Senior Manager - Procurement

DIAGEO India


Date: 12 hours ago
City: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Contract type: Full time
Job Description

The POS and TTL Category Buyer is responsible for the procurement of point of sale (POS), Gifting & Warehousing category. This includes identifying and evaluating suppliers to create a strong and compliant supplier base for ensuring supply security along with managing and optimizing the cost base. The ideal candidate is expected to have a strong understanding of the POS market, as well as experience in procurement.

Qualification

  • Graduate and MBA

Experience:

  • Demand procurement experience of around 6-8 years in FMCG or related industry

Knowledge & skills:

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Integrity and personal congruence
  • Strong communication, interpersonal & negotiation Skills
  • Knowledge of procurement best practices and regulations
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Flexible, proactive approach ready to take on new challenges
  • Excellent MS Excel, data management skills
  • Ability to build good relationships with people
  • Strong understanding of the POSM industry and drivers for the category
  • Stays updated with new innovations in POSM and related industry

Best suited for someone who

  • Likes to work with data and is extremely analytical
  • Has a strong commercial focus
  • Brings an external focus to work, by being constantly updated on developments and innovations in the external world
  • Is able to build good working relationships with internal stakeholders
  • Hard nosed when it comes to commercial negotiations with parties
  • Constantly seeks to improve things and create new standards at work

Diversity statement

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills, and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Worker Type

Regular

Primary Location:

Bangalore HO

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date

2023-09-15

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