Associate Director - Procurement - FMCG/Retail/Internet/Online

Role & Responsibilities

- Lead in helping the organization to have the best of the Catalogue in terms of Products, Brands and Competitive pricing

- Responsible for driving the merchandising strategy for the categories by growing the brands, increasing the marketplace vendors pan India and executing the API integrations with suppliers

- Provide a clear roadmap that orchestrates all relevant techno functional aspects into one actionable plan

- Provide leadership, support and supervision to the Procurement and Operations team - inspire, motivate, train and mentor

- Effectively communicate and interact with other departments and business partners in a manner that fosters teamwork and unity

- Strategically - lead the department - monitor SLAs, competition analysis , Monthly MIS Reports with Client Servicing teams , analytics driven insights and research, give direction to teams within Department and to Client Servicing /Business Development teams

- Operationally - ensure a healthy team to manage the workflow and volume of business

- Develop systems/processes for smooth flow and checks to avoid errors and time guidelines.

- Delegate, guide and control all operational work

- Accountable for ensuring the BIW meets the agreed service levels for operational performance such as on time delivery, adherence to processes and meeting the TAT for rewards and margins

- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness

- Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company

- Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements

- Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies

- Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency

- Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking

- Partner with vendors to ensure vendor compliance and scalable communication processes

- Will be responsible handling a team of 10-12 members

Requirements :

- Proven working experience of 15+ years in the similar industry

- Experience in catalogue Management, Sourcing and order processing

- Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques as well as a dexterity in "reading" the market

- Talent in negotiations and networking

- Good knowledge of supplier or third party management software

- Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers

- Experience in collecting and analyzing data

- Strong leadership capabilities

- Should have managed a team of 10-12 professionals

- Experience in building and inspiring teams