Associate Manager - Procurement (Indirect Materials)

Job Description

Job Title: Associate Manager Procurement Location: Hyderabad, Burgul Job Summary: Responsible for supply planning, purchase order execution and inventory management. Ensuring optimum inventory levels, minimal stock-outs and minimizing inventory write-offs. Scope of Job Role: Responsible for Procurement of Raw Materials (Food Ingredients), Packaging Materials and Indirect Materials/Services, including direct imports and local purchases Managing Procurement operations for multiple plant sites and business units. Plant Sites produce finished food products for industrial/retail sales. Sites would be in India and overseas. Procurement operations would have to be managed remotely for multiple sites. Reporting Relationship: Reporting To Business Head (Direct Reporting) Manager Sourcing (Dotted Line/Functional Reporting) Reportees Team of procurement executives would be reporting to the Assistant Manager - Procurement Key Responsibilities: Supply Planning: Undertaking monthly supply planning (MRP) for raw and packaging materials basis material forecasts, opening stock, open orders and shipments in pipeline and planning new orders basis item attributes (lead time, MoQs, etc) Maintain item wise and vendor wise database of key aspects Inventory Management: Maintaining optimal inventory levels to manage working capital requirements as well as ensuring no/minimal stock-outs Identifying and expediting critical shipments and prioritizing the shipments to receive them in the shortest time possible Order Execution: Oversee and support team where required for order execution activities (timely purchase order creation, material collection/dispatch, shipment tracking, import clearances and supplier payments) Timely resolution of quality rejection cases Maintain order tracker to have systematic database Cost Control : Minimize demurrage and detention for import shipments Optimizing order quantities and shipments to balance freight, clearance, inventory carrying and storage costs Recovering shipment damages from supplier/insurance Minimizing risk of material expiry by taking appropriate actions; ensuring material supply is as per shelf-life norms Indirect Materials Managing indirect materials & services procurement including responsibility for finalizing commercial terms Stakeholder & Team Management Co-ordinating and Engaging with Internal (Quality, Technical, Production, Warehouse, Stores, Finance) and External (Supplier, External Warehouse) Stakeholders to resolve issues Coaching and mentoring the procurement team Qualifications : Bachelors Degree is mandatory Experience : 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 KPI: Number/Criticality of Stock-Outs Cost Control Days of Inventory Stakeholder Feedback Competencies: Strong in grasping and sensing procurement/supply chain risks Aptitude towards material planning Strong Leadership & Interpersonal skills Good communication skills Problem-solving & getting the job done” mindset Strong analytical skills Ability to manage complexity and high-pressure situations Tools knowledge: Oracle, SAP