Hybrid Senior Category Manager - Packaging Procurement (20751) bei Hindustan Unilever
Hindustan Unilever · Bangalore, Indien · Hybrid
- Senior
- Optionales Büro in Bangalore
Career Opportunities: Senior Category Manager - Packaging Procurement (20751)
Job Description:
Objective: Strategize & manage implementation for procurement of Packaging materials in order to ensure continuous manufacturing at factories & maintain P&L budget. Meet and exceed budgeted cost savings in all spends in this category, by providing overall thrust and direction to team effort to meet the objectives & needs of the business.
Apply Procurement skills that meet customer requirements and deliver innovation, added value & savings for the business.
Title: Senior Category Manager –Packaging Procurement
Function: Procurement
Work Location: Bangalore
Job Responsibilities:
Direction Setting:
• Leads & drives translation of Company objectives into Procurement objectives for the category in order to ensure that sourcing group tasks & aims are articulated, understood & accepted by the team and the business.
• Understands & interprets the overall business direction & objectives and develops & aligns plans for the category to enable their achievement.
• Develops plans and systems & processes to optimize the utilisation of resources for the category in order to successfully achieve business objectives.
Business Planning:
• Develops & communicates (to team members) short- & long-term plans that are comprehensive, realistic & effective in order to support all Procurement activities.
• Constructs & uses budgets to manage & monitor spends for the category and ensures that adjustment processes are in place for over/under achievement.
• Commits to and delivers savings/added value in line with department/business targets
Procurement Practices:
• Applies defined processes; be a part of cross functional teams to develop long term strategic source plans for spend categories.
• Collaborates with global Procurement teams in order to leverage material spend.
• Ensures thorough analysis of supply markets relative to category of expenditure in order to logically substantiate the evaluation of sourcing group & supplier management strategies.
• Review Key Performance Parameters for Inventory like DSI etc and ensure this are within acceptable norms of the company.
Supplier Relationship Management
• Manage relationships and ways of working with key suppliers in order to align understanding & commitment with customer expectations
• Applies the right supplier relationship spectrum viz., Leverage, Preferred, Partnership or Strategic Alliance in order to satisfy business needs.
Systems & Processes:
• Identifies implements & continuously improves systems & processes in line with the changing environment – COLA.
• Demonstrates & performs in accordance with sound business ethics, purchasing & supply standards, policies & procedures to give India the highest possible perceived integrity in all supplier relationships.
Key Success Criteria's:
• Most materials fall under the “Strategic” portfolio, where the need to manage and influence the suppliers important. Therefore, building effective long-term partnership with suppliers is of paramount importance.
• Forecast prices systematically & accurately for major spend areas in a focused manner.
• Analyse expenditure to establish potential future price change impact on purchasing portfolio and the total forecast impact of purchasing activity on future business profitability.
• Tactical & strategic negotiation for category of expenditure.
• Initiate & manage innovations and major cost improvement programmes for key expenditure, resulting in significant savings or cost control.
• Undertake complex contractual & business negotiations with major suppliers
• Ensure adequate inventory of Key RM & PM
Direct Reports: NA
Geographical Scope: PAN India
Reports To: Senior Category Manager – Packaging Procurement
Key Customers:
Internal Customers: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, PACS, Commercial, Quality, Finance Teams
External Customers:
• Lead/interface with Sourcing Group teams at local, regional, International/Global level-CEPG
• Interface with Group Functions w.r.t. Category activities: Interact & collaborate with QA, Finance in cross-functional teams for category improvement
Job Requirements:
Qualifications: Post Graduate qualification in General / Materials Management from a reputed institute / university.
Experience: Minimum 7-10 years of relevant post qualification experience with at least 2-3 years at a middle/senior management level in the Procurement function in a similar industry, where he/she should have demonstrated strong commercial acumen.
Functional Skills:
• In depth of knowledge of Packaging Material and spends associated therewith.
• Knowledge of Company & Procurement objectives & deliverables.
• Knowledge of company’s budgetary & financial management processes.
• Contract Management-Competent
• Negotiation with the suppliers-Competent
• Procurement-Mastery
• Vendor Management / Supplier Scheduling-Mastery
Job Description:
Objective: Strategize & manage implementation for procurement of Packaging materials in order to ensure continuous manufacturing at factories & maintain P&L budget. Meet and exceed budgeted cost savings in all spends in this category, by providing overall thrust and direction to team effort to meet the objectives & needs of the business.
Apply Procurement skills that meet customer requirements and deliver innovation, added value & savings for the business.
Title: Senior Category Manager –Packaging Procurement
Function: Procurement
Work Location: Bangalore
Job Responsibilities:
Direction Setting:
• Leads & drives translation of Company objectives into Procurement objectives for the category in order to ensure that sourcing group tasks & aims are articulated, understood & accepted by the team and the business.
• Understands & interprets the overall business direction & objectives and develops & aligns plans for the category to enable their achievement.
• Develops plans and systems & processes to optimize the utilisation of resources for the category in order to successfully achieve business objectives.
Business Planning:
• Develops & communicates (to team members) short- & long-term plans that are comprehensive, realistic & effective in order to support all Procurement activities.
• Constructs & uses budgets to manage & monitor spends for the category and ensures that adjustment processes are in place for over/under achievement.
• Commits to and delivers savings/added value in line with department/business targets
Procurement Practices:
• Applies defined processes; be a part of cross functional teams to develop long term strategic source plans for spend categories.
• Collaborates with global Procurement teams in order to leverage material spend.
• Ensures thorough analysis of supply markets relative to category of expenditure in order to logically substantiate the evaluation of sourcing group & supplier management strategies.
• Review Key Performance Parameters for Inventory like DSI etc and ensure this are within acceptable norms of the company.
Supplier Relationship Management
• Manage relationships and ways of working with key suppliers in order to align understanding & commitment with customer expectations
• Applies the right supplier relationship spectrum viz., Leverage, Preferred, Partnership or Strategic Alliance in order to satisfy business needs.
Systems & Processes:
• Identifies implements & continuously improves systems & processes in line with the changing environment – COLA.
• Demonstrates & performs in accordance with sound business ethics, purchasing & supply standards, policies & procedures to give India the highest possible perceived integrity in all supplier relationships.
Key Success Criteria's:
• Most materials fall under the “Strategic” portfolio, where the need to manage and influence the suppliers important. Therefore, building effective long-term partnership with suppliers is of paramount importance.
• Forecast prices systematically & accurately for major spend areas in a focused manner.
• Analyse expenditure to establish potential future price change impact on purchasing portfolio and the total forecast impact of purchasing activity on future business profitability.
• Tactical & strategic negotiation for category of expenditure.
• Initiate & manage innovations and major cost improvement programmes for key expenditure, resulting in significant savings or cost control.
• Undertake complex contractual & business negotiations with major suppliers
• Ensure adequate inventory of Key RM & PM
Direct Reports: NA
Geographical Scope: PAN India
Reports To: Senior Category Manager – Packaging Procurement
Key Customers:
Internal Customers: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, PACS, Commercial, Quality, Finance Teams
External Customers:
• Lead/interface with Sourcing Group teams at local, regional, International/Global level-CEPG
• Interface with Group Functions w.r.t. Category activities: Interact & collaborate with QA, Finance in cross-functional teams for category improvement
Job Requirements:
Qualifications: Post Graduate qualification in General / Materials Management from a reputed institute / university.
Experience: Minimum 7-10 years of relevant post qualification experience with at least 2-3 years at a middle/senior management level in the Procurement function in a similar industry, where he/she should have demonstrated strong commercial acumen.
Functional Skills:
• In depth of knowledge of Packaging Material and spends associated therewith.
• Knowledge of Company & Procurement objectives & deliverables.
• Knowledge of company’s budgetary & financial management processes.
• Contract Management-Competent
• Negotiation with the suppliers-Competent
• Procurement-Mastery
• Vendor Management / Supplier Scheduling-Mastery
Job Description:
Objective: Strategize & manage implementation for procurement of Packaging materials in order to ensure continuous manufacturing at factories & maintain P&L budget. Meet and exceed budgeted cost savings in all spends in this category, by providing overall thrust and direction to team effort to meet the objectives & needs of the business.
Apply Procurement skills that meet customer requirements and deliver innovation, added value & savings for the business.
Title: Senior Category Manager –Packaging Procurement
Function: Procurement
Work Location: Bangalore
Job Responsibilities:
Direction Setting:
• Leads & drives translation of Company objectives into Procurement objectives for the category in order to ensure that sourcing group tasks & aims are articulated, understood & accepted by the team and the business.
• Understands & interprets the overall business direction & objectives and develops & aligns plans for the category to enable their achievement.
• Develops plans and systems & processes to optimize the utilisation of resources for the category in order to successfully achieve business objectives.
Business Planning:
• Develops & communicates (to team members) short- & long-term plans that are comprehensive, realistic & effective in order to support all Procurement activities.
• Constructs & uses budgets to manage & monitor spends for the category and ensures that adjustment processes are in place for over/under achievement.
• Commits to and delivers savings/added value in line with department/business targets
Procurement Practices:
• Applies defined processes; be a part of cross functional teams to develop long term strategic source plans for spend categories.
• Collaborates with global Procurement teams in order to leverage material spend.
• Ensures thorough analysis of supply markets relative to category of expenditure in order to logically substantiate the evaluation of sourcing group & supplier management strategies.
• Review Key Performance Parameters for Inventory like DSI etc and ensure this are within acceptable norms of the company.
Supplier Relationship Management
• Manage relationships and ways of working with key suppliers in order to align understanding & commitment with customer expectations
• Applies the right supplier relationship spectrum viz., Leverage, Preferred, Partnership or Strategic Alliance in order to satisfy business needs.
Systems & Processes:
• Identifies implements & continuously improves systems & processes in line with the changing environment – COLA.
• Demonstrates & performs in accordance with sound business ethics, purchasing & supply standards, policies & procedures to give India the highest possible perceived integrity in all supplier relationships.
Key Success Criteria's:
• Most materials fall under the “Strategic” portfolio, where the need to manage and influence the suppliers important. Therefore, building effective long-term partnership with suppliers is of paramount importance.
• Forecast prices systematically & accurately for major spend areas in a focused manner.
• Analyse expenditure to establish potential future price change impact on purchasing portfolio and the total forecast impact of purchasing activity on future business profitability.
• Tactical & strategic negotiation for category of expenditure.
• Initiate & manage innovations and major cost improvement programmes for key expenditure, resulting in significant savings or cost control.
• Undertake complex contractual & business negotiations with major suppliers
• Ensure adequate inventory of Key RM & PM
Direct Reports: NA
Geographical Scope: PAN India
Reports To: Senior Category Manager – Packaging Procurement
Key Customers:
Internal Customers: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, PACS, Commercial, Quality, Finance Teams
External Customers:
• Lead/interface with Sourcing Group teams at local, regional, International/Global level-CEPG
• Interface with Group Functions w.r.t. Category activities: Interact & collaborate with QA, Finance in cross-functional teams for category improvement
Job Requirements:
Qualifications: Post Graduate qualification in General / Materials Management from a reputed institute / university.
Experience: Minimum 7-10 years of relevant post qualification experience with at least 2-3 years at a middle/senior management level in the Procurement function in a similar industry, where he/she should have demonstrated strong commercial acumen.
Functional Skills:
• In depth of knowledge of Packaging Material and spends associated therewith.
• Knowledge of Company & Procurement objectives & deliverables.
• Knowledge of company’s budgetary & financial management processes.
• Contract Management-Competent
• Negotiation with the suppliers-Competent
• Procurement-Mastery
• Vendor Management / Supplier Scheduling-Mastery
