Manager Supply Chain - (200001SL)

Description :

Essential Experience :

- 4-6 years of experience in procurement of MRO/Lab supplies

- Strong negotiation skills & supplier management experience

- Good Analytical & communication skills

- Good knowledge in e-Sourcing platforms, SAP knowledge preferred

- Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally

Key Roles/Responsibilities :

- Collaborate with site buyers to establish and execute effective, collaborative sourcing strategies to accelerate impactful business partnerships

- Evolve sourcing and procurement processes based on category specific business or internal stakeholder requirements

- Strategically manage vendor relationships. Coordinate on-going supplier management practices with internal customers to optimize financial and operational performance. Ensure high leverage in Supplier selection, approval, negotiations and performance management.

- Own all operational duty related to assigned category, Coordination with Shared Services for Vendor Creation, PO preparation, close Open PO/GR/Advance, and approve Purchase Orders in SAP, compliance and reporting.

- Manage vendor relationships. Coordinate on-going supplier management practices with internal customers to optimize financial and operational performance. Ensure high leverage in Supplier selection, approval, negotiations and performance management.

- Contract life cycle management - Engage with stakeholders to identify the most suitable supply solution for a given demand. Negotiate pricing, terms & commercial conditions of contracts and manage through the contract lifecycle. Tracking and renewal on time.

- Ensure value add to internal customers with focus on achieving quick turnaround times and maintaining high quality standards

- Ensure targeted savings and drive metrics such as TAT. OTIF, CSI, systems and policy compliance

- Benchmarking the category performance across the industry and internally among other categories

- Manage strategic projects such as alternate vendor development for e-procurement, vendor data base creation for MRO & Lab supplies, evaluation of alternate fuel to coal (like natural gas/agrobriquette), MIS automation projects

- Assisting Category Manager in increasing average credit period for Indirect vendors all sites. Regularly monitor, analyse & work out strategies for credit period improvement

- Establish monthly global MIS/MBR/Other required reports. Governance and value creation tracker for monitoring the progress and savings

Skills Required :

- Experience in working across complex MRO and Lab supplies agreements

- Sound reporting and presentation skills

- Clear communication skills, both verbally and in written format.

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, Strong in MS Excel, MIS creation

- Ability to influence key stakeholders

- CPSM / CIPS certified (preferred)

Qualifications :

Essential Qualifications :

- BE Mechanical equivalent/ Masters degree in Chemistry / Science

- MBA/Masters/PG Diploma in Supply Chain/ Material Management (Preferred)

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