Senior Manager - Procurement

One of the leading printing and packaging company is looking out for Senior Manager Procurement

Responsibilities :

- Responsible for Procurement of Paper, Board and Kraft from leading paper mills and dealers.

- New Vendor development

- Strategize and develop new vendors for different types of Papers based on location, quality,rates and lead time.

- Cost Reduction

- Achieving cost savings for the company through new vendor development and value engineering in paper specifications.

- Procurement Planning based on forecast from sales team and requirements raised by Production team.

- Maintaining Critical Stock Level for all key clients based on projections.

- Ensure optimal stock level, delivery schedule etc. to optimise deployment of working capital in the business.

- Minimise deployment of working capital by strategically taking deliveries from mills / dealers as per the actual production plan.

- Facilitating quarterly deals with Mills / Dealers so that they can stock at their respective warehouses and deliver as per our production schedule.

- Vendor Relationship Management

- Actively solve any issue the vendor is facing.

- Maintain relationships with vendors by providing support, information, and guidance; recommending service improvements

- Ensuring allocation of share of business to multiple vendors based on price and performance.

- Deep relationships with mill owners and dealers to ensure best deal terms.

- Ensure timely processing of documents to facilitate on time payments to vendors

- Business Operations coordination & MIS reporting

- Ensure close coordination between Sales & Marketing, Plant operations, Finance

- Periodic MIS reporting and management

- Ensure there is no production loss due to non-availability of Paper.

- Retention and development of team

- Develop, coach and mentor your team, motivate them for better results

- Develop a solution-centric approach among all the team members.

- Provide organization directional inputs and work closely with the COO & CEO

Desired candidates experience :

- Candidate must have managed procurement of Paper / Board and Kraft of at least 8 to 10 crores per month.

- Strong understanding of all kinds of paper- Duplex Board, FBB, Kraft, Writing Printing etc.

- Go-Getter attitude with strong understanding and ownership of P&L and overall procurement planning.

- Ability to forecast paper price trends to be able to build inventory at the company warehouse or with mills / dealers.

- Strong with analysis and excel

- Must have experience working on Tally

- Smart and energetic, Aggressive & enthusiastic

Reporting Relationship : This position reports to COO.

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