Lenexis FoodWorks - Head - Procurement - CAPEX & OPEX

Required Candidate profile :

- Candidate with minimum 8 years of experience & should have handled similar profile at procurement in-charge level for at least 2 years. Should have experience of working in fast paced environment.

Job description :

- Managing the entire purchase activities of the organization related to CAPEX/OPEX

- Identify / define best sourcing practices for the categories handled

- Techno commercial evaluation & Commercial negotiations

- Develop alternative sources for cost savings by adopting cost reduction

- Identify and develop potential vendors/ suppliers across all the cities for achieving cost effective purchases of material

- Making Vendor Assessments based Technical, Financial, Quality assurance and Managerial capabilities

- Design and drive systems, processes, and methodologies for delivering quality

- Follow-up with vendors for timely deliveries, Schedules, quality checks

- Handle problem escalation and address performance issues with vendors

- Maintain optimum investment in inventories. Stores & Inventory Management achieve maximum cost savings

- Standardization of items in order to reduce procurement cost and stores space utilized

- Disposal of surplus, obsolete and scrap materials

- Effectively use of cost analysis tools in support of strategic sourcing process, procurement costs, cost reduction metrics and bottom-line performance indicators

- Demand forecast analysis

- Maximizing marketplace leverage, determining competitive alternatives, and prioritizing business objectives for cross functional teams in order to support key revenue enablement and margin management financial targets

- Responsibility for Supplier Evaluation and Supplier rating

- Responsibility for Price negotiation, supplier selection & annual rate contracting of the capital equipment and related services contracts

- Developing Category led strategies/ best practices to achieve lowest total cost considering aggregation of volume and standardization of materials and services on a regional basis

- Continue reviewing and updating purchases to ensure the right costs are projected for the year

- Analyzing and uses financial data to identify trends, track results, determine the financial strength of suppliers, identify cost drivers, and cost management opportunities

- Explore Purchase of Capital Equipment/materials from International Suppliers through Imports if required.

- Knowledge in handling Imports purchase activities like Licensing, Customs clearance, Foreign currency payments etc if required