Head - Purchase - Manufacturing & Trading Firm

About Our Client : MNC-Mfgr & Trading

Position : Head - Purchase

Location : Mumbai

Reports : Group Head - SCM Operations

Will Be Responsible For :

- 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 optimized costs

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

- Procurement of Tyre, Batteries and White Goods-Consumer Electronic Goods

Key Responsibilities :

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

- Develop a clean spending baseline

- Develop should cost models & benchmark opportunity

- Setup category dashboards

- Collate demand requirements - SKU specifications, business requirements

- Identify relevant suppliers to introduce into the 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

Criteria :

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/ Electrical / Electronic Engineering

- Master's degree in Operations/Manufacturing/Planning

- 10-14 Years of experience, Minimum 5 years 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 the procurement of electronic and white goods would be an added advantage