Supplier Manager - Indirect Sourcing

Responsible for the development and implementation of commodity strategies and supplier management in assigned commodities. Perform sourcing activities at local level to achieve commodity results and ensure compliance with the Group Strategy. Together with global Strategic Sourcing organization searching for business cases of efficient local for global principle implementation to generate global savings. Key focus on localization project, local portfolio development and supporting overall plans of the Group development in India.

Your Mission

Identifying, evaluating, and negotiating contracts for goods and services that support a company's day-to-day operations, like office supplies, IT services, logistics, facility management and professional services, conducting supplier research, and managing procurement data to achieve cost savings and operational efficiency

Key Responsibilities Includes:

• Spend Analysis: Identify and analyze total indirect spend of company to understand optimization and cost saving needs
• Market research: Gathering information on potential suppliers, market trends, and pricing for different indirect goods and services
• Supplier identification and evaluation: Identifying and qualifying new suppliers based on quality, price, delivery time, and company policy
• Contract negotiation: Developing and negotiating contracts with suppliers to secure favorable terms and pricing
• Vendor management: Managing relationships with existing suppliers, including performance monitoring and issue resolution
• Cost reduction strategies: Implementing strategies to reduce indirect spend through supplier consolidation, contract optimization, and value engineering
• Data analysis and reporting: Tracking key procurement metrics and generating reports to demonstrate cost savings and performance improvements
• Stakeholder management: Collaborating with internal stakeholders across different departments to understand their needs and ensure procurement aligns with business objectives.

Your Profile

• Professional Experience: 10-15 years in a global company. Global exposure is a must. Category Handled : should be indirect & Services Knowledge of import-export will be an added advantage.
• SAP S4 Hana user: is a must
• SAP Ariba: is a must
• Advance Excel: is a must
• Language: English, Hindi , Marathi
• Bachelor's Degree - Preferred BE
• Master's Degree - Preferred MBA

Contract Type

Permanent

Country

INDIA

Location

Pune