- 2-6 years of experience in sourcing, procurement or vendor management, preferably within Home Furnishing , FMCG, food retail, consumer goods or e-commerce.
Category Expertise
- Strong understanding of Grocery sourcing, supplier ecosystems, processing and manufacturing.
- Experience managing multiple suppliers and negotiating commodity-linked or dynamic pricing.
- Understanding of tea grades, coffee grades, blending, roasting, processing, packaging and quality parameters would be preferred.
Analytical & Commercial Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to analyze commodity prices, supply-demand trends, sourcing costs and vendor performance.
- Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
- Ability to identify cost-saving and margin-improvement opportunities.
Stakeholder Management
- Excellent communication and relationship-management skills.
- Ability to work effectively with growers, estates, aggregators,
processors, manufacturers, logistics partners and internal business teams.
- Comfortable working in a quick-paced environment with frequent changes in commodity prices, supply and demand.
Education
- Bachelors degree in Agriculture, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Food Technology or a related discipline.
Key Success Metrics
- Sourcing cost / landed cost improvement
- Supplier fill rate and supply reliability
- Product availability and in-stock levels
- Quality and specification compliance
- Supplier rejection / quality deviation %
- Vendor performance and SLA adherence
- New supplier onboarding and sourcing diversification
- Cost optimization across sourcing and supply chain
- Inventory optimization
- Contribution margin improvement
- Private Label profitability
to apply whatsapp resume to Rahul at (phone hidden) mention " TL/AM Sourcing "