Sr. Manager Procurement

Role & responsibilities

For FABRIC CARE & COOKING Range

- Sourcing new/alternate products and new/alternate suppliers based on the organization needs and finalise based on the competitive Cost, Quality, Service, Technology & Delivery. This involves

• Maintain supplier data base of related products
• Sending out RFI/RFQ
• Target costing and negotiation
• Assist R&D in new product launch
• NDA/Contract sign-off with new suppliers
• Be apprised of new technology and innovations

- Role proposes to also own end to end cost management” of existing suppliers. This encompasses

• Monthly cost updation basis latest commodity prices and agreed price revision policy
• Raising/seeking approval on NFA for above and ensuring on-time price porting
• Scouting cost efficiency projects across products/suppliers in line with organisation’s target and ensuring implementation/realisation of committed savings with meet/beat attitude
• Working on supplier’s strategy (Consolidation, localisation, manufacturing footprint optimisation etc.) and ensuring implementation
• Benchmarking of FGs with competition on cost and quality
• Benchmarking prices of Tier-2 components
• Tear down/MOC validation at agreed frequency
• Settling defectives (RTVs) sent back to suppliers
• Ensuring implementation of engineering changes, proposed by UIL
• Ensuring compliance with laid down processes
• Ensuring legal contract sign-off in placeF