Manager - Procurement(Regional Lead- Market Bottles)

JOB SUMMARY:

The incumbent will be responsible to lead the expansion of market bottle network for PRI across the manufacturing units in respective Region - North, South, East & West.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Preparing roadmap for the region to build supply network of market bottles

- Developing robust supply network of market bottles in the region.

- Identifying new vendors, assessing them from PRI quality standards

- Facilitating quality audit of the vendors

- Implementing PRI SOPs at vendor site with the help from quality team

- Developing improvement plan of existing/new vendors & work on it along with quality team

- Providing key inputs to the national market bottle lead to negotiate with the vendors

- Keeping a track of input costs (cullet, packing, freight, chemicals etc) & looking to optimize the costs

- Complete all vendor onboarding formalities e.g. audit, legal agreement sign off, necessary approvals etc

- Driving vendor support program for identified market bottle vendors of the region

- Strengthening vendor relationship

- Publishing MIS at vendor/unit level to track the performances

- Resolving vendor issues to ensure uninterrupted supply chain of market bottles

- Competition benchmarking & region level benchmarking within PRI

- Exploring new technologies to improve bottle washing process

- KPIs (Measures of Success for this role)

- Adding market bottle capacity to meet region level targets

- Develop 1-2 mega vendors (75k cs+/month) in the region in year-1 & sustain/expand them in year-2 & 3

- Identify scope to reduce cost of market bottle vendors through returnable packaging/sale of scrap boxes etc

INTERACTIONS:

INTERNALLY: Manufacturing, Quality, Finance

EXTERNALLY:

- PRI vendors

- External agencies/consultants

QUALIFICATION : Bachelor's Degree in engineering or Post Graduate in any field

EXPEREINCE: 5 years+ of procurement experience preferably in beer or IMFL industries

Essential Experience:

Should have handled Market Bottles responsibility for at least 2 years

Desirable Experience:

- Experience of respective geographical region is desirable.

- Experience working with JDE P2P Module is beneficial

PRI LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

- Deliver through Collaboration - Achieves results while balancing rigorous planning and flexible transversal collaboration. Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

- Growth Mindset - Forward thinking, embodying a vision that translates into inspiring strategies. Thrives in a complex and changing world deploying resources effectively and efficiently.

- Open & Authentic - Person who instill trust, engage teams by giving and receiving feedback and constantly fostering open dialogue.

- Bold & Agile - Decisive and courageous even in the face of difficult & complex situations and always learns from past experiences. Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said in a respectful way.

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:

- Good networking skills

- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint

- Understanding of costing concepts

- Excellent negotiation skills

- Strong Analytical Skills & knack of problem solving

- Good written and verbal communication skills

- Willingness to travel