Senior Lead - Commercial - Manufacturing Firm

Work with a global manufacturing company that caters not just domestic but international clients, and grab an exciting opportunity to create high business impact, driving business value for the organisation.

Our client is the largest manufacturing company based out of Gurgaon with many dealers across India and exporting their products to SAARC countries..

As a Sr. Lead- Commercial, you will efficiently lead the annual & monthly procurement planning and management and driving vendor relationships & ensure timely service delivery to internal customers

What you will do:

A. Strategic Planning

- Driving the Procurement strategy such as pricing, product mix & channel policies; Ensuring execution of the procurement in line with the planned strategic expansion & retention of the vendor base

- Driving identification & development of Purchase channels, distributor networks etc. and Managing negotiations to secure preferential rates for the Organization

B. Financial Controls

- Providing Department Budget estimations & providing inputs on inventory carrying cost to enable budget preparation and finalization and ensuring adherence to the same

C. Process Excellence

- Analysis with the help of MIS presentation and its effective implementation.

- Researching contracts, suppliers, equipment and regulations, including evaluation and purchase of new product

- Ensuring adequate stocks are maintained across inventories and replenished as per procurement plan; Liaising with Head - Store for management and planning of procurement plan

- Responding to inquiries from a variety of internal and external sources for the purpose of providing information, direction and/or appropriate referrals

- Driving procurement operations of Civil, IT, Fire & Safety, Utility, Insurance and manpower contracts.

- Developing and Managing new vendors to increase the supplier base for the organization.

- Driving the bidding process and contracts for vendor e.g. prepare specifications, evaluate bids, recommend vendors, conduct bid meetings, etc.) for the purpose of securing items and/or services within budget and in compliance with the requirements

- Taking new initiative towards cost savings and automation of existing processes.

- Promoting online buying through e auctions (ARIBA) and derive cost optimization out of it.

D. People

- Driving performance orientation through regular monitoring, review of performance parameters and providing feedback to team members

- Contributing towards development of talent for the department by providing subordinates with adequate exposure and growth opportunities to enable readiness for higher roles

- Actively participating in HR initiatives to drive overall employee engagement and motivation

- Any other additional responsibility assigned from time to time as a standalone project or regular work.

Candidate Profile:

What you need to have:

- Female Candidate are preferred.

- Should have experience in handling a team of atleast 5 to 10 people

- Must have good knowledge of SAP and E-Auction

- Must have working experience with large scale manufacturing companies

- Knowledge of HR

- People management skills

- Well equipped to understand the strong purchase/procurement process

- Excellent communication skills

Experience: 12 to 18 years

Annual CTC: Rupees 20,00,000 to 25,00,000