Regional Sourcing Head - Fruits & Vegetables

As a Category Manager in the Grocery B2C business unit, your primary job purpose is to fulfill the regional Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (F&V) requirement by efficiently sourcing from farmers, collection centers, direct store delivery (DSD), and mandis. Your responsibility includes ensuring freshness, quality assurance, and implementing quality measures at sourcing points, during transportation, and at Fresh Food Distribution Centers (FFDCs). You will be managing the business model of Fruits & Vegetables and establishing systems for longer shelf life and minimal handling loss with cost-effective sourcing. Your key responsibilities involve overseeing and approving buying plans for different product groups within the Fruits & Vegetables category, monitoring performance, implementing risk management strategies, and ensuring a seamless supply chain system. You will collaborate with the Supply Chain Management (SCM) head for long-term vendor negotiations, optimizing fill rates, forecasting, and planning processes, while focusing on sourcing quality produce to minimize customer complaints. To evaluate your performance, key performance indicators (KPIs) include achieving a 95% or higher line and quantity fill rate, increasing the number of farmers and consolidators supplying Vegetables across all formats, decreasing Mandi buying share, and increasing CC buying share. Additional KPIs involve increasing farmer training programs, reducing Declared Purchase Price (DPP) deviation, and minimizing quality complaints from CC and Mandi buying. Your job requirements include strong functional competencies in strategic sourcing, vendor management, negotiation skills, and supplier relationship management. Additionally, you should demonstrate behavioral competencies such as decision-making, leadership, negotiation skills, and relationship building to excel in this role.,