Job Summary

A supply chain management is involving in sourcing vendors, examining prospective suppliers, and negotiating pricing and contract terms.

They also perform other duties such as preparing reports, tracking orders, ensuring timely deliveries, and reviewing the quality of purchased products.

Role Purpose

A Supply chain management Deputy Manager is responsible to procure products based on indents or development requirements ensuring the right price, right quality and quantity.

As well as preparing and submitting report as and when required to management.

Major Roles and Responsibilities

- Demonstrates leadership and creates an inspiring vision of the future.

- Motivates and inspires people to engage with that vision.

- Manages delivery of the vision.

- Coaches and builds a team, so that team is more effective at achieving the vision.

- Clearly understand the Procure to Pay process flow and set up requirements to support manufacture of Textile products on Dynamic Market Conditions.

- Continually Improve Procurement systems and processes to deliver greater efficiency.

- To be able to perform Spend Analysis, Commodity Analysis, Vendor Capacity Analysis, Supply Risk management collaborating with Internal and External Stakeholders and Develop strategies to make sure that cost savings and supplier performance targets are met or exceeded.

- Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand, forecast price and market trends to identify

- Changes of balance in buyer-supplier power and act on with best Strategies.

- Assess, manage, and mitigate Supply risks.

- Managing Supplier & Service Provider Agreements and Contracts: Draft contract, negotiate with internal, external functional leaders, legal teams, and approving authorities to sign off contracts and renew contracts on time.

- Focus on Material Replenishing Systems and improvements to ensure smooth supplies to production in shortest possible Leadtime with optimized inventory.

- Support management team with all required data analysis.

- Present functional metrics and performance to management through effective presentations, in clear and concise communication methods.

- Managing the Supply Base performance with periodic performance Evaluation, Supplier audits, coordinating with Quality department & Suppliers.

- Support the Production units with un-interrupted Supply of Material ensuring no production Loss.

- Best Prices are ensured through effective pricing strategies and presented through comparative statements in detail.

- Negotiate the best payment terms and contract conditions, maintaining high level of integrity.

- Ensure that all potential suppliers are provided with identical information for quotation upon which equal opportunity is given to all to meet the desired requirements.

- Ensure purchase orders are approved as per DoA.

- Resolving of vendor grievances in professional manner within time limit.

- Ensure correct costing by maintaining cost sheets and price list in ERP along with documents compliance as required.

- Ensure that cost savings and supplier performance targets are met - or exceeded.

- Comply with Purchasing Ethics and Code of Conduct.

Requisite Skills

- Masters or Bachelors in any related field.

- Highly developed People management skills, must be able to manage the teams effectively.

- Must have strong business knowledge, experience, must abide by strong business ethics and Integrity.

- Strong interpersonal skill, collaborative, and Executive presence.

- Must possess Conflict resolution, problem solving skills.

- Must Possess Strong Decision be making and Negotiation skills.

- Must be results oriented.

- Sound communication skills, both written and verbal, Multilingual (English, Hindi and Tamil).

- Must be able to effectively Communicate & Collaborate with Cross functional Teams and across All Levels.

- Ability to work on multiple projects with competing deadlines through project management Skills.

- Networking and Understanding market dynamics along with business sense.

- Must have Good Analytical Skills.

- Ability to gather and analyse data and to work with figures.

- Commercial Acumen with Domestic Taxation, Global Purchasing Procedures, INCO terms and Logistics.

- Must possess Total Cost Ownership.

- Must have Track record of Strategic Sourcing, Best Purchasing ethics and Code of Conduct