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Purchase Head

About Client: Manufacturer and Exporter of Miscellaneous Products

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Position: Purchase Head

Location: Mumbai

Reporting To: Group Head – SCM 

Criteria: Bachelor’s degree (Mechanical/ Electrical / Electronic Engineering) with 5+ years of Experience in leading Purchasing / vendor development/Operations/supply chain function for a Variety of products (trading of commodity and branded goods, manufactured goods).

Other Experience:

• Process-driven, confident in developing efficient and effective systems to increase the productivity of the organization

• Developing business plans and budgeting

• Cost control exposure and exposure to procurement of electronic and white goods would be an added advantage

Skills:

Behavioural

• Planning & Results Orientation: Is focused on achieving results through planning, organization and resourcefulness.

• Communication: Expresses thoughts and emotions objectively to ensure messages are provided for achieving results and sets expectations appropriately

• Interpersonal Skills & Conflict Resolution: Maintains relationships with internal and external stakeholders, peers and colleagues, and ensures conflicts are resolved with the objective of achieving business and mutual goals.

• Team Skills: Building a trusting, open, and collaborative culture where mutual respect and fairness are considered important.

• Global & Diversity Mindset: Encourages and is open to a diverse team, cultures, perspectives, experiences across multiple countries/regions to foster a productive environment

• Innovation and Creativity: Goes beyond the conventional, questions the status quo, “thinking outside the box”, with a willingness to take risks and implement creative solutions to achieve business goals

Technical / Functional/Industry

• Financial, Commercial & Business Acumen

• Knowledge of ERP 

• Supply Chain Management- Forecasting, vendor management, contracting, procurement, logistics

• Trading and manufacturing business knowledge

Job Purpose:

• Responsible for ensuring procurement and development of products in efficient and effective to our Group companies globally. 

• Plan, organize and monitor the complete development plan and consistent supply plan of goods to ensure items and resources are shipped to their appropriate destinations with optimised costs 

• Exceptional strengths in maintaining perfect coordination with Sales with complete knowledge of Engineering item procurement other applications thereof.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support on-site teams in designing and executing sourcing process

• Develop clean spend baseline

• Develop should cost models & benchmark opportunity
  Setup category dashboards

• Collate demand requirements - SKU specifications, business requirements

• Identify relevant suppliers to introduce into process

• Conduct RFP analysis and prepare negotiation decks

• Develop procurement expertise in 1-2 broad categories

• Managing supply chain from Requirement Work with other functions to build collaborative solutions/offerings

• Develop strategies for cost reduction, negotiations, and overall improved commercial performance

• Drive efforts to improve contract negotiations and management, ensuring risks are managed and mitigated Identification,

• Liaising with the Group’s overseas offices, especially in Africa, for operational activities.

• Planning annual capacity based on demand forecasting & historical data to ensure availability of resources & highlight in case of additional capacity need and assist for sourcing through different schemes to avail duty benefits.

Leadership and Business Planning

• Work in partnership with the Group Supply Chain Head & the Director to develop the Country’s operational strategy/plan and implement processes and approaches to achieve it. 

• Ability to manage and develop sourcing team efficiently 

• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice in vendor development, sourcing, operations & logistics vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance

• Assess operational risks to the company and ensure they are monitored and minimized

• Support the development of budgets about the operational business plan

To apply for this job, send your resume on pmcplconsultant@gmail.com