Job Description:

Position: Manager/Sr. Manager - Procurement

Location: Ahmedabad

Experience: 8 - 15 Years

Industries: Chemical

Responsibilities
Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management
Develop and execute category-wise sourcing strategies for monomers, acids, surfactants, silicones, oleochemicals and functional additives, balancing cost, quality, lead time and continuity.
Identify, evaluate, qualify and develop domestic and international (China, Korea, Middle East, South-East Asia, Europe) suppliers; build a robust, multi-sourced vendor base for every critical input.
Negotiate prices, payment terms, rebates, annual contracts and rate-locks; lead long-term agreements and tolling / back-to-back arrangements where advantageous.
Maintain supplier scorecards covering quality, delivery, price competitiveness, responsiveness and compliance; drive structured supplier development and periodic business reviews.
Technical /Chemistry - Led Raw Material Management
Apply working knowledge of the chemistry of each raw material – reactivity, grade, specification,



substitutability and end-use impact – to make informed buying and approval decisions.
Understand the upstream feedstock chain (crude / petrochemical / oleo derivatives) and downstream formulation requirements, anticipating how upstream price and availability movements flow into NBSL’s cost base.
Work with R D and QC to qualify alternate grades and sources, evaluate cost-down substitutions without compromising performance, and resolve incoming-material quality issues.
Stay current on raw-material market intelligence – capacity, plant turnarounds, anti-dumping duties, freight and feedstock indices – and translate this into proactive buying calls.
Procurement Planning & Inventory Optimisation
Convert the production / sales plan and R&D; pipeline into an accurate, rolling material requirement plan (MRP) across all SKUs and chemistries.
Set and maintain re-order levels, safety stock and economic orde

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