Key Accountabilities:

• Develop a top of the class supply base with credible and quality suppliers for various procurement needs of the company.
• Development of organizational procurement strategy in line with the budgets and support the internal stakeholders get the best of products and services with latest specifications.
• Consistently own and implement procurement SoPs and improve them in line with business needs.
• Creation and management of short-, mid-, and long-term goals and objectives for accomplishment of smooth procurement process
• Creation and improvement of best practice based processes for both Sales and marketing, SCM and all the support Departments of the company
• Management of business process outsourcing activities including outsourcing of different Departments as per strategic decisions by the Management.
• Identification and realization of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities
• Selection and management of procurement systems as per category and type of business and procurement needs.
• Management of procurement staff in (and across) sourcing, contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, and miscellaneous internal procurement support activities
• Creating a talent management process in coordination with HR to ensure that the right resources are in place for procurement and also develop Department-wise leads for interfacing procurement functions.
• Managing the skills and competency development of procurement staff, including training development and knowledge management capabilities
• Leadership of cross-functional teaming across other business functions and initiatives for a responsible, accountable and transparent procurement system.
• Budget management for categories under management – and for procurement itself
• Development of benchmarks and scorecards to be used for continuous improvement.
• Use of digital tools and SAP/ERP for generating procurement analytics, reports and information required for management reviews.
• Building a Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE) to help transform Procurement, and also support broader transformation of the value chain and the enterprise.