Location: Gurgaon, Haryana

Department: Procurement / Purchase

Experience: 510 years

Industry: Food / Flour Milling / Commodities

Employment Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities

1. Wheat Procurement

- Develop and manage a reliable network of wheat suppliers, traders, commission agents and mandi sources.
- Identify and procure wheat based on the companys milling and production requirements.
- Negotiate price, quality, quantity, payment terms and delivery schedules with suppliers.
- Monitor daily wheat prices across relevant mandis and markets.
- Maintain strong relationships with existing suppliers while continuously developing new sourcing channels.
- Ensure timely procurement to meet mill requirements and avoid production disruptions.

2. Commodity Market Intelligence

- Track wheat prices, mandi arrivals, crop conditions and market movements.
- Understand seasonal trends and anticipate price movements to support procurement decisions.
- Monitor government policies, MSP, import/export developments and other factors affecting wheat prices.
- Provide regular updates to management on procurement opportunities and market outlook.

3. Wheat Quality & Specifications

- Coordinate with the Quality and Production teams to understand required wheat specifications.
- Ensure procurement meets agreed parameters such as:

Moisture

Test weight / hectolitre weight

Protein

Gluten

Foreign matter

Damaged / shrivelled grains

Admixture

Other milling-quality parameters

- Work with suppliers to resolve quality deviations and claims.

4. Supplier Management

- Evaluate and onboard new suppliers based on price, quality, reliability and capacity.
- Maintain supplier performance records.
- Negotiate commercial terms and ensure adherence to agreed contracts.
- Build long-term relationships with key wheat suppliers.

5. Procurement Planning & Coordination

- Coordinate with Production, Sales, Stores, Logistics,



Finance and Quality teams to understand requirements.
- Plan procurement based on mill consumption, inventory levels and expected requirements.
- Monitor incoming consignments and ensure timely deliveries to the mills.
- Coordinate with logistics teams to optimise freight and landed procurement cost.

6. Cost Management

- Evaluate the landed cost of wheat, including purchase price, freight, loading/unloading and other associated costs.
- Identify opportunities to reduce procurement costs without compromising quality.
- Maintain procurement records and provide regular MIS to management.

7. Documentation & Systems

- Maintain accurate purchase records, supplier data, contracts and procurement reports.
- Ensure purchase transactions and inventory movements are properly recorded in SAP

Business One / ERP.
- Prepare regular reports on:

Quantity purchased

Average purchase price

Supplier-wise purchases

Mandi-wise purchases

Inventory position

Market prices

Procurement savings / variance

Candidate Profile

Required

- 5-10 years of experience in commodity procurement/purchase.
- Strong preference for candidates with direct experience in wheat procurement.
- Experience in flour milling, food processing, FMCG, agri commodities, grain trading or similar industries will be preferred.
- Strong understanding of wheat markets and commodity pricing.
- Existing relationships with wheat traders, commission agents, mandis or aggregators will be an advantage.
- Strong negotiation and supplier-management skills.
- Good analytical and numerical ability.
- Willingness to travel to mandis, supplier locations and mills when required.
- Valuable communication and interpersonal skills.
- Working knowledge of MS Excel and ERP/SAP.

Preferred Background

Candidates currently working in:

- Flour mills
- Grain / commodity trading companies
- Food processing companies
- FMCG companies with direct commodity procurement
- Agri-commodity procurement
- Wheat trading / sourcing organisations

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