Deputy Manager - Procurement

Location

Chennai | India

Job description

Job Summary:

An Individual Contributor or Team Lead role with following major accountabilities:

• Shipping & Logistics: Letters of credit (At sight, Usance), BFC, CAD, TT- Payment Process; Imports/Exports Documentation (Sea & Air Freight); Shipment Tracking, Transportation etc.
• Procurement Operations – Tactical Procurement, Vendor Management, Order Processing, Contract Management; Inventory Management, MRP, Procure to Pay, Reporting, MIS etc
• End to End Procurement Process in MM Module in SAP

Job Description:

• Letter of Credit scrutinizing, negotiation & coordination with Banks. Process LC's as per Payment conditions (At sight, Deferred / Usance)
• Shipment Processing (Import & Export documentation- Sea /Air). Import Shipment monitoring, tracking and reporting to Origins/ Business Units
• Run periodic reports (Shipment or Order progress status/Sales/Purchase/ etc) and update to Customer. Coordinate with Customer for query/resolution pertaining to shipments/documents/delivery schedules
• Design and track dashboards for quality, productivity, and effectiveness
• Coordinate with vendor for Product readiness/ Shipment readiness; SRM. Manage & optimize Inventory at Origins– Inventory Models (ROP), JIT & VMI, MRP, Scheduling, Call Off's etc
• Effective communication of issues across the stakeholders. Provide inputs to Managers for periodic updates to internal and external stakeholders. Ensure adherence to SLAs; Drive continuous improvements within the processes transitioned to increase efficiency continuously
• Perform Benchmarking, Identification, Approvals, Onboarding, Auditing, Ongoing Operations – end to end Vendor Life Cycle Management (VLC) & Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
• Support Vendor Relationship Managers (VRMs) on various supplier related activities e.g. Mandatory Trainings and escalate whenever needed; Ensuring Compliance etc
• Supplier Evaluation, Rating & Monitoring: Lead measuring supplier performance, root cause analysis and driving improved performance. Own all aspects of supplier performance (cost, quality, delivery)
• Service Level Agreement (SLA) performance: Continuously measure, manage, and improve supplier actual performance against negotiated SLA. Continuous tracking, KPI reporting, via dashboards
• On-time delivery: Measure, report, and action to improve service and delivery performance
• Ongoing cost productivity: Measure, report, and action cost productivity as a function of market pricing
• Knowledge Transfer- Train, induct and work closely with the incumbents at various levels to deliver the targets

Profile Description:

• 8-10 years of relevant experience in Procurement Operations, Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management, in Food & Agribusiness, FMCG and similar related Industries preferably
• A minimum of 2-4 of relevant experience; managing small to mid-sized Teams
• Good exposure to Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Operations, Vendor Management
• Exposure to Import Export – Shipping & Logistics, Shipment Execution, Shipment Documentation Handling, Vendor Coordination. Experience in dealing with International Suppliers and Shipping line/Freight forwarders
• Experience handling multiple stakeholders.

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