Our organization is presently seeking a Business Manager, Procurement who can manage sourcing, vendor relations and product assortment for Smartphones.

This position is based out of Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Job Responsibilities:

Business strategy:

- Understand the dynamics of inventory model & marketplace models and come up with a hybrid model to suit SyberPlace customer needs.

- Stay on top of trends in an ever-changing landscape, find opportunities and prioritize based on size, internal capabilities, etc.

- Understand connected supplier dynamics, develop new vendor relationship insights

- Convert strategies into action by liaising with cross-functional leadership and drive the changes required

Vendor network management & operations:

- Lead a vendor-relations team to identify strategic partners, negotiate better terms of trade and deals

- Work with suppliers/sellers to constantly improve the product portfolio

- Create a comprehensive Vendor management strategy and governance framework

People leadership:

- Build, retain and groom a strong team to deliver across functions

- Set goals, define KPIs and ensure team tracks effectively towards goals

- Hire & build a team of specialist/experts to drive aggressive & efficient buying

You would also report regularly to senior managers on how well teams are performing and whether key targets are being met.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's/ Master’s degree from any of the top schools with at least 65%

- 5-7 years of experience in telecom industry

- Experience of managing sourcing or category management experience with key offline retailers

- Good network in the industry

Skills, Competencies & Languages:

- Deep market & product understanding

- High level of ownership

- Leveraging industry experience for creating a successful product assortment and secure best TOTs from suppliers

- Ability to meet targets and deadlines.

- Excellent problem solving, negotiation, and interpersonal/communication skills

- Ability to translate strategies into execution plans and take them to completion

- Willing to take calculated risks to grow the portfolio

- Must be willing to learn & develop e-commerce way of thinking

- Ability to connect with people across teams & levels

- Strong bias for Action - SyberPlace works at a very rapid pace

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