Role & responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management

- Identify, qualify, and audit domestic and international suppliers to ensure a reliable supply of high-quality raw materials at optimal price points.
- Partner with R&D; to source and evaluate novel raw materials and alternative chemistries, accelerating innovation pipelines.
- Oversee end-to-end sample procurement workflows, ensuring rapid delivery, proper documentation, and compliance for lab testing.
- Negotiate rate contracts, annual volume pricing, and commercial terms to maintain target cost structures.
- Track global chemical indices, raw material availability, and geopolitical/regulatory shifts impacting market pricing.

Operations, Supply Chain & Local Logistics

- Coordinate cross-functionally with R&D;, Production, QA/QC, and Supply Chain for demand planning and raw material readiness.
- Collaborate with technical teams to analyze sample performance data, gather feedback, and validate scale-up feasibility for commercial runs.
- Manage local transportation, dispatch scheduling, and logistics service providers to ensure timely warehouse and plant deliveries.
- Oversee site logistics execution, including gate entries, delivery note verifications, and unloading confirmations.




- Optimize safety stock levels and raw material inventory turns to minimize working capital blockage without risking stockouts.

Systems, Compliance & Regulatory Reporting

- Execute end-to-end purchase cycles in SAP (PR/PO creation, GRN tracking, and invoice reconciliation).
- Build advanced Excel dashboards, monthly consumption analyses, plant inward trackers, and executive MIS reports.
- Present data-driven insights during monthly operational reviews, highlighting cost variances, savings targets, and vendor scorecards.
- Maintain audit-ready procurement records and inventory documentation for internal and external regulatory audits. Manage regulatory compliance documentation for international shipments, including REACH certifications, MRSL compliance, MSDS, COAs, and import/customs filings.

Preferred candidate profile:

- Purchase Price Variance (PPV) and cost-savings targets.
- Sample turnaround time (PR-to-R&D; lab delivery).
- Vendor delivery OTIF (On-Time, In-Full) and quality acceptance rate.
- SAP process accuracy (PO-to-GRN cycle time).
- 100% compliance with audit and chemical safety documentation (MSDS/REACH/COA).

📌 Assistant Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Rossari Biotech
📍 Mumbai