Purchase Manager

Position: Purchase Manager

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Role Summary

At Ad Leo, we bring

This role demands agility, precision and strong vendor partnerships to support our creative teams in delivering impactful brand experiences across categories and clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing:

  Identify, evaluate and onboard vendors across printing, fabrication, signage, hardware, packaging, logistics, gifting and services like manpower, capital expenditure, etc.

• Vendor Management:

  Build long-term relationships with quality suppliers while continuously benchmarking for cost, innovation, and reliability.

• Procurement Operations:

1. Float RFQs, compare quotations and finalize vendors as per job specs, quality standards, and timelines.
2. Raise and manage POs, job cards, and delivery notes.
3. Ensure GRN, billing and payment processing are accurately tracked.

• Cross-Department Coordination:

  Work closely with design, project management and production teams to anticipate and plan purchase requirements for campaigns and activations.

• Market Intelligence:

  Conduct periodic research to stay updated on new materials, technologies, and pricing trends relevant to branding and event production.

• Compliance & Tracking:

  Implement approval workflows, maintain purchase trackers and ensure transparency in documentation and vendor communication.

• Performance Review:

  Evaluate vendor performance periodically based on cost, delivery and quality metrics.

• Risk Management:

  Develop alternate sourcing plans to mitigate production delays or material shortages.

Required Skills -

• Strong negotiation, costing and documentation discipline.
• Thorough understanding of

  print, fabrication, signage, event production materials, manpower and other services.

• Excellent multitasking and coordination across multiple projects and vendors.

• High proficiency in Excel, costing sheets, PO tracking and comparative analysis.

• Deadline-oriented with an ownership mindset.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for vendor and internal team collaboration.

Qualifications & Experience -

• Graduate in Commerce / Operations / Supply Chain.
• 5–8 years of experience in procurement roles within

  advertising, events, production or retail branding industries.

• Hands-on experience with vendor negotiations, job costing and production timelines in a fast-paced agency environment.

Career Path

• Opportunity to grow into

  Head of Procurement

  overseeing

  pan-India sourcing and production strategy

  for all Ad Leo verticals.

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