Senior Manager/Manager - Procurement Operation/Strategic Procurement (7-15 yrs)

Heading the Supply planning of 2000+ Raw Materials to more than 15 sites across India. The incumbent would lead a team of 6 to 8 purchase officers for Procurement Operations.

The incumbent shall be responsible for the following:

Vendors:

- Manage the Procure to Pay process for all Direct Materials

- Manage vendor communication

- Follow up for order confirmation and on time delivery of goods. Escalate to vendor leadership wherever necessary

- Liase with AP team for payment related queries of vendors

- Manage vendor helpdesk to resolve vendor queries

- Responsible for tracking and documenting Risk, and issues management

Systems and Processes:

- Robust review process to ensure open GRN's, Overdue advances, Old PO's, Old PR's and invoice queries are kept at minimal

- Regularly monitor Inventory and NOD levels, and ensure these are as per company guidelines

- Generate Procurement related MIS to report agreed SLA's and health of the procurement function. Conduct analysis to identify root causes and propose improvement plans

- Lead the effort to implement Vendor Portal for Direct Materials function

Stakeholder Management:

- Build and maintain strong relationships with business units, sites, vendors and transporters to ensure smooth operations

- Guide internal team to conduct regular operational calls with all sites and ensure actions from such meetings are documented and completed

- Represent the Purchase Department in governance meetings as and when required