Role & responsibilities

Head Procurement

Job Location - Mumbai (Vikhroli)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITES:

- Heading & overseeing the procurement function for PAN India based locations for overall Item categories (Project; Capex Lab Equipment's; Lab Equipment Repairs & Maintenance; AMC/CAMC; Spares & Consumables; Calibration; Chemicals, Building Maintenance Capex; Sub-con; Office supplies; IT capex; IT accessories; etc.)

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITES:

- Heading the procurement function & supply chain planning for PAN India based locations for overall Item categories.
- Spend Analysis & driving cost saving initiatives.
- Implementing procurement strategies to ensure competitive advantage & supply security.
- Vendor Optimization;
- Standardization
- Alternate Vendor Development.
- Providing valuable insights to procurement team to efficiently manage Commercial evaluation; Negotiation & Finalization of Contracts with vendors.
- Implementation of efficient Vendor Management Process to cover from vendor induction to performance review.
- Encouraging & implementing process improvement within the procurement function.
- Imparting training & knowledge among team members to build & develop competency.
- Review & Approval of all Purchase Orders in ERP system.
- Review & monitoring of Open Transactions (Open PO's; open vendors advances; pending capex installations)




- Review; monitoring of issues of internal customers/vendors & advising procurement team to take it to logical conclusion / resolution.
- Review & monitoring performance of procurement function on a monthly basis by implementing Dashboard concept.
- Ensure service satisfaction level to end customers.
- Developed plans to achieve organizational financial objectives (DPO; LC savings)
- Integrating with SGS global contracts; policies; procedures to ensure compliance
- At all times, comply with SGS Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct.

Preferred candidate profile:

- Good Leadership & People Management skill.
- Good Analytical & reasoning ability
- Well Planned & Organized Approach
- Good knowledge on product & market dynamics.
- Good communication skills (written & verbal).
- Valuable commercial acumen & negotiation skill thus offering rich expertise.
- Strategically proposing innovative solution & design.
- Adequate knowledge of taxes and duties both domestic & international.
- Experience in import & export and knowledge of statutory & procedural requirements.
- Good Exposure on ERP (SAP / Oracle Platform).
- Team Builder & Motivator.
- Ability to get along well & empathize with different stakeholders / end-users thus ensuring customer satisfaction level.
- Proactive Approach.
- Proficiency in MS Office.

📌 Head Procurement (Mumbai)
🏢 SGS India
📍 Mumbai