Category Lead Purchase Role - Packaging Material & Contract Manufacturing Firm - South Asia/Pacific/Middle East Africa Region

Packaging and Contract Manufacturing Category Lead Purchase - South Asia, Pacific, Middle East Africa Region

Looking for relevant experience of 8 years+ experience in consumer or packaging industry and 5 years+ experience in strategic sourcing or category management. Strong exposure insourcing of Corrugated Boxes, Cartons, Folding Boxes, Bottles, Caps, Tubes, Aluminium Foils, Cans, Closures, Rigid Plastic etc

Responsibilities :

- Analyses business needs and challenges demand.

- Defines purchasing strategy

- Optimizes costs

- Anticipates business activity and acts proactively

- Maximizes Supplier Relationships

- Creates value and innovates

- Negotiates with integrity

- Operates according to internal control principles and legal rules

- Evaluates and manages risks

- Deploy strategy and actions for sustainability

- Manages Performance and efficiency

- Supports and manages stakeholders' relationships

Key Deliverables:

- Sustainability - Recycled plastic and other sustainable packaging

- Category sourcing strategy development and supply market deep dive

- Compliance - Risk assessment, Organization compliance KPI's to be successfully met

- Total value ownership approach