Deputy General Manager - Contract/Manufacturing & Procurement - Food

DGM Contract Manufacturing & Procurement (FMCG) - FMCG Company in Process Food
Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Role Summary :
- The role reports to Founder by managing day-to-day execution, performance, and optimization of external manufacturing activities and suppliers.
- This role focuses on operational excellence, supplier performance management, cost optimization, production planning, supply chain control, and risk mitigation across the subcontract tolling network and purchase of the raw materials. This role supports the execution of the procurement strategy across all manufacturing units

- This role is designed to drive supplier strategy, unlock value through sourcing projects, and support sustainability and compliance goals. This role drives category expertise through an understanding of supply markets/trends, cost drivers and the impact to business model.

- Works closely with key stakeholders to develop effective contract manufacturing and sourcing category strategies that enable step change improvements in quality, service, supply chain resilience, innovation, and sustainable annual cost reductions, and value creation.

Key Responsibilities:
Procurement
- Leads and supports execution of procurement strategies for raw materials
- Develop and maintain supplier relationships, including onboarding and performance management.
- Coordinate with Leadership & distribution team teams to align sourcing strategies with business goals and stakeholders on supplier selection, contract renewals, negotiations, and commercial updates.
- Manage strategic projects including supplier consolidation, cost optimization, and supply chain effectiveness.
- Interpret information and translate into actionable strategies and forward-looking analyses.
- Drive sustainability initiatives: supplier code of conduct, EcoVadis ratings, and compliance tracking.
Third Party Manufacturing :

- Identify third party manufacturers to increase the manufacturing footprint.
- Maintain understanding of tolling cost drivers, market trends, and supplier capabilities & negotiate win-win contracts.
- Manage strategic suppliers ensuring contracted volumes, service levels, and commercial terms are met.
- Maintain knowledge of Approved Suppliers and assist Supplier Quality to execute supplier Quality Agreements.
- Monitor contract manufacturing partner performance, escalating issues & partnering with Supplier Quality for resolution
- Participate in supplier audits, change control reviews, and compliance activities.
Planning & Supply Assurance :
- Work closely with business stakeholders to understand business impact, convert sales plans to production plans, build inventories, communicate forecasts to suppliers, and implement alternate sources of supply where appropriate.
- Drive awareness of active supply issues clarifying business impact and lead resolution plans to ensure consistent dispatch & customer service.
- Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks.
- Oversee daily factory operations across production, packaging, stores, and dispatch
- Ensure smooth workflow between teams and timely execution of plans
- Support operational readiness for launches, photoshoots, and special projects
- Deeply assess supply base to identify risks of supply disruptions within the supply chain.
- Develop risk management strategies and drive development and implementation of appropriate risk mitigation plans.
Deliver Savings :
- Coordinate with key stakeholders to develop cost reduction strategies, project pipelines and implement plans that meet business needs and optimize TCO.
- Plan, lead and execute negotiations of commercial terms and supply agreements.
- Drive cost reduction initiatives, productivity programs, & continuous improvement efforts at contract manufacturing partners
- Monitor Track savings programs in relative financial and sourcing repositories.
Supplier Relationship Management :
- Serve as primary day-to-day regional procurement contact for contract manufacturing partners within the Arxada network.
- Support supplier capability assessments, onboarding, performance scorecards, and accountability programs.
- Monitor EHS, Quality, and Operational compliance, escalating risks and driving corrective actions.
- Identify suitable suppliers and evaluate their capabilities, leveraging globally synergy opportunities
- Ensure supplier engagement, specifically for integrated and preferred suppliers.
- Manage escalation of issues with supplier.
- Develop the supplier relationship according to the expectations per supplier segment.
- Review supplier performance with particular attention to Quality, Food Safety, Commercial compliance.
- Drive supplier performance, compliance and accountability thru supplier scorecards and performance metrics.
Key requirements :
- MBA from reputed institute.
- Preferred area of study: Procurement/Supply Chain, Food Business
- 7+ years of experience in operations, procurement, external manufacturing, or supply chain in Food Industry.
- Experience managing contract manufacturing, tolling or outsourced operations preferred.
- Operations experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with experience in Procurement/Strategic Sourcing.
- Demonstrated experience in category management and strategic sourcing.
- Ability to manage multiple suppliers, projects, and stakeholders simultaneously
- Strong analytical capability and financial acumen.
- Highly organized with strong follow-up skills
- Practical problem solver who takes ownership