Udaan - Specialist - Sourcing

Role: Sourcing Specialist

Department: Private Labels Hardlines

Role & Responsibilities:

1. Candidate will be responsible for driving end to end sourcing of Private Brand products being responsible for New Product Development, Supplier selection & start up, contracting & contract management & cost management during the lifecycle of the products.

2. Responsibilities will include working closely with multiple teams including Category, Quality, Marketing & Biz Finance etc to source products meeting the specifications at the right price points.

3. Be responsible for Global Sourcing strategy for the Category

4. Be responsible for Global supplier base for the category suited across multiple locations.

5. Build sound understanding of product quality in different verticals and ensuring the right quality through manufacturers for the entire selection.

6. Identify and grow the right manufacturers in every vertical through extensive data analysis and effective business development initiatives

7. Drive growth of the Private Brands in the BU through planning and executing aggressively

8. Develop a yearly budget depending on sourcing needs.

9. Keep abreast of industry and market trends and best practices

10. Adhere to all relevant guidelines and regulations

Key Skills Required:

1. Stakeholder management : Work with internal and external stakeholders to drive the project forward.

2. Business acumen and decision making : Strong orientation for learning and quickly grasp business nuances. Ability to take decisions based on sound data analysis and business understanding.

3. Customer obsession : Puts the customer experience paramount to all other considerations

4. Problem solving : Deal with complexity and unstandardized processes to come up with quick scalable solutions to problems

5. Data orientation : Should be able to build an approach to solving problems through data first