Business: Piramal Pharma Solutions
Department: Supply Chain Management
Location: Kurla
Travel: Low
Job Overview
The individual will be responsible for development and execution of category management strategies and procurement of Information Technology products and Professional services and other strategic projects
Key Stakeholders: Internal
Group IT CIOs and teams, Corp IT, PPS Site Heads & Site SCM/IT, PCC, OTC, Foundation, Financial Services, Any new acquisitions, HR (TA/L&D), Corp HR, PPS Site Heads & Site SCM / Admin / HR & Other Functional Heads, Corp Comm, Strategic Marketing Team, OTC, EHS, Secretarial, Lower Parel (Chairman s)
Key Stakeholders: External
Partners
Reporting Structure
Reports to AVP Global Head of Indirect Procurement, Commercial & Logistics
Experience
- 10 -12 years of experience in procurement of IT and relevant products and services
- Strong negotiation skills & supplier management experience
- Good Analytical & communication skills
- Good knowledge in e-Sourcing platforms, SAP knowledge preferred
- Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally
Competencies
- Strong knowledge and experience working with P2P processes.
- Proven track record of implementing process improvements and driving efficiencies within a procurement function.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to use data to drive decision making.
- Demonstrated leadership ability and experience managing a team of procurement professionals.
MBA/Masters/PG Diploma in Supply Chain/ Material Management/Procurement Specific Courses like CPSM/CIPS/IPSCM etc.
- Collaborate with site buyers to establish and execute effective, collaborative sourcing strategies to accelerate impactful business partnerships
- Evolve sourcing and procurement processes based on category specific business or internal stakeholder requirements
- Own all operational duty related to assigned category, Coordination with Shared Services for Vendor Creation, PO preparation, close Open PO/GR/Advance, and approve Purchase Orders in SAP, compliance and reporting.
- Manage vendor relationships. Coordinate on-going supplier management practices with internal customers to optimize financial and operational performance. Ensure high leverage in Supplier selection, approval, negotiations and performance management.
- Contract life cycle management - Engage with stakeholders to identify the most suitable supply solution for a given demand. Negotiate pricing, terms & commercial conditions of contracts and manage through the contract lifecycle. Tracking and renewal on time.
- Ensure value add to internal customers with focus on achieving quick turnaround times and maintaining high quality standards
- Ensure targeted savings and drive metrics such as TAT. OTIF, CSI, systems and policy compliance
- Benchmarking the category performance across the industry and internally among other categories
- Manage strategic projects such as alternate vendor development for e-procurement
- Assisting Category Manager in increasing average credit period for Indirect vendors all sites. Regularly monitor, analyse & work out strategies for credit period improvement
- Establish monthly global MIS/MBR/Other required reports. Governance and value creation tracker for monitoring the progress and savings .
- HR & Admin (TA contract, Temp Labour, Payroll, Learning & Development, Benefits).
- Marketing, Financial Operations, Legal, Audit, Consulting, Business Intelligence, Fleet, Travel
- Implement regional category management aligned with global strategies by collaborating with cross-functional teams and leveraging market best practices.
- Coordinate and manage tasks within the procurement team, ensuring alignment with both the Global Category team and local procurement teams.
- Take on category management responsibilities, including developing a balanced supplier base, fostering strong business relationships, and driving supplier performance through appropriate metrics and scorecards.
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives and best practices across all procurement processes.
