Location: New Delhi (In-office)
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience: 10+ years preferred
About the Role
Peppy is looking for an Operations & Procurement Manager to take ownership of inventory, purchasing, vendor management, and day-to-day supply operations.
We’re looking for someone who is highly organised, commercially sharp, and strong at follow-ups. The person should be able to ensure that the right stock is available at the right time, vendors deliver as committed, purchasing happens at competitive prices, and operational issues are resolved before they impact the business.
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving operational problems and building systems that make execution smoother.
Key Responsibilities
Inventory Management
- Maintain accurate inventory records across products and SKUs
- Track stock movement, inward, outward, and available inventory
- Monitor stock levels and flag low-stock situations in advance
- Coordinate replenishment based on sales and inventory requirements
- Prevent overstocking, stock-outs, and unnecessary inventory holding
- Conduct regular physical stock reconciliation
- Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies
- Maintain inventory trackers and reporting systems
Purchase & Procurement
- Manage day-to-day purchasing requirements across the business
- Raise and track purchase orders
- Compare vendor quotations and negotiate pricing
- Ensure purchases are made within approved budgets
- Coordinate purchase timelines based on stock and business requirements
- Maintain purchase records, invoices, quotations,
and supporting documentation
- Follow up with vendors until goods/services are delivered
Vendor Management
- Manage existing vendors across products, packaging, materials, logistics, and other operational requirements
- Maintain strong relationships with vendors and suppliers
- Track vendor performance on:
- pricing
- quality
- timelines
- service reliability
- Resolve delays, quality issues, and other vendor-related problems
- Negotiate commercials, payment terms, MOQs, and timelines
- Maintain an organised vendor database
New Vendor Development
- Continuously identify and evaluate new vendors
- Source alternative suppliers to improve pricing, quality, and reliability
- Take quotations and benchmark costs across vendors
- Conduct vendor comparisons before finalisation
- Build backup vendor options for critical products and materials
- Support vendor onboarding and documentation
Operations Coordination
- Coordinate with internal teams including finance, warehouse, marketing, and management
- Track deliveries and ensure materials reach on time
- Coordinate vendor payments with the accounts team
- Create and maintain SOPs for purchasing and inventory processes
- Build trackers for stock, purchases, vendors, and pending deliveries
- Identify operational bottlenecks and proactively resolve them
- Ensure documentation is organised and easily accessible
What We’re Looking For
- 8-10 years of experience in operations, procurement, purchasing, supply chain, or inventory management
- Strong experience in vendor negotiation and supplier management
- Hands-on inventory management experience
- Comfortable sourcing and onboarding new vendors
- Strong Excel / Google Sheets skills
- Excellent follow-up and coordination skills
- Strong numerical and commercial understanding
- Ability to manage multiple vendors and priorities simultaneously
- Highly organised and process-driven
- Comfortable working independently and taking ownership
- Strong problem-solving ability
- Experience in a D2C, consumer goods, e-commerce, manufacturing, retail, or startup workplace is preferred
What Will Make You Stand Out
- Experience managing inventory across multiple SKUs
- Strong supplier network
- Experience negotiating pricing and payment terms
- Ability to reduce procurement costs without compromising quality
- Experience setting up inventory or procurement systems from scratch
- Familiarity with ERP, inventory management, or procurement software
- Experience working in fast-moving startup environments
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📌 Operations and Procurement Manager (Delhi)
🏢 peppy
📍 Delhi