Manager - Procurement

Job Title

Manager – Procurement – Animal Feed Business – Mumbai

About Godrej Agrovet

Godrej Agrovet Limited (GAVL) is a diversified, Research & Development focused agri- business Company, dedicated to improving the productivity of Indian farmers by innovating products and services that sustainably increase crop and livestock yields. GAVL holds leading market positions in the different businesses in which it operates - Animal Feed, Crop Protection, Oil Palm, Dairy and Poultry and Processed Foods.

With FY ’18- ’19 Sales of 6000 Crore INR, GAVL has a pan India presence with sales of over a million tonnes annually of high quality feed and cutting-edge nutrition products for cattle, poultry, aqua feed and specialty feed. Apart from these businesses, the Company has a joint venture with the ACI group of Bangladesh for animal feed business in Bangladesh. Godrej Agrovet has 50 manufacturing facilities across India with a network of 10,000 rural distributors/dealers and over 2500 employees.

Our People Philosophy

Core to our employer brand, is the philosophy of tough love. We expect a lot from our team members, differentiate on the basis of performance and potential through career opportunities and rewards and lay particular emphasis on developing, mentoring and training. We believe that passionate, rounded individuals with diverse interests make for better Godrejites. And we understand that our team members play multi-faceted roles. This is why we encourage them, not just to explore their whole selves, but also create an enabling space for them to do so.

• Watch ‘Why Godrej’ by Nadir Godrej, a video on our people philosophy.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxiHCMR64Hs&feature=emb_logo
• Read more about our people philosophy here.
• https://godrejcareers.com/people-philosophy.aspx

Your Roles & Responsibilities

Location: Mumbai (HO)

Job Responsibility

• Responsible for Sourcing of Agri Commodities for multiple plants in GAVL Animal Feed Business.
• Conduct Research and Analysis on domestic and international markets for making effective buying decisions.
• Demonstrate enterprising sourcing acumen to reduce Total Cost of Ownership on consistent basis.
• Formulate long and short-term procurement strategies by identifying gaps in Demand and Supply of commodities.
• Conduct detailed on-field crop surveys by travelling to source/producing markets and direct farmer interactions.
• Contribute to business success by meeting On Time Delivery targets of RM and Ensure continuity of operations at all times.
• Collaborate and partner for Cross Functional Stakeholder Management to lead, influence and facilitate effective execution of sourcing strategies.
• Continuously scan the markets for identification and introduction of new Raw materials.
• Must respect Organizational value systems and ensure compliances without requiring formal supervision to meet all control and reporting objectives.
• Leverage GODREJ strengths in expanding a competitive vendor base and establish long term relationships.
• New Vendor development.
• Creation of Purchase Orders, Follow up for delivery completion, payment, etc.
• Driving Supplier Performance Management Program to gain Strategic Alignments.