Role purpose: Secure the right material, at the right cost, on time and to specification. Reduce cost through vendor, specification and formulation changes, reduce single-source supplier risk, and run a clean, error-free purchase order to goods receipt (PO-to-GRN) process.

Key Result Areas (KRAs)

The role is measured on the following six KRAs:

- Cost savings delivery
- Supplier delivery performance
- Material quality
- Supply continuity and risk
- Process excellence and innovation
- Packaging material quality control

Qualifications and skills

Education

- Graduate in Engineering, Science (Chemistry or Pharmacy preferred), or Commerce.
- MBA in Operations or Supply Chain, or a CPSM/CIPS certification, preferred.

Experience

- 8 to 12 years in procurement, with at least 4 years managing RM and PM for BPC, FMCG,

cosmetics or pharma.

- Track record of delivering savings through vendor changes, specification changes (for example,





glass to PET) and formulation value engineering.

- Experience developing and qualifying alternate vendors, including imported and long-lead materials.

Skills

- Negotiation, request for quotation (RFQ) management and should-cost modelling.
- Working knowledge of cosmetic ingredients, packaging components and quality control (QC)

specifications.

- ERP/SAP purchasing (PR-PO-GRN-invoice cycle) and solid Excel skills.
- Vendor performance management: on-time in-full (OTIF) delivery, rejection analysis, root cause analysis and corrective and preventive action (CAPA).
- Cross-functional coordination with R&D;, QC, Production, Planning and Finance.

Travel

- Travel to vendor sites and plants as needed, including supplier audits.

📌 Procurement Manager (Ahmedabad)
🏢 PRIMUM TALENT GROUP
📍 Ahmedabad