Head - Raw Material Procurement & Trading - Commodity Chemicals Industry

Head Raw Material Procurement & Trading (Commodity Chemicals)

Reporting to the Managing Director India & you will be responsible for:

- Identify and evaluate potential chemical suppliers and manufacturers.

- Negotiate supplier agreements, including pricing, terms, and quality standards. Establish and maintain relationships with reliable chemical suppliers.

- Ensure a consistent supply of high-quality commodity chemicals to meet Planning, implementing, maintaining, and monitoring procurement strategies and policies.

- Analysing supply market capacity, import/export economics in raw material supply chain. Developing BCP (business continuity planning) for domestic and imported materials.

- Managing supplier relationships, vendor inventory, and purchasing procedures while aligning with supplier standards, budget, and quality.

- Working closely with cross-functional teams to identify and develop initiatives to achieve Y-o-Y cost savings.

- Overlooking all contracts and always ensuring quality of products and services.

- Referencing raw material indices and data to forecast cost model.

Qualification And Experience:

1. BE Chemical Engineer with 12-20 years of work experience in RAW MATERIAL PROCUREMENT And TRADING in a Commodity Chemical Industry.

2. Be thorough with using procurement tools (SAP MM, Ariba, Advanced Excel).

3. Have considerable knowledge of methods of analysing suppliers & material, contract language, compliance requirements, and financial risk.

4. Have the ability to develop & execute business continuity/strategic plans to provide direction toward the achievement of financial targets.

5. Have a strong 'hands-on' people management, stakeholder management, team building, leadership and coaching skills.

6. Be an excellent negotiation, oral, and written communication skills.