Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail - Manager - Central Procurement

1. Job Purpose

This role will be handling procurement for ABFRL in totality, taking over all responsibility of planning, timely procurement, MIS, Bill Processing & Controls. Will also be overseeing and managing the IT systems that track shipments, inventory, and the supply of goods.

2. Principal Accountabilities

Procurement Planning for new Projects, Repair & Maintenance, Renovation

1. Coordination with RBD and Project team for Budget and bought out quotation for new store launch

2. Planning as per business projections for materials, reliable pool of good vendors

3. Ensuring timely delivery of material and enabling timely opening of new stores, renovations, IO, major R&M requirements and Opex purchase items

4. Finalization of Procurement Quantity

5. Forecasting for Next year for upcoming stores and maintaining stocks

6. To carry out a comprehensive review of the Procurement function and its methodology and identify and implement improvements

Finalization of Procurement

1. Discuss on BOQ and do the procurement planning for the projects

Reducing Capex and Opex Cost

1. Reducing capex and opex

2. Following green initiatives as per group policy

3. Standardization of products and doing rate contracts

Vendor Management

1. Rates negotiation, optimization: for all Bought Out products / NSM: Rates monitoring as per current market Trend and govt. regulations.

2. Monitoring forex for Import transactions, MCX for optimum benefits, studying proper classifications of assets to get advantage of various tax slabs and benefits, taking effect of all Government regulations in tax and duties, accordingly negotiating related prices with vendors and segregating billing

3. Leading exercise for consolidation, standardization and negotiation on group level for savings in existing costs of common buys.

4. Monitor Vendor payment

Capex Synergy at group level

1. Leading the exercise for consolidation, standardization and negotiation on group level for savings in existing costs of common buys.

Budget control and Store closer activity in System and MIS

1. Ensuring closure all projects in system as per SOP by coordinating with vendors and PMC for documentation compliance etc.

2. Monitoring budget and project closure efficiently within stipulated time on a regular basis

People Management

1. Build effective team with measurable KRAs/Goals by developing team members to take independent call on situations, providing them product knowledge, support and necessary exposure as required.

Warehouse Management

1. Monthly stock reports analysis from warehouse