Vice President - Procurement & Strategic Sourcing - Chemicals Industry

Our client is a leading chemicals manufacturing company, one of the largest in its domain worldwide. They wish to recruit the Head of Procurement/Strategic Sourcing for Indian operations operations.

• The main objective of the Procurement head would be delivery of cost efficiencies, compliance and driving an increased contribution to the organisation's growth.
• The role is challenging with a well-balanced mix of Supply, Demand and Indirect procurement responsibilities in a high growth market with the concurrent need to constrain costs.
• Specific responsibilities include :

• Develop & execute procurement strategies which support market to excel and over deliver the Supply, Demand and Indirect/direct - RM & Capital Procurement objectives.
• This includes supplier selection, development of alternative suppliers, and supplier consolidation to ensure sourcing optimization and overall supplier performance
• Make sure that company is partnered with the correct suppliers in the market to drive long term value
• Sourcing fine chemicals , specialty chemicals, Equipments AND Technology providers.
• Establish functional credibility with senior internal and external stakeholders
• Cost optimization
• Overseeing port logistics from customs and turn around point of view.

We invite applications from seasoned Procurement specialists with good academic credentials - BE - Chemical, MBA

• Should have at least 15+ years of holistic Procurement experience with majority experience in chemicals manufacturing companies.
• Must have handled procurement for organisations with turnover of at least 1000 cr
• Strong leadership skills to build and maintain effective teams.
• Proven track record of delivery in challenging business environments and ability to engage and influence a wide range of senior stakeholders.
• Excellent knowledge of world-class procurement systems, processes and practices.
• Conceptual clarity, great negotiation skills and understanding of commercial and tax implications is a must.

Interested professionals please apply ASAP.

Somshukla