General Manager/Head - Purchase/Procurement - FMCG

Company : Leading FMCG company into Food Industry

Position : GM Purchase /Head Procurement -Commodities purchases

Roles and Responsibilities :

Ideally the person should have worked through a 7-year commodity cycle.

- Prior experience of handling commodities purchases at a mid-management level in a professionally managed organization using commodities as principle raw materials or else if the incumbent has worked on commodity desk in a large and professional commodities trading/ broking firms

- Commodities Strategies :

a. Creating procurement strategies.

b. Ensuring the Procurement Strategies are in line with the Business Strategy

c. Work in close coordination with production, quality assurance and finance teams to ensure smooth flow of materials

- Market Intelligence & Forecasting :

a. Market Intelligence through formal & informal sources.

b. Commission regular receipt of data/ news, analysis of availability, prices, crop trends, weather condition, trade and government forecasts and production estimates, government support prices, import/ export policies impacting company's raw materials availability and prices

- Trade Relations

- Legal :

a. Tracking government policies and rules on procurement and stocking norms of agri commodities and ensuring compliance all the time

- Budgeting and Stock Profits :

Detailed JD will be provided on basis of interest level after shortlisting