- Understand the requirements (Scope of Work and SLAs) from various user departments relating to Packaging ( Corrugation, Steel, Polymer, wood, returnable) across all the plants of AFS ( Auto - Farm Sector), Spare Parts and Allied Business
Understanding the requirements (Scope of Work) from various user departments
- Decide the vendor panel and Float RFQs wherever necessary
- Receive and Analyse quotes and Decide Target Price
- Conduct Negotiations and Achieve Target Price as jointly decided by senior management
- Domain knowledge on Packaging commodities and purchasing processes.
- Should be costing and negotiations for packaging cost settlement.
- Commercial contract settlement for Packaging activities:-
- Supplier assessment & Price settlement for packaging commodities like corrugation, polybags, VCI, Pine wood, rubber wood, Steel crates/ Skids, returnable packaging, etc
2)Should be costing and negotiations for packaging cost settlement. Identify competent supplier base and develop along with user.
Market intelligence and forecasting of Raw material prices - Commodity price trend tracking and benchmarking.
- Differential Sourcing Strategy - Benchmarking of Technology and Prices in Industry, innovative packaging solutions, adapting best practices in other industries.
- Value Engineering / Cost Reductions - Ability to generate recent ideas of bringing Material cost either by selection of material, alternate Source or by optimization of design / process cost.
- Packaging Commodity Wise Vendor Panneling and Decide Procurement and supply strategy.
Experience
5-7 years experience in packaging development / procurement preferred. Experience in Automobile, FMCG, E-Commerce packaging preferred.
Industry Preferred
Qualifications
Any graduate with specialisation in Packaging or Post Graduate Diploma in Packaging (PGDP) from IIP preferred.
General Requirements
1) Effective written and spoken communication
- Understanding Costing, Should be costing, Cost drivers and levers
- Ability to Negotiate with large and reputed agencies and close deals
- Experience of MS office tools
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