Director - Supply Partnership - Qcommerce (10-15 yrs)

10+ years of experience in supply chain management, vendor negotiation, and partnership management, with at least 5 years in a leadership level role.

JD:

Vendor Onboarding and Relationship Management :

- Lead the onboarding process for new vendors, ensuring compliance with company standards, quality requirements, and operational efficiency.

- Lead the negotiation process for vendor contracts, ensuring favorable terms and conditions that align with business goals and cost optimization.

- Develop and implement a supplier strategy that prioritizes quality, delivery performance, and cost competitiveness.

- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers to ensure consistent and reliable supply.

- Ensuring vendor capacity planning at backend to meet the business plans.

- Take corrective action, if required and develop new vendors for decreasing dependencies on single vendors as a risk mitigation

Supply Chain Strategy & Management :

- Oversee the end-to-end supply chain management, from procurement to delivery, ensuring smooth operations and timely supply fulfillment.

- Ensure identification of the vendors based upon set specifications and monitor the right price index for procurement and ensure all procurement costs as per targets defined which are based on Cost of Goods Sold (COGS).

- Manage inventory and ensure 100% fill rate in teh assigned cities Ensure zero wastage by right inventory management, minimum order quantities (MOQ) for all Stock keeping units (SKUs). Build route plans for distribution for the assigned city ensuring the timely delivery as per the unit convenience time.

- Work closely with the City Team to optimize local vendor partnerships and tailor supply strategies for specific markets or regions.

Relationship Management with Key Stakeholders :

- Stakeholders Collaborate with the Leadership team, Business team, Operations team and other key stakeholders to solicit continuous feedback on the current and future vendor management and supply chain strategies

- Build and maintain relationships with all the vendors, manage all stakeholders to meet timelines and fill rate with right quality and right price.

- Work with the legal team for the development of contracts with the various vendors Collaborate with internal teams (logistics, finance, sales, etc.) to streamline processes, reduce lead times, and improve inventory management.

- Identify opportunities for process improvement and cost savings within the supply chain and implement best practices.

Finance :

- Develop and manage budgets for vendor partnerships and the overall supply chain operations, ensuring cost efficiency while maintaining service quality.

- Continuously monitor supply chain costs and find opportunities for cost optimization through supplier negotiations, process improvements, and operational efficiencies.

Team Management :

- Must be well versed at managing mid sized teams (at least 10 + team members )

- To influence, nurture and develop a self motivated high performing team

- Conduct periodic reviews to mentor the team to use their skills effectively while ensuring periodic trainings / developmental initiatives to groom the team