JOB OBJECTIVES
Lead and & manage Indirect procurement category for
- Industrial Procurement – Capex, Opex , Project Purchase , AMC Contract , Fuels – Coal, Briquettes Alternate Energy Initiative Chemicals, other Service contracts
- General & Administration- Uniforms, Rental Cabs, Hotels, Airline Service & Quality, other allied services
- IT / IS – Laptops, Printers, Software, Licenses & tools
- HR Services – Manpower contracts, Uniforms, Employee welfare, Off role Employee contracts, Employee insurance & Training needs
- SCM – Contract finalization for Cold chain Logistics – Warehouse & Refer Trucks & other SCM related service contracts
- Marketing / Trade Marketing & Events – Vendor development & Contract finalization to meet the marketing dept requirements & Product lunch events
- Agri / Farming services –Vendor development & Sourcing of Cattle feed & other allied services related to farmer welfare
- Co- Manufacturing – Vendor identification and development for contract manufacturing / Packing of dairy products
- EHS - Safety Items, Training & Consultant for Audit & Training
- As part of operations procurement lead Innovations & support business by continuously improving product / services. Meeting and exceeding budgeted cost savings in all spend in this category, by providing overall thrust and direction to team effort to meet the
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Direction Setting:
- Leads & drives translation of Company objectives into Purchase objectives for the category in order to ensure that sourcing group tasks & aims are articulated, understood & accepted by the team and the business.
- Understands & interprets the overall business direction & objectives and develops & aligns plans for the category to enable their achievement.
- Develops plans and systems & processes to optimize the utilization of resources for the category in order to successfully achieve business objectives.
- Business Planning:
- Develops & communicates (to team members) short & long term plans that are comprehensive, realistic & effective in order to support all Procurement activities.
- Constructs & uses budgets to manage & monitor spends for the category and ensures that adjustment processes are in place for over/under achievement.
- Commits to and delivers savings/added value in line with department/business targets
- Purchase Practices:
- Applies defined processes; be a part of cross functional teams to develop long term strategic source plans for spend categories.
- Collaborates with plants and Global Purchase teams in order to leverage material spend.
- Ensures thorough analysis of supply markets relative to category of expenditure in order to logically substantiate the evaluation of sourcing group & supplier management strategies.
- Review Key Performance Parameters with Stakeholder team.
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Manage relationships and ways of working with key suppliers in order to align understanding & commitment with customer expectations
- Applies the right supplier relationship spectrum viz., Leverage, Preferred, Partnership or Strategic Alliance in order to satisfy business needs.
- People:
- Develops team & talent with diverse capabilities in order to deliver objectives that are in line with requirements of the business.
- Ensures that functional communication processes are in place in order to encourage the creation of an atmosphere that fosters seamless & timely flow of information and provides open access to information.
- Systems & Processes:
- Identifies implements & continuously improves systems & processes in line with the changing environment – SAP.
- Demonstrates & performs in accordance with sound business ethics, purchasing & supply standards, policies & procedures to give India the highest possible perceived integrity in all supplier relationships.
Position Reports to: Administrative & Functional :
Head Strategic Procurement – Lactalis India
Key Customers:
Sales & Marketing team / Supply chain team / Legal / Finance team/ HR/ Quality/Plants /Technical Team/Shared Services team etc.
Internal Customers:
Lead/interface with Sourcing Group teams at local, regional, International/Global level.
Interface with Group Functions w.r.t. Category activities: Interact & collaborate with Finance, Quality, Plants, Supply Chain in cross-functional teams for category improvement.
External Customers:
JOB REQUIREMENT
BE / BTech / PostGraduate qualification inmanagement/ General / Materials Management from a reputed institute / university.
Minimum Education:
Minimum 15 years of relevant post qualification experience with at least 5 years at a middle/senior management level in the Indirect Procurement function in a similar industry, where he/she should have demonstrated strong commercial acumen.
Minimum Work Experience:
- Knowledge of Company & Procurement objectives & deliverables.
- Knowledge of company’s budgetary & financial management processes.
Business Knowledge:
- Drives Innovative Business Improvements
- Growth Behaviors
- Objective Analytical Thinking
- Takes Initiative to Deliver Results
- Works Effectively with Others andInfluences Others
Competencies/Skills/Abilities: Behavioral Competencies
- Contract Management-Competent
- Negotiation withthe suppliers-Competent
- Purchase Process -Mastery
- Vendor Management / Supplier Scheduling-Mastery
Functional Competencies
- Most materials fallunder the “
Strategic
” portfolio, where the need to manage and influence the suppliers is important. Therefore, building effective long term partnership with suppliers is of paramount importance. - Forecast prices systematically & accurately formajor spend areas in a focused manner.
- Analyze expenditure to establish potential future price change impact on purchasing portfolio and thetotal forecast impact of purchasing activity on future business profitability.
- Tactical & strategic negotiation for category of expenditure.
- Initiate & manage innovations and major cost improvement programs for keyexpenditure, resulting insignificant savings or cost control.
- Undertake complex contractual & business negotiations with major suppliers
- Ensure adequate inventory of Key material as per requirement
Key SuccessCriteria's:
English ,Hindi
Working knowledge of MS office / Advance Excel / SAP ore-
Sourcing is anadded benefit -Ariba, catalogue. Excellent inExcel & PowerPoint.
20%
Language Proficiency IT Knowledge:
Travel:
