Lifelong Online - Associate Manager - Sourcing (3-5 yrs)

Role: Associate Sourcing Manager

- We are hiring for Multiple Categories - Home| L&G| Auto|Electronics|Kitchen

- Location: Gurgaon

Job Responsibilities:

- Responsible for the sourcing of products from Indian and China factories should be a people's person.

- Negotiating best prices and favorable payment terms to the company.

- Analyze and determine cost reduction opportunities by leveraging volumes, optimizing the supplier base and reducing total cost of ownership.

- Create and execute strategic sourcing plans that will support the teams development of an end-to-end sourcing plan for new categories/expansions.

- Driving end to end process from sampling, production follow-up, shipments.

- Working with cross-functional teams and category managers to drive creation and improvement in sourcing plans.

- Dealing with various vendors merchandising activities like calculating trims / raw material, costing of product.

- Accurately forecasting trends, planning stock and monitoring performance.

Skills & Qualification:

- 3+ years experience.

- Engineering/Supply Chain or Business Graduates.

- Prior experience in sourcing or procurement, supplier management, and driving supply chain improvements, prior expertise in International Sourcing would be preferred.

- Experience with end-to-end procure-to-pay process.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills & Negotiation Skills.

- Self-starter, problem solver to identify process gaps and trouble shoot them.

- Ability to execute in rapid growth and fast paced environment ability to work with ambiguity in a start-up environment.