Indirect Purchase

15 years

0 Lacs

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Job Description

JOB OBJECTIVES

Lead and & manage Indirect procurement category for
  • Industrial Procurement – Capex, Opex , Project Purchase , AMC Contract , Fuels – Coal, Briquettes Alternate Energy Initiative Chemicals, other Service contracts
  • General & Administration- Uniforms, Rental Cabs, Hotels, Airline Service & Quality, other allied services
  • IT / IS – Laptops, Printers, Software, Licenses & tools
  • HR Services – Manpower contracts, Uniforms, Employee welfare, Off role Employee contracts, Employee insurance & Training needs
  • SCM – Contract finalization for Cold chain Logistics – Warehouse & Refer Trucks & other SCM related service contracts
  • Marketing / Trade Marketing & Events – Vendor development & Contract finalization to meet the marketing dept requirements & Product lunch events
  • Agri / Farming services –Vendor development & Sourcing of Cattle feed & other allied services related to farmer welfare
  • Co- Manufacturing – Vendor identification and development for contract manufacturing / Packing of dairy products
  • EHS - Safety Items, Training & Consultant for Audit & Training
  • As part of operations procurement lead Innovations & support business by continuously improving product / services. Meeting and exceeding budgeted cost savings in all spend in this category, by providing overall thrust and direction to team effort to meet the

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Direction Setting:
    • Leads & drives translation of Company objectives into Purchase objectives for the category in order to ensure that sourcing group tasks & aims are articulated, understood & accepted by the team and the business.
    • Understands & interprets the overall business direction & objectives and develops & aligns plans for the category to enable their achievement.
    • Develops plans and systems & processes to optimize the utilization of resources for the category in order to successfully achieve business objectives.
    • Business Planning:

    • Develops & communicates (to team members) short & long term plans that are comprehensive, realistic & effective in order to support all Procurement activities.
    • Constructs & uses budgets to manage & monitor spends for the category and ensures that adjustment processes are in place for over/under achievement.
    • Commits to and delivers savings/added value in line with department/business targets
    • Purchase Practices:

    • Applies defined processes; be a part of cross functional teams to develop long term strategic source plans for spend categories.
    • Collaborates with plants and Global Purchase teams in order to leverage material spend.
    • Ensures thorough analysis of supply markets relative to category of expenditure in order to logically substantiate the evaluation of sourcing group & supplier management strategies.
    • Review Key Performance Parameters with Stakeholder team.
    • Supplier Relationship Management

    • Manage relationships and ways of working with key suppliers in order to align understanding & commitment with customer expectations
    • Applies the right supplier relationship spectrum viz., Leverage, Preferred, Partnership or Strategic Alliance in order to satisfy business needs.
  • People:
    • Develops team & talent with diverse capabilities in order to deliver objectives that are in line with requirements of the business.
    • Ensures that functional communication processes are in place in order to encourage the creation of an atmosphere that fosters seamless & timely flow of information and provides open access to information.
    • Systems & Processes:

    • Identifies implements & continuously improves systems & processes in line with the changing environment – SAP.
    • Demonstrates & performs in accordance with sound business ethics, purchasing & supply standards, policies & procedures to give India the highest possible perceived integrity in all supplier relationships.

Position Reports to: Administrative & Functional :

Head Strategic Procurement – Lactalis India

Key Customers:

Sales & Marketing team / Supply chain team / Legal / Finance team/ HR/ Quality/Plants /Technical Team/Shared Services team etc.

Internal Customers:

Lead/interface with Sourcing Group teams at local, regional, International/Global level.Interface with Group Functions w.r.t. Category activities: Interact & collaborate with Finance, Quality, Plants, Supply Chain in cross-functional teams for category improvement.

External Customers:

JOB REQUIREMENT

BE / B Tech / Post Graduate qualification in management/ General / Materials Management from a reputed institute / university.

Minimum Education:

Minimum 15 years of relevant post qualification experience with at least 5 years at a middle/senior management level in the Indirect Procurement function in a similar industry, where he/she should have demonstrated strong commercial acumen.

Minimum Work Experience:

JOB OBJECTIVES

Lead and & manage Indirect procurement category for
  • Industrial Procurement – Capex, Opex , Project Purchase , AMC Contract , Fuels – Coal, Briquettes Alternate Energy Initiative Chemicals, other Service contracts
  • General & Administration- Uniforms, Rental Cabs, Hotels, Airline Service & Quality, other allied services
  • IT / IS – Laptops, Printers, Software, Licenses & tools
  • HR Services – Manpower contracts, Uniforms, Employee welfare, Off role Employee contracts, Employee insurance & Training needs
  • SCM – Contract finalization for Cold chain Logistics – Warehouse & Refer Trucks & other SCM related service contracts
  • Marketing / Trade Marketing & Events – Vendor development & Contract finalization to meet the marketing dept requirements & Product lunch events
  • Agri / Farming services –Vendor development & Sourcing of Cattle feed & other allied services related to farmer welfare
  • Co- Manufacturing – Vendor identification and development for contract manufacturing / Packing of dairy products
  • EHS - Safety Items, Training & Consultant for Audit & Training
  • As part of operations procurement lead Innovations & support business by continuously improving product / services. Meeting and exceeding budgeted cost savings in all spend in this category, by providing overall thrust and direction to team effort to meet the

Minimum Work Experience:

  • In depth of knowledge of Indirect and spends associated therewith.
  • In depth of knowledge of Indirect and spends associated therewith.

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