planning (MRP) for raw and packaging materials based on material forecasts, opening stock, open orders, and shipments in the pipeline. - Maintaining item-wise and vendor-wise database of key aspects. - **Inventory Management:** - Maintaining optimal inventory levels to manage working capital requirements and minimize stock-outs. - Identifying critical shipments, expediting them, and prioritizing to receive them promptly. - **Order Execution:** - Timely resolution of quality rejection cases. - Maintaining an order tracker for systematic database management. - **Cost Control:** - Minimizing demurrage and detention for import shipments. - Optimizing order quantities and shipments to balance freight, clearance, inventory carrying, and storage costs. - Recovering shipment damages and minimizing the risk of material expiry. - **Stakeholder & Team Management:** - Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues. - Coaching and mentoring the procurement team for skill development. Your key performance indicators (KPIs) will include buying within budget prices, risk mitigation of supplies, working capital management, material availability, cost reduction initiatives, inventory level management, and ensuring availability of materials for planned production. **Work Experience Requirement:** - Minimum 8 years of relevant procurement experience. - Minimum 4 years of experience as a Procurement operations manager/lead for imports/imports + local setup. - Minimum 4 years experience as a supply planning manager. - Preferred industries: Food/FMCG. **Qualification:** - Bachelor's Degree/Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration with specialization in Materials Management/SCM/Operations/Packaging Management. **Competencies Required:** - Financial Acumen. - Negotiating Skills. - Procurement Material and Vendor Management. - Contract & Vendor Management. - Inventory Management. - Effective Communication. - Self and Team Management. - Planning & Decision Making. - Customer Centricity. - Ownership & Result Orientation. In your role at Pristine Ingredients (PIPL) in the Bakery (BK01) business group, you will contribute to the success of the company through efficient supply chain management practices and strategic decision-making.,