Senior Manager - Purchase & Packaging Materials - Food & Beverage Industry

Sr. Manager Purchase Packaging Materials - Food & Beverage Industry

Purpose of the role :

To Procure Packaging materials as per requirements. Responsible for material planning and inventory management. Co-ordinate with all plants on Procurement, Material Planning & Inventory Management

- Work out Procurement Plan based on the sales forecast & BOM

- Review of raw material status on a weekly basis from all the plants and alert plants on any variations in stocks

- Exploring saving potentials, through various options, to move in market place to find the best prices, especially for commodities viz. Sugar, Fruit Pulp, Juices etc

- Develop Packaging material by co-ordinating with Corrugation Box, Tray, Sleeve, Closure manufacturers etc as per marketing needs

- Consolidating tender prices on regular basis and have tab on tender release dates

- Prepare Purchase orders, inform accounts for execution of RTGS and other formalities where applicable.

- Ensuring the integrity of the packaging material and updating changes in technical specifications if any

- Quarterly review of the rates for key Packaging material

- Meeting vendors and developing new and better vendors while retaining the existing vendors.

- Final negotiations with all vendors to work out the best possible rates.

- Streamlining SAP processes and ensuring its smooth functioning

- Ensuring minimum variance of packaging material at all the locations

- Centralized negotiation of rates for Chemicals, Plant Consumables & to conduct reverse auction of scraps for plants etc.

Note: Person should have Experience in Procurement of - Shrink sleeves, Shrink wraps, Corrugated boxes, caps, closures, PET, trays.

Preferably from FMCG/ Food/ Beverage / pharma OTC industry...