Moglix - Director - Sourcing - Metals And Mining

Role Details:
Team/Function: PaaS/Sourcing
Designation: Director - Sourcing
Location: Noida
Key Role Related Skills:
- Strategic sourcing
- Category Exposure (Metals and Mining)
- Value Engineering
Role Objective:
The Sourcing Head will own strategic sourcing performance across Moglix's PaaS client portfolio - driving buyer productivity, category depth, digitally-enabled sourcing processes, and supplier commercial outcomes. This is a director-level, P&L-adjacent role responsible for translating category strategy into measurable savings, working-capital improvement, and rebate income, while building a high-performing sourcing team. Prior category ownership in metals & mining (ferrous/non-ferrous, MRO, or mining consumables) is a strong plus given the concentration of metals & mining accounts in the current PaaS portfolio.
Role Responsibilities:
1. Buyer Productivity & Category Excellence:
- Drive buyer productivity to 200+ line items (LI) per buyer per month within a 6 - 9 month ramp-up window.
- Build deep category expertise across assigned spend categories; develop and institutionalise sourcing playbooks and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models.
- Improve overall buyer utilization and throughput through structured workload design and category specialisation.
2. Digital & Process Transformation:
- Deploy AI and automation to streamline sourcing, RFQ management, contracting, purchase order issuance, and approval workflows.
- Partner with the Cognilix / Platform-Tech team to identify and pilot automation opportunities that reduce manual touchpoints in the source-to-PO cycle.
3. Cost & Value Delivery:
- Drive competitive sourcing practices to deliver 5 - 10% year-on-year savings / value improvement across managed categories.
- Lead value-engineering initiatives - spec rationalisation, alternate sourcing, should-cost analysis - to reduce total cost of ownership for clients.
4. Supplier Partnerships & Commercial Terms:
- Build strategic, long-term supplier partnerships and drive continuous improvement in supplier performance (cost, quality, delivery).
- Negotiate improved payment terms with suppliers, delivering a 15 - 20 day improvement in Days Payable Outstanding (DPO).
- Establish Terms of Reference (TOR) agreements with eligible suppliers, targeting 3 - 5% rebate income.
- Cross-leverage supplier relationships across BUs and clients to unlock enterprise-level pricing and commercial benefits.
- Develop Turnover Discount (TOD) / volume-linked commercial agreements with strategic enterprise suppliers.
5. Team Leadership:
- Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing sourcing team across category leads and buyers, embedding a performance and accountability culture.
Experience:
- 10+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement, with at least 4 - 5 years in a leadership role owning a sourcing team or category P&L.
- Demonstrated experience managing sourcing for large enterprise or B2B industrial accounts; PaaS / procurement outsourcing background is an advantage.
- Category exposure to Metals & Mining (ferrous/non-ferrous, mining consumables, MRO, or related industrial spend) strongly preferred, given the current client mix.
- Track record of delivering measurable savings, DPO improvement, and rebate/TOD commercial structures with suppliers.
- Experience working with or deploying digital/AI-enabled sourcing and procurement tools.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong commercial and negotiation acumen, with comfort operating at CXO/supplier-leadership level.
- Analytical rigor - comfortable building and defending TCO, should-cost, and savings models.
- Proven people leadership - able to build and scale a category/buyer team.
- Structured, data-driven approach to category and process design; automation-first mindset.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field; MBA or equivalent PG qualification preferred.