Manager/Sr. Manager - Procurement

Job Description:

Position:      Manager/Sr. Manager - Procurement

Location:      Ahmedabad

Experience:   8 - 15 Years

Industries:    Chemical

Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management
• Develop and execute category-wise sourcing strategies for monomers, acids, surfactants, silicones, oleochemicals and functional additives, balancing cost, quality, lead time and continuity.
• Identify, evaluate, qualify and develop domestic and international (China, Korea, Middle East, South-East Asia, Europe) suppliers; build a robust, multi-sourced vendor base for every critical input.
• Negotiate prices, payment terms, rebates, annual contracts and rate-locks; lead long-term agreements and tolling / back-to-back arrangements where advantageous.
• Maintain supplier scorecards covering quality, delivery, price competitiveness, responsiveness and compliance; drive structured supplier development and periodic business reviews.
• Technical /Chemistry - Led Raw Material Management
• Apply working knowledge of the chemistry of each raw material – reactivity, grade, specification, substitutability and end-use impact – to make informed buying and approval decisions.
• Understand the upstream feedstock chain (crude / petrochemical / oleo derivatives) and downstream formulation requirements, anticipating how upstream price and availability movements flow into NBSL’s cost base. 
• Work with R D and QC to qualify alternate grades and sources, evaluate cost-down substitutions without compromising performance, and resolve incoming-material quality issues.
• Stay current on raw-material market intelligence – capacity, plant turnarounds, anti-dumping duties, freight and feedstock indices – and translate this into proactive buying calls.
• Procurement Planning & Inventory Optimisation
• Convert the production / sales plan and R&D pipeline into an accurate, rolling material requirement plan (MRP) across all SKUs and chemistries.
• Set and maintain re-order levels, safety stock and economic order quantities by material criticality and lead time; minimise both stock-outs and dead/slow-moving inventory.
• Plan purchases against price cycles and seasonality – forward-buying when markets favour, deferring when they do not – while respecting working-capital limits.
• Coordinate logistics, customs clearance, warehousing and just-in-time inflow to keep plant operations uninterrupted.
• Cost, Cash Flow & Working-Capital Management
• Own the raw-material cost line; deliver year-on-year cost savings through negotiation, sourcing strategy, value engineering and demand aggregation.
• Manage creditor days (DPO) and align purchase timing with the Company’s cash-flow position; partner with Finance to optimise the Cash Conversion Cycle and free up working capital.
• Structure payment terms (credit, LC, advance, consignment) to protect liquidity; evaluate the true landed cost – price, duty, freight, financing cost and yield – rather than headline price alone.
• Prepare budgets, cost trackers and price-variance analyses; flag material-cost risks to management with mitigation options.
• Import–Export, Compliance & Documentation
• Manage import procurement end-to-end – supplier selection, Incoterms, LC / remittance, shipping documents, customs and statutory clearances.
• Ensure all sourced inputs comply with applicable regulatory and certification requirements, including GOTS and ZDHC / MRSL obligations relevant to NBSL’s certified product lines.
• Maintain complete, audit-ready procurement records – contracts, COAs, MSDS, approvals and price history.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Risk Management
• Partner closely with R&D, Production, QC, Planning and Finance to align procurement with formulation, capacity and commercial goals.
• Build supply-risk and business-continuity plans for single-source and high-volatility materials; maintain qualified alternates and contingency stock for critical inputs.
• Drive digitisation of procurement – ERP-based PO, vendor and inventory workflows (including the Company’s Tally-to-SAP B1 transition) – and continuous process improvement

 Required Skills:

• Technical &  Functional
• Strong grasp of chemistry and end-use behaviour of monomers, acids, surfactants, silicones and oleochemicals.
• Sourcing strategy, cost modelling, landed-cost and total-cost-of-ownership analysis.
• Planning, demand forecasting and inventory / working-capital optimisation.
• Import procurement, Incoterms, LC and trade-compliance fluency.
• Behavioural & Leadership
• Sharp commercial negotiation skill paired with high integrity and transparent dealing.
• Analytical, data-driven and decisive under price and supply volatility.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and supplier-relationship management.
• Ownership mindset, accountability and ability to operate with pace and precision.

Required Qualification: - B.E/B.Tech/M.Sc - Chemsitry + MBA - Supply Chain

Salary :- Upto 15.00 LPA

If you are interested for this opening please send updated resume on same mail with following details.

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