National Sourcing Head - Agritech Business

As a Sourcing Head you will be responsible for Fruits & Vegetable vertical, which is a B2B2C business model. This is a mini start-up within company which is growing and scaling rapidly. You as a Sourcing Head will have opportunity to set-up the business right from very first phase. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure spontaneous follow of supplies across all the categories of fruits & vegetables across all the established cities.

Responsibilities :

- Create and contribute to sourcing strategy across all the business cities

- Identification of sourcing pipeline for each category of fruits & vegetables

- Identification of suppliers from across the key souring locations

- Establishing standards with regards to quality, delivery and pricing

- Conduct bids / RFQ etc on need basis

- Supplier selection, negotiation, and onboarding

- Ongoing quality assurance and timely service delivery for each supplier

- People and process management responsibility for the procurement team.

- Ensure healthy supply chain management - maximum inventory cap to be maintained.

- Reordering to be streamlined to minimise OOS as well as dump due to excess inventory.

Must-Have Skills :

- Leadership skills, someone who can manage large team across PAN India

- Strong analytical rigor and problem-solving skills

- Strong communication & Interpersonal skills

- Proficient in MS Office

- Proactive takes initiative, self-motivated, team player

- Strong collaboration, stake holder management and interpersonal skills

- Willingness to hustle