Role & responsibilities
- Purchase fresh fruits and vegetables, food ingredients, consumables, and other required items as per production and inventory requirements.
- Coordinate with Production, Planning, Quality, Stores, Finance, and Sales teams to understand material requirements and delivery schedules.
- Identify, evaluate, and develop reliable suppliers and maintain an approved vendor database.
- Obtain and compare quotations from multiple suppliers and negotiate price, payment terms, quality, MOQ, lead time, and delivery schedules.
- Prepare and release purchase orders (POs) and ensure timely delivery of materials.
- Follow up with suppliers regarding order status, dispatches, delivery delays, shortages, and quality issues.
- Ensure purchased materials meet the company's quality, food-safety, regulatory, and specification requirements.
- Coordinate with the Quality team for supplier approvals, material specifications, certificates, and quality documentation.
- Monitor inventory levels and coordinate procurement to avoid stock-outs, excess inventory,



and production interruptions.
- Maintain proper procurement records, including quotations, purchase orders, supplier documents, invoices, and delivery records.
- Track supplier performance based on quality, cost, delivery, responsiveness, and service.
- Support cost-reduction initiatives through supplier development, alternate sourcing, price negotiations, and purchase planning.
- Resolve discrepancies related to quantity, quality, pricing, delivery, and invoices in coordination with relevant departments.
- Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies and applicable food-safety and regulatory requirements.
- Prepare procurement reports, cost comparisons, pending PO reports, and supplier performance reports for management.
- Maintain confidentiality of commercial information and supplier pricing.

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 2-4 years of experience in procurement/purchasing, preferabl

📌 Procurement Executive(Fruits (Pune)
🏢 JFPL Foods and Beverages
📍 Pune