General Manager - Procurement - Insulator Manufacturing Firm

GM - Procurement

Position : GM - Procurement

Industry : Insulator Manufacturing

Location : Mandideep

Experience : 14 + Years

Job Description :

- Managing raw material and packaging material procurement for plants.

- Supply chain management (Logistics, CHA, import, export, negotiations).

- Packing Material optimization i.e Wood.

- Identifying new vendors for all purchase segments i.e RM, Packing, stores & spares items.

- Projections on Natural Gas and propane.

- Items - Wood, Coal, Diesel (utility).

- Metal Parts, foundry items, critical machineries.

- Raw material - Clays (domestic and imported).

Sourcing :

- Raw Material sourcing, New Vendor introduction, Alternate Raw material sourcing and coordinating with specified team members, Annual contracts with global suppliers.

- Vendor identification International as well as domestic, Strong MIS on RM movement across the globe, closure of plants, price trends, impact on sourcing.

- Support to technology & business, Responsible for Material costing of RM including Packaging, Commercial evaluation of material.

Planning :

- Forecasting planning SKU wise, Demand planning.

- Instituting capacity planning & storage space requirements based on annual budget, admitting service level improvements (OTIF).

- Adherence to monthly, quarterly, annual production plans,

- Active involvement with Marketing, Sales, Finance, Production, Purchase, R&D, QC & Logistics, Improving Productivity (TPM), Actively utilizing APO for supply network planning.

- Lead the team of purchase function, advice on cost effective ways & methods of procurements, Timely order placement with vendors, tracking mechanism.

Review & improvement mechanism :

- Set up a process to review vendor performance management evaluation & vendor relationship management.

- Working to reduce non-value-added activities across & mitigate cost implications in a futuristic approach.

- Driving inventory management, Administering FIFO methods, to monitor RM & Finished good stocks & to have a good control on Inventory management.

- Working with a supplier portal for faster order processing & visibility across.

- Set up supply chain to support unmatched speed to market working cohesive with all work streams from finance Marketing Sales, R&D, QC to drive value to end consumer.

- Spearheading critical projects for consolidation & cost driving initiatives across group from packaging.

- Implement various IT solutions and help improve its value by developing the knowledge base and tools necessary to give a competitive advantage on the market.