Bira 91 - Manager - Packaging Procurement

Planning & Operations:

- Strategically develop and implement category strategies covering key Raw and packaging materials such as glass, cans, crowns, cartons, Malt and hops.

- Creating and maintain annual budgets for raw & packaging material and keep a track on budget V/s actuals.

- Identify and develop strategic suppliers for key raw & packaging material as part of the centralized procurement process.

- To lead techno commercial negotiations for the category & create a repository of pricing templates.

- To lead contracting with inputs from legal & user departments.

- To coordinate with quality for periodic review for the finalization of specifications for key Raw &packaging materials.

- To lead the implementation of material requirement planning through SAP and ensure adherence to the process.

- To lead the new Raw and packaging material development.

- To develop and maintain material planning collaterals for identifying ordering and inventory requirement basis the annual, rolling and firm monthly plan

- To work with the plant store managers on identifying shortfalls and scheduling the orders in line with the requirement, defined inventory and working capital levels

- To minimize write offs for the raw & packaging material

- To coordinate with legal, marketing, suppliers, excise and compliance and manufacturing teams for development / regulatory registration/re-registration of the artwork

- To maintain repository of the accepted artworks for the key packaging materials

- To maintain and share dashboards/reports on the major KPIs such as Plan vs actual cost of material, inventory levels, write offs, credit terms etc.

Vendor Management:

- Optimize the delivered cost for the packaging material through different levers such as price negotiations, alternate vendor development, defining share of business, alternate product development etc.

- To monitor the pricing trends that impact the cost of finished goods and lead periodic price reviews with all the key suppliers.

- Define and optimize the working capital requirement for the category through managing vendor credit terms, required inventory levels and vendor managed inventory

- Coordinate with vendor on day to day operations to ensure material availability on time and as per the agreed specifications.

- To minimize the instances of PM rejections and facilitate alignment on CAPA in case of rejections

- To track and monitor the vendor performance on ongoing basis