Head - Sourcing & Procurement, RRVL
Reliance Retail
Location: Mumbai, India
Reporting To: Business Head, RRVL
About the Role
You will lead the transformation of procurement into a centralized Center of Excellence (CoE) for Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), driving strategic sourcing, procurement governance, vendor ecosystem development and commercial optimization across all business units. Reporting to the Business Head, RRVL, you will operate as a cross-functional integrator, harmonizing sourcing practices across merchandising, supply chain, operations, technology and corporate functions, while building a global sourcing network and embedding ethics, compliance and ESG standards into every sourcing decision.
You will own what to source, from whom, at what cost, and under what governance framework, balancing cost, quality, speed, innovation and risk across a diversified retail portfolio. This is also a transformation mandate: you will spearhead AI-led procurement transformation, enabling data-driven decision-making, predictive sourcing,



automated workflows and real-time vendor intelligence across the enterprise.
It is a rare chance to build a procurement function from a first-principles CoE model at one of India's largest retail conglomerates, with the mandate, scale and cross-business reach to reshape how sourcing is done.
Key Responsibilities
Define and institutionalize an enterprise-wide sourcing & procurement strategy, building a centralized CoE that standardizes processes, tools and decision frameworks across business units.
Harmonize sourcing practices across formats (offline, online, B2B, premium, value) and drive demand consolidation and cross-business synergies.
Build a global supplier ecosystem across geographies to strengthen cost competitiveness, innovation and supply risk diversification.
Develop long-term strategic vendor partnerships and institutionalize vendor segmentation and performance management frameworks.
Establish procurement gover

📌 Head - Sourcing & Procurement (Mumbai)
🏢 Reliance Retail
📍 Mumbai