Job Description The core of this job is to support the Category Lead in driving multi-faceted excellence in the assigned categories This role will also drive projects involving alternate vendor development, capacity enhancement, risk mitigation, Uninterrupted supply for assigned category, etc. Category responsible but not limited to: - Plastics , plastic raw material viz ABS , PP , filters , sediment filter , carbon filter , active carbon , solenoid valve , connectors , sheet metal , stainless steel tanks , new product development , pumps , imported components from China, mould development. Key Responsibilities: - Actively participate and lead new product developments and SPOC from purchase side for all the NPD in cooperation with R&D , factory etc. - To ensure material availability for the assigned categories at various locations as per the demand plan - To be responsible for vendor follow-up for the assigned categories and escalate issues timely to the Category Lead - To continuously monitor the open orders on vendors and the status of them - To verify all the orders released to vendors as per MRP process in terms of quantity, delivery dates, prices, other terms, etc. - To be responsible for maintaining the inventory as per defined limits and SOP - To support the Category Lead in assessing vendor capacity, lead times and other important metrics - To support the Category Lead in zero-based costing of the components and negotiations with vendors - To support the Category Lead in managing the moulds for the assigned categories - To give special focus on availability of spare parts for customer service department for the assigned categories - To support the Category Lead in execution of the approved strategies Key Relationships (Internal & External) Vendors, Finance, Factory and Stores, SCM, Planning, CQA, R&D Required profile: Experience: - Min. 15 years of experience in procurement and vendor management - Knowledge of SAP system - Expertise in MS Excel - Experience of planning will be favourable Education: Graduate/PG from reputed institution Industry Type: FMCG/ Automobile/ Consumer Durable/ Consumer Appliance

Mumbai

Category Support Lead 

Job Description for Category Support Lead  in Vitasta Consulting in  Mumbai for (8-16) years of experience. Apply Now!