Position Summary :   - The Chief Procurement Officer will be responsible for leading the sourcing effort, identifying potential suppliers and conducting negotiations on high-value or strategic categories.  - Based out the corporate office in Kolkata, the CPO will work with each business unit to lead centralized direct and indirect sourcing and procurement efforts. This will include working with the internal stakeholder from initial need identification to final goods or service delivery to meet stakeholder needs.   - The process starts with demand management (via stakeholder management) that then drives supply analysis/strategy, supplier identification, sourcing execution (i.e., tendering ), contract negotiation, delivery planning and monitoring, purchase execution, and then ongoing performance management and improvement.   - The CPO will also establish relationships with senior-most budget holders to ensure that procurement gets aligned with their particular objectives, and to enlist their support (and some level of their resources) in participating in supply base improvement efforts.  Duties and Responsibilities :  - Creation and ongoing value creation with a world class supply base  - Development of organizational procurement strategy  - Create and manage short, mid, and long term goals and objectives  - Creation and improvement of best-practice based processes (e.g., leadership of high-value/strategic sourcing efforts)  - Identification and realization of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities  - Selection and management of procurement systems  - Management of procurement staff in (and across) sourcing, contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, and miscellaneous internal procurement support activities  - Budget management for categories under management and for procurement itself.  - Development of benchmarks and scorecards to be used for continuous improvement  - Negotiate deals with car distributors and dealers across all locations  - Negotiate with repair workshops for repair and maintenance related tie ups  - Oversee and manage the administrative procurement demands across all offices  Desired skills and experience :  - Strong leadership skills  - Team player at executive levels to collaborate with business units and functional partners like IT, finance, HR, Legal, Marketing  - In- depth operational management and general business skills  - Working knowledge of finance and/or accounting in terms of budgeting, cost management, financial accounting, treasury, risk management  - Industry knowledge in terms of broad industry dynamics on the buy-side and the sell-side  - Excellent communication skills and even better listening skills that allows the CPO to get the voice of the internal customer- and to understand the company culture and how to best communicate procurement's value to it  - In-depth knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices  - Strong negotiation skills to use for large commercial deals  - Experience with modern sourcing and procurement systems  - Familiarity with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements, as well as understanding of standard contractual terms and conditions to mitigate legal risk  - Strategic bent of mind and problem-solving skills  - Change management skills and self-awareness to take varying approaches with a dynamic set of stakeholders   - Knowledge of enterprise risk management and business continuity planning  - Creativity to seek, encourage and find non-traditional approaches   - At least 14 years of senior supply management experience, operational management experience, or experience in the primary service delivery of the organization is a pre-requisite.  - Candidates from Logistics, industrial goods manufacturing, industrial projects management, telecom companies would be preferred  Educational qualification : A Bachelor's degree from a recognized university in economics, finance, operations, engineering or a related area, with a post graduate degree in Supply Chain Management preferred.

Kolkata

YSG - Chief Procurement Officer 

YSG - Chief Procurement Officer  ,Job Description for YSG - Chief Procurement Officer  in YSG Cabs and Logistics Private Limited in  Kolkata for (15-24) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for YSG - Chief Procurement Officer  in YSG Cabs and Logistics Private Limited in  Kolkata for (15-24) years of experience. Apply Now!