- Strategic sourcing & Supplier management for Indirect Procurement

- Continuous improvement through a high-performing procurement team

About Our Client

Our client is a major multinational retailer offering products of different categories with a wide presence across India.

- Develop and execute indirect procurement strategy aligned with business objectives.

- Lead category management and sourcing initiatives across IT, Marketing, Retail, Facilities, Logistics, Professional Services, HR, Admin, and CAPEX Projects & others.

- Drive cost savings, cost avoidance, and value creation initiatives.

- Establish strategic supplier partnerships and performance management frameworks.

- Lead commercial negotiations and contract management.

- Ensure supplier compliance, risk mitigation, and business continuity planning.

- Partner with business leaders to understand requirements and deliver procurement solutions.

- Influence sourcing decisions and promote procurement best practices across the organization.

- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, controls, and audit requirements.

- Drive procurement digitization, process automation, and analytics-based decision making.

- Lead procurement transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.

- Lead, mentor, and develop procurement teams.

- Build procurement capabilities, succession plans, and high-performance culture.

- Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement operational excellence and compliance focus across colleagues, while ensuring adherence to the company behaviours

- Shape category strategies, negotiate complex contracts and deliver measurable commercial value.

- Ability to collaborate with project, engineering, operations, and business teams to develop procurement strategies, vendor ecosystems, and contracting models that support rapid retail growth and operational excellence.

- Build supplier relationships,



manage performance and mitigate sourcing and continuity risks.

- Lead cross-functional change and build an accountable, high-performing procurement team.

- Embed robust procurement controls, policy compliance and continuous improvement.

- Drive supplier innovation, standardization, value engineering, and strategic partnerships to optimize project costs and improve speed to-market for retail expansion initiatives.

- Knowledge & ability to leverage procurement technologies, digital platforms, automation tools, and AI-enabled solutions to drive sourcing effectiveness, process efficiency, and enhanced stakeholder experience

- Utilize spend analytics, market intelligence, supplier performance dashboards, and data-driven insights to support strategic decision making and value creation

- Partner credibly with senior leaders and balance commercial priorities across functions.

The Successful Applicant

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Commerce, Supply Chain, Operations or a related discipline. MBA will be an added advantage.

- 15+ years of progressive procurement experience, including a minimum of 8 years in indirect procurement leadership roles.

- Proven experience in strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract negotiation and procurement transformation.

- Strong background in procurement governance, risk management and cross-functional stakeholder engagement.

- Experience in Fashion, Retail or similar industries preferred.

- Exposure to procurement platforms such as SAP, Ariba, Coupa, Oracle or equivalent systems.

- Proven experience in sourcing and procurement for retail store fit-outs, new store launches, refurbishments, MEP works, fixtures & furniture, branding and signage, facilities management, and indirect procurement categories.

What's on Offer

- An chance to lead indirect procurement in the retail sector

- Competitive benefits package aligned with industry standards

Quote job ref: JN-102026-7131918

📌 General Manager - Indirect Procurement - Retail Industry (Delhi)
🏢 Michael Page
📍 Delhi