Industry Preference:

Candidates must come from the Alcoholic Beverages industry.

About the Role:

This is a high-impact leadership role that requires complete ownership of procurement strategy, supply planning, manufacturing coordination and logistics, while ensuring compliance with the regulatory and excise framework governing the alco-beverage industry.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a high-growth environment and enjoys building processes, driving operational excellence and working across multiple functions. The successful candidate will be expected to operate as a business leader rather than a functional specialist, taking ownership from sourcing through delivery while supporting new product launches and business expansion.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Procurement Leadership:

- Lead the end-to-end procurement function across all spend categories.

- Develop sourcing strategies that ensure uninterrupted supply, optimal cost and superior quality.

Manage procurement across:

- RM, PM, Indirect Procurement, CAPEX Procurement, Engineering & Maintenance, etc.

- Build and strengthen strategic supplier partnerships.

- Lead commercial negotiations, contracting and vendor performance management.

- Drive cost optimization and procurement excellence initiatives while maintaining quality and service levels.

- Ensure governance, compliance and procurement controls across all categories.

Supply Chain Management:

- Own the complete supply chain from procurement through manufacturing and customer delivery.

- Lead Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to align demand, production and inventory.

- Drive production planning in collaboration with brewery operations.

- Ensure timely availability of materials to manufacturing.

- Manage inventory optimization and working capital.

- Oversee warehousing, logistics and finished goods distribution.

- Improve OTIF (On-Time In-Full), inventory turns and overall supply chain efficiency.

- Drive continuous improvement across planning and operational processes.

Excise & Regulatory Compliance:

- Ensure complete understanding and adherence to excise regulations applicable to the alcoholic beverages industry.

- Work closely with internal teams and external agencies to manage excise documentation, permits and statutory compliance.

- Coordinate with excise-related vendors and regulatory stakeholders to ensure smooth business operations.

- Support compliance requirements across different states.

Business Partnership:

- Partner closely with Manufacturing, Commercial, Finance and Leadership teams to support business growth.

- Lead procurement and supply chain activities for New Product Development (NPD) and New Product Introduction (NPI), including sourcing, vendor development, sampling, commercialization and launch readiness.

- Support capacity expansion and new business initiatives.

- Build scalable procurement and supply chain processes to support rapid business growth.