Supply Manager

About SmartQ

We are a leading B2B food tech company built on 4 pillars-great people, great food, great experience, and greater good. Solving complex business problems with our hearts and analyzing possible solutions with our minds lie in our DNA. We are on the perpetual route of serving our clients wholeheartedly. Armed with the stability of an MNC and the agility of a start-up, we have spread across 19 countries, having collaborated and executed successfully with 600 clients. We have grown from strength to strength with a blend of exuberant youth and exceptional experience. Bengaluru, being our headquarters, is known as the innovation hub and we have grown up to be the global leader in the institutional food tech space. We were recently acquired by the world's largest foodservice company – Compass group which has an annual turnover of 20 billion USD.

To know more about the 5 key pillars that surround our culture check out our LinkedIn ‘Life’ page. You will be amazed to be a part of our growth story - https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartq-bottlelabs/life/cdc290f8-ff81-4e7f-9c96-37d842f936c4/?viewAsMember=true

Are you excited to join our team as Supply Manager?

Are you passionate about nurturing relationships with clients? Does the role of engaging with vendors excite you? If your answer is a resounding yes, then we are looking for you.

As a Supply Manager at SmartQ, your primary role will revolve around ensuring that the company’s needs are met efficiently and effectively through its relationships with vendors. In addition, your role will also revolve around identifying potential vendors, evaluating and selecting vendors, negotiating contracts, monitor vendor performance, identify potential risks, ensure compliance adherence, and seek opportunities for continuous improvement, among much more.

If you are a dynamic, results-oriented manager with a proven track record in steering MNCs toward unprecedented success, we invite you to seize this opportunity to make a profound impact on our global presence. Do you possess all these skills and wish to make an impact in the world of food and technology? Join us now!

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Onboarding Organized QSRs, Restaurants, Hotels, Cafes, Cloud/Dark kitchens onto SmartQ
• Visit Kitchens & audit, understand capacity, strength of partners
• Maintaining a database with compliance & execution of agreements
• Cultivating and nurturing valuable relationship with vendors
• Resolve any payment related/other issues with partners
• Channelizing client requirements to well performing partners
• Allocation of suitable partners to client requirements
• Communicate new client proposals to partners effectively with negotiation on quotes

Qualifications:

• People oriented and good team players
• Sound knowledge and experience of working with food partners
• Results Oriented, be accountable and hold accountable
• Proven experience in managing in a similar environment
• Excellent process and product knowledge
• Self-motivated, agile and ability to adapt to a changing environment
• Overall 3+ years' experience with a minimum 2 years in a similar role
• Graduate/Diploma in Vendor Management/BHM discipline

Message from CEO:

We've realized that we're not merely in the B2B Food service industry; we're in the business of 'Capturing Hearts.' We find ourselves uniquely positioned to turn ordinary, mundane corporate cafeterias into places of pure delight, where individuals can freely express themselves, find inspiration, and share happiness. Such a profound transformation opportunity is a rare gift, where the purpose of our enterprise transcends the ordinary. If this vision resonates with you, we invite you to join us in our mission to spread joy and happiness in a world of stress and pressure. Together, let's play our part in making this world a more beautiful place.