Manager, Strategic Sourcing; Mars Global Services; Hyderabad

Role : Manager - Strategic Sourcing

Location : Hyderabad

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible to execute an enterprise wide annual sourcing plan (ASP) for India across the General services & Energy Categories including their respective subcategories & IFM not limited to the activities of value creation in terms of P&L impact, cost avoidance, contribution to the productivity programs of each Segment and cash, drive innovation through excellence in category management

• Collaborate with the APMEA Regional Sourcing Team for GS & IFM to ensure India market knowledge is included in the Global and regional strategies and implement regional and global strategy MSSM process locally within the requirements of the local market conditions.

• Participate in the regional collaborative community within the Category that includes the Operation team members responsible for that category based within each of the APMEA clusters including China, ANZ, SEA and IMEA that together will deliver the ASP for each category by executing the activities of value creation as above (point 1)

• Purchase equipment and services by securing price, capacity & service levels in line with commitments to the business and as per the sourcing strategies by applying a wide range of sourcing tools (e.g. negotiation, e-procurement, strategic collaboration, tenders/RFP’s etc.)

• Performs spend analysis based on market and financial insights for the category and executes sourcing roadmap for 3 years focused on cost savings, process improvements and supplier management.

• Develop local market Category insights including benchmarking externally and importing best practices locally. Share best practices across the Sourcing-Operations Category teams in APMEA

• Lead & drive the Value leadership for all three segments & represent MGS commercial in respective VL review forums

• Responsible for the relationships with local suppliers to drive performance management, deliver continuous quality and cost improvement as well as develop supplier-enabled innovations.

• Create and implement supply base strategy ensuring effective risk management through robust contracts and monitoring of financial and other KPIs. Ensure KPIs are recognized and approved by the Business and translated into P&L impact. Act as a key contact for supplier relationships. Ensure the supplier base is optimized to enable the implementation of Keystone which is an end to end procure to pay process in category management

• Establish and maintain relationships with Site Directors GM’s, CFO’s and other key stakeholders to ensure understanding of their needs and to facilitate the appropriate level of challenge for alignment with regional strategies. Provides market and financial insights and inputs to the internal financial planning and review processes.

• Develop & implement a continuous improvement action plan ensuring knowledge share with regional team. Monitor changes and adjust the plan as needed to sustain performance results.

• Ensure compliance with policies, systems and controls according to Mars standards. Communicates business risk and opportunity

Job Specifications/Qualifications

Note: May differ from the current job holder’s own skills and experience.

1. Education & Professional Qualification

• Bachelor degree in engineering, procurement or related field.

• MBA preferred

• Fluent in English, excellent in MS PowerPoint

2. Knowledge/Experience

• Min 10 years of category experience, ideally with supplier/customer management experience & financial acumen

• Indirect buying experience preferred with General Services & Energy category