Senior Manager/Manager/AM - Marketing Procurement - eCommerce

Position summary :

Selected candidate will be part of the Procurement team reporting into Associate Director - Procurement and will manage complete sourcing and contracting life cycle for Marketing category by engaging with Internal Marketing operations, Vendors and responsible for vendor selection and negotiations, Contract Compliance, Vendor performance assessment and reporting.

Principal responsibilities :

Primary Job Function :

Procurement finalization for the following categories in Marketing

- Event Agencies for Product Launches, All hands, Road Shows, Dealers Meet, Suppliers Meet and Conferences etc.

- Advertisement Agencies for managing all the Print advertisements, OOH advertisements etc.

- Digital Agencies for Website developments

- Mainline Communication Agency for drafting all the ATL and BTL activities for the Organization

- Public Relation (PR) agency for handling the Corporate affairs

- Print Partners for printing of all the Promotional / Informational collaterals such as: Calendars, Brochures, Manuals and Magazines etc.

- Agency for Video Shoot and Photography for any Product profile shoots, Plant videos, Customer testimonials and Process films etc.

- Supplier for Merchandizes for providing Mementos, Trophies, Branded giveaways, Road Shows etc.

- Consultants

- Research Agencies for marketing

- On Line and Off line marketing vendor exposure and commercial finalization

- Interface with the client on Requirement Analysis, establish category specific objectives and formulate sourcing strategies - specific to Marketing

- Quick Turnaround time for finalization of Procurement activities

- Provide pro-active support in new source identification, assessment and evaluation as per strategic sourcing process (RFP/RFQ) followed by PO documentation and compliance.

- Collaborate with internal teams (Finance / Legal) to address commercial and technical challenges to ensure timely implementation of Contracts/Agreements related to the assigned category.

- Collaborate with Analytics team on Periodic reporting to project and Procurement leadership on status, issues, and corrective actions.

- Collaborate with Marketing teams and Procurement leadership on developing vendor performance metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for service partners

- Coordinate periodic vendor reviews and publish vendor performance metrics. Act as a pivotal point of escalation for managing Vendor performance : Identify Service partner's issues and Co-ordinate resolution process (Commercial and Qualitative)

- Develop benchmark data on the Marketing category / service segment and conduct Demand and Supply analysis for the category

Education : Bachelor's degree in any discipline + MBA from Institute of repute + marketing procurement exposure

Experience : Minimum 5- 8 years of relevant experience post-qualification

Specialized knowledge / skills :

- Minimum of 5-8 years of relevant experience and proven domain competencies in Marketing procurement

- Cross regional market knowledge of marketing vendor base

- Hands on experience in managing sourcing arrangements for Online & Off line marketing

- Excellent knowledge of different cost models and pricing methodology

- Proven skills in Market Analysis (category specific), Vendor identification, Vendor Profile Evaluation, Performance Assessment and Vendor Management

- Knowledge / hands-on experience of IT systems / Technological advancements / enablement that are needed to run a Logistics operations, monitoring and tracking.

- Knowledge regional statutory regulations and Tax structure related to the category.

- Ability to network and form high quality working relationships with stakeholders/ colleagues in multiple locations and handle multiple priorities and meet deadlines

- Must be able to work independently and within a team environment provide direction, trouble shoot and meet goals and objectives.

- Ability to understand, translate requirements and find appropriate solutions with quick turnaround time and meet organizational and stakeholder expectations

- Strong analytical and data management skills in a Procurement /Logistics context.

- Good communication and Presentation skills

- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications

- Knowledge of e-sourcing applications (Eg : ARIBA, SAP, Oracle) is desirable