Job Details

• Gain alignment on the organizational strategy with internal stakeholders (Supply, finance, Marketing, P&O etc.) and Drive actions to implement strategy and deliver against cost saving activities.
• Participate in building the annual operating plan and pre plan the activities in advance.
• Negotiate and challenge Vendors quality, price, service, lead times, minimum order quantities & payment terms in order to get the best value for every money spent.
• Provide expertise and market intelligence for the maximizing the opportunities with vendor base created.
• Provide Commercial leadership for new vendor introductions, agreements and approvals.
• Provide the commercial support to the activity management work streams.
• Deploy Best in Class Processes for purchase
• Define & execute to best in class process of procure to pay and ensure 100% P2P policy.
• Accountable for new vendor and specification introduction/changes including vendor screening, selection and follow up on validation with internal stakeholders
• Screen & verify the existing vendors & create a pool of verified vendors.
• Contribute to World-class management of Working Capital

• Provide necessary support to internal stakeholders ensuring business continuity.
• Determine and manage internal client’s needs. Communicate as required with global/regional buyers and suppliers
• Accountable to ensure that vendor performance reviews are conducted bi-annually.
• Support SQA in developing vendor performance scorecards and provide commercial leadership for the proactive measurement of vendor performance (Vendor compliance scorecards)
• Ensures that Continuous Improvement plans are in place and followed through with major vendors.
• Manage & develop day to day relationship with vendors and Provide commercial leadership to resolve disputes, issues and non-conformance when internal stakeholders are unable to during the contractual period.
• Monitor commodity trends periodically and provide local expertise and market intelligence for the category teams in order to anticipate future risks/opportunities
• Provide support to sustainability initiatives (local/regional/global) to ensure compliance to targets

Leverage External Capabilities

• Provide local expertise and market intelligence for the global teams
• Provide Commercial leadership for new vendor introductions and approvals
• Attend external forums and maintain market knowledge on new trends

Reference ID - GH/CRS/JC//05122019//88110/Manager - Commercial (RC)