Team Lead - Packaging

About Beroe:

- Beroe is a global procurement intelligence company focused on providing customized, relevant market intelligence, supply chain risk analysis and green advisory services to Fortune 500 organizations

- Beroe has deep category expertise with over 350 advisors, each a specialist in one category. This allows Beroe to act as an extension arm of any Procurement office, to provide robust, predictive, real time intelligence and insights.

- Our Primary industries of expertise are Healthcare, Food, Beverage, Tobacco, Personal products, Chemicals, Materials, Mining, Oil & Gas, Banking ,Financial Services, Insurance and Technology.

- With operations all over the world, Beroe is headquartered in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A.

- For more details, please visit : www.beroe-inc.com

Job Title: TL – Packaging

Reporting To: Senior Research Manager

Location: Chennai, India

Job Objective:

- Manage a team of 10-15 members directly and indirectly to ensure projects meet all requirements in terms of quality and timelines as specified by the organization, the team develops the required skill sets that help them meet the organizational and client requirement and finally build the systems required to sustain the momentum

Duties and Accountabilities

Projects related

- Lead the packaging category and provide actionable sourcing solutions to clients across industries

- Assist clients in identifying and evaluating suitable partners/suppliers in the packaging category (Paper, flexible and rigid packaging)

- Track and analyse best practices related to spend management in this category

- Monitor and evaluate key developments related to strategic sourcing

- Support clients with spend analysis, procurement spend benchmarking, cost optimization strategies, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), negotiation support and overall category management support to Packaging Category Managers of our Fortune 500 clients

- Help in creating solution design for the team;

- Accountable and responsible for quality of the output

- Capability in multi –tasking and business solutions to the team.

- Conduct scoping and feasibility studies and communicate same to client.

- Handling client calls during project execution process for scoping, interim update and final presentation

People related

- Lead multiple teams on projects while managing quick turnarounds and varied requirements of projects

- Develop the team in terms of category and procurement expertise

- Conduct trainings for the team as and when required on various areas relating to procurement and packaging

- Guide the team in terms of client management, presentation and other soft skills

Working Relationships:

Supervisor: Senior Research Manager

Team: Team includes multiple sub-domains / spend categories such as paper, flexible and rigid packaging

Team Size : 10-15 people

Job Requirements :

- Essential : MBA / PGDM from a good B-School (full time) with Engineering (Mech, IP, chemicals etc.)

- Exceptional understanding of strategy and operations within packaging/procurement

- Looking at minimum 6+ years of hands on experience in packaging/procurement/research

- Good command over financial concepts

- Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills

- Experience in handling a team of achievers

- The ability to effectively operate independently and in a team environment

- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

Personal characteristics:

- Self-motivated, go-getter and independent

- Team player

- Good analytical skills

- Communication

- Quick learner

- Adaptable and flexible

Interested candidates kindly mail in the resume to smitha@beroe-inc.com

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