Jubilant Lifesciences - Deputy General Manager - Supply Chain Management/Strategic Sourcing

Job Description

- The role will help create and support sustainable Product category Procurement that delivers both short and medium term value to both the business and shareholders. A key part of the role will be to integrate the current purchasing teams into a functional, streamlined and first class Purchasing team to ensure the Supply Chain strategy is fully implemented and measured. To deliver tough and demanding financial targets including inflation / deflation and working capital.

- Strategies & Drive Sourcing & Procurement Function for API Business for Manufacturing and R&D

- New Product Development in terms of process improvements & innovation to create additional bottom line impact

- Manage the development of short, medium and long term Supply Chain strategy ensuring it is aligned with Business and Purchasing strategies

- Assess risk factors to ensure minimum cost exposure to Business and take appropriate action to ensure exposure is kept to an absolute minimum

- Manage contract negotiations for all vendors ensuring cost, quality, service targets and standards are achieved demonstrating competitive advantage to the Business as a result.

- Negotiate at manufacturer level and ensure cost transparency and net costs

- Ensure that a detailed plan to implement the Supply Chain strategy is in place in line with the business requirements and conclude to Orders completion

The key responsibilities of the role are :

- To meet market demands as per agreed service levels, manage working capital components of inventory and vendor payments, optimally source all components for commercial and new products,

- Ensure supplier quality assurance reduce supply risks, lead the team to deliver stretch targets

- Continually improve processes to achieve the company growth targets.

Key Responsibilities :

- Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, including Business Head, Plant Head, R&D Head, SCM team, Regulatory teams of US and EU. Project Management teams, Planning team, Business development and IP team.

- Develop strong relationships with Suppliers and Distributors and establish effective measurement criteria for performance review and continuous improvement.

- Work closely with the Finance Teams to ensure that the financial impact of any activity is captured

- Ensure all Purchasing data is robust, relevant and communicated internally in a timely manner.

- The successful candidate will have experience of strategic Supply Chain Management in a variety of categories, ideally gained within a complex international business (i.e. multiple sectors, multiple markets and multiple countries).

- Used to working as part of a team and dealing with a large number of suppliers

- Knowledge of relevant commercial legislation with a thorough understanding of the end to end Purchasing and Supply Chain process

- Creation of Purchasing and Supply Chain strategies from formulation through to implementation

- Articulates business priorities within a 3-5 year horizon and translates group strategies into business or functional strategies for own area of responsibility.

- Challenges the status quo and clearly articulates what needs to be changed. Transforms and aligns the organization through people and processes to drive for sustainable improvement

- Creates a clear sense of team identity. Focuses on aligning and building effective teams across functions and geographic areas. Delegates decision making to the correct level within the organization. Provides feedback and coaching to team members for development

- Creates partnerships at group/international level. Shares best practices across the business and adopts and implements best practices developed by others within the group

Qualification & Experience

- Minimum experience desired is 16+ years in API Industry

- Engineering Graduate/Post Graduate