Procurement Manager

OrganicBazar is India’s fastest-growing D2C gardening brand. We ship high-germ seeds, 260 GSM grow bags, tools and eco-fertilisers to 1 lakh+ happy gardeners and are now adding live plants and China-sourced innovations. We need a procurement champion who can slash landed cost, flood our catalogue with 20 high-margin product lines in Year 1, and keep every shipment on-time, every time. What You’ll Own Sourcing & Supplier Development Run RFQs, cost-sheet breakdowns and PO execution for live plants, seeds, grow bags, tools and Chinese SKUs. Negotiate directly with Indian nurseries/tissue-culture labs and Yiwu/Guangzhou OEMs (Incoterms 2020, customs, HS codes). Maintain ≥ 2 qualified suppliers per critical SKU; achieve OTIF ≥ 95 %. Cost & Margin Growth Deliver ≥ 5 % landed-cost saving versus baseline within 12 months. Launch 20 new high-margin lines (mix of live plants and China imports) generating ≥ ₹30 L/month each. Systems & Analytics Build cost-variance and supplier scorecard dashboards (Excel Power Query / any ERP/WMS). Implement barcode-level traceability; monitor FX impact on import landed cost. Who Should ApplyExperience: 5–8 yrs in procurement / vendor development for agri-inputs, live plants or D2C hard-goods plus hands-on China sourcing. Spend Managed: ₹ 5–10 Cr cumulative, with proven ≥ 5 % savings. Skills: Cost-sheet mastery • Incoterms 2020 • import duty & documentation • advanced Excel • ERP/WMS • negotiation wizardry. Mobility: Ready for 4–6 domestic vendor visits/month + 1–2 China trips/year. Languages: Fluent Hindi & English (Mandarin basics / WeChat comfort is a bonus). Education (nice-to-have): B.Sc Agri/Hort or MBA-SCM; CSCP/CPSM/CPP certification. How to ApplyEmail your CV plus a one-page cost-saving/import case study to support@organicbazar.net with subject “Sourcing Manager – ”. Bonus: list three China-origin gardening SKUs under ₹ 500 with their target landed cost & margin.