Procurement & Supply Chain Lead - eCommerce Startup

Procurement & Supply Chain Lead | Ratan Tata Backed E-Comm Startup

Founded by a former Google employee with experience in building global products and running sales across Asia, the company is an eCommerce company specializing in B2B procurement of industrial products. The business model of the company got further validation when Mr. Ratan Tata picked up a stake in it. It has also raised a pre-Series A funding from Accel Partners and Jungle Ventures. The funds are being used to enhance the technology platform, build a deep supplier base as well as increase marketing spends across Asia.

Key Responsibilities:

Be responsible for increasing the depth and breadth of products available on the platform by identifying and onboarding vendors.

Constantly be updated on latest product and pricing trends to ensure relevance of selection for the customers

Negotiate commercial terms with vendors

Be responsible for quality of products sourced

Be responsible for inventory and timely availability of products

Manage and build the team of vendor managers that will be reporting into you

Focus on enhancing product assortment by developing vendors

Actively involve in building a reference catalogue and set up a process for catalogue building in co-ordination with publishers and vendors.

Tasked with Management of Order Fulfilment, Turn Around Time, Logistics & Customer Care.

Desired Profile:

Experience of leading the procurement and supply chain function in a large manufacturing company

People from Auto OEMs will be preferred

Must know vendor development and have strong techno-commercial skills

Must be a strong negotiator

Business Strategy and Cross Functional capacity

Achievement orientation with an adherence to time lines.

Project Implementation and Product Domain Expertise

Retail Domain Knowledge and knowledge of ERP systems

Stock Management and Project documentation

Vendor Management experience

B.Tech with MBA preferred

Experience in large manufacturing Company.