Manager - Strategic Sourcing

About Godrej Consumer Products

Godrej Consumer Products is a leading emerging markets company. As part of the 125-year young Godrej Group, we are fortunate to have a proud legacy built on the strong values of trust, integrity, and respect for others. At the same time, we are growing fast and have exciting, ambitious aspirations.

Today, our Group enjoys the patronage of 1.2 billion consumers globally, across different businesses. We rank among the largest Household Insecticide and Hair Care players in emerging markets. In Household Insecticides, we are the leader in India, the second largest player in Indonesia and are expanding our footprint in Africa. We are the leader in serving the Hair Care needs of women of African descent, the number one player in Hair Colour in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, and among the leading players in Latin America. We rank number two in Soaps in India and are the number one player in Air Fresheners and Wet Tissues in Indonesia.

But for us, it is very important that besides our strong financial performance and innovative, much-loved products, we remain a good company. Approximately 23 per cent of the promoter holding in our Group is held in trusts that invest in the environment, health, and education. We are also bringing together our passion and purpose to make a difference through our 'Good &Green' approach to create a more inclusive and greener India.

At the heart of all of this, is our talented team. We take much pride in fostering an inspiring workplace, with an agile and high-performance culture. We are also deeply committed to recognising and valuing diversity across our teams.

Designation: Manager - Strategic Sourcing

Location: Mumbai HO

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead the Strategic Sourcing for the aforementioned categories
• Responsible for budgeting and driving cost improvement initiatives in the categories handled
• Provide support to New Product Development (NPDs) function by helping them to develop vendors in the categories
• Effectively partner with R&D team to cull out opportunities & bring our possible improvement/savings on the final products
• Monitoring and controlling share of business among existing suppliers
• Ensuring proper handshake with the Procurement on any Vendor Escalations related to Quality/Supply
• Periodic Cost Rollout for components where there is a periodic RM price variation
• Negotiation with vendors for new materials / components or renegotiation for existing items
• Explore opportunities for cost optimization through sourcing from reliable sources and negotiate for the best delivery conditions including price, quality and delivery for the categories handled
• Develop strong supplier base for these categories for existing and upcoming products
• Work on developing new vendors / alternate vendors who can supply as per GCPL specifications and quality/ delivery
• Analyze and provide market intelligence related to the categories handled to take better decisions.
• Initiate Process improvements around the E2E sourcing process for individual categories
• Would be responsible for IT and Digitization Initiatives around the categories handled
  
  

Educational Qualification

• Post-Graduate / MBA in Supply chain/ Operations (Preferable) or Degree in Packaging Technology
• Engineering Degree (Mechanical / Electrical/ Chemical) from an institute of repute
  
  

Experience

• Experience in strategic sourcing and vendor development will be an added advantage.
• 5-7 years of experience in Sourcing/Procurement in FMCG preferably in Flexible packaging. Knowledge of technicalities of flexible packaging and demand /supply/vendor market landscape in FMCG context would be an added advantage
  
  

Skills

• Strategic mindset aligned to the short term and long term goals of the function and organization
• Commercial acumen and ease of use of data/excels/analytics is must
• Must have done negotiations in an operating role
• Experience in dealing with third party manufacturing / sourcing will be preferred
• Sound knowledge of chemical industry, its dynamics, cost drivers etc
• Willing to travel frequently to plant and vendor locations
• Good analytical skills, negotiation skills, business orientation and ability to influence business partners and stakeholders.
• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Powerpoint and Excel including extensive use of MIS and cost sheets, data consolidation and segmentation etc.
  
  

An inclusive Godrej

Before you go, there is something important we want to highlight. There is no place for discrimination at Godrej. Diversity is the philosophy of who we are as a company. And has been for over a century. It’s not just in our DNA and nice to do. Being more diverse - especially having our team members reflect the diversity of our businesses and communities - helps us innovate better and grow faster. We hope this resonates with you.

We take pride in being an equal opportunities employer. We recognise merit and encourage diversity. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, colour, religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, or marital status and ensure equal opportunities for all our team members.

If this sounds like a role for you, apply now!

We look forward to meeting you.