National Lead - Sourcing - FMCG

Job Description :

- Formulating budgets for timely procurement of commodities and ensuring uninterrupted supply to food categories

- Conceptualization, Planning & Execution of Monthly Purchase Cycle Promotions by close interaction with Marketing & Channel Partners.

- Prioritizing high value, high risk, and high growth commodities & incorporate growth strategy in business plan.

- Deciding on the Buy vs Make Decisions for each Category. Plan production capabilities for own packaged brands.

- Manage a purchasing strategy with local suppliers for regional buying & national level suppliers for national buying of central categories to leverage on cost.

- Do strategic sourcing for National Commodities - inflation indexed pricing

- Analyze data on demand-supply, government policies/ Understand tax implications (Excise credit, GST) and incorporate in buying decision

- Analyzing changing Consumer behavior and trends and source according to market trend

- Responsible for developing a broader and reliable vendor base for sourcing of raw material

- Developing various procurement channels to buy the commodities from different mandis, eChoupal & farmers PAN India

- Strengthening vendor source and developing alternate source of suppliers. Define a primary and secondary supplier base for each commodity