Job Title – Procurement & Cost Reduction Manager – Consumer Goods

Management Level: 07 – Manager

Location: Mumbai / Recent Delhi / Bangalore

Must Have Skills: Strategic Sourcing & Category Management, Cost Reduction & Value Engineering, Supplier Development & Negotiation, Procurement Digitalization & Analytics, Contract & Risk Management

Good to Have Skills: Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, Cost Modeling Tools, Sustainability & ESG Procurement, ZBX

Job Summary:

As part of our Procurement and Cost Optimization function, you will play a pivotal role in driving enterprise-wide sourcing strategy, supplier collaboration, and cost transformation initiatives across direct, indirect, packaging, and services categories. You will help the organization achieve sustainable cost leadership by reimagining procurement as a strategic enabler of growth and innovation, while ensuring supply resilience, quality, and ESG compliance.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing & Category Leadership
Define and implement category strategies across raw materials, packaging, indirect spend, logistics,



and services to deliver sustained cost advantage for our clients
Conduct spend analysis, supplier market intelligence, and benchmarking to identify sourcing opportunities and supply base optimization.
Drive supplier consolidation, localization, and alternate sourcing to enhance resilience and reduce total cost of ownership.
Cost Reduction, Value Engineering & Innovation
Lead structured cost reduction programs, leveraging tools such as value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE), should-cost modeling, design-to-value, and demand management.
Partner with R&D;, operations, and finance to implement design simplification, specification rationalization, and process optimization initiatives
Develop and monitor annual cost savings pipeline with clear governance and realization tracking
Supplier Development & Negotiation Excellence
Identify, onboard, and develop strategic suppliers capable of supporting cost,

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