Purchasing Manager
Job Location
MUMBAI GENERAL OFFICEJob Description
P&G was founded over 180 years ago as a simple soap and candle company. Today, we're the world’s largest consumer goods company and home to iconic, trusted brands that make life a little bit easier in small but significant ways. We've spanned three centuries thanks to three simple ideas: leadership, innovation and citizenship. The insight, innovation and passion of hardworking teams has helped us grow into a global company that is governed responsibly and ethically, that is open and clear, and that supports good causes and protects the environment. This is a place where you can be proud to work and do something that matters.
Dedication from Us:
You will be at core of Ground- breaking innovations, be given exciting opportunities, lead initiatives, and take charge and responsibility, in creative workspaces where new insights thrive. All the while, you'll receive outstanding training to help you become a leader in your field.
What we Offer:
Continuous mentorship – work with peers and receive both formal training as well as day-to-day mentoring from your manager multifaceted and encouraging work environment– employees are at the centre, we value every individual and support initiatives, promoting agility and work/life balance.
Overview of the Job:
Purchases Manager will be to create and implement sourcing plans for goods and services to foster innovative and superior services. Find and cultivate possible partners with special skills that can help you make use of the startup ecosystem to unlock the next value S curves. Working with a multi-functional team that includes members of R&D, engineering, marketing, plant operations, etc., take the lead in identifying and putting value-creation ideas into action. To achieve the best value overall, lead negotiations, competitive bids, and contracts with suppliers and agencies.
Overview of the function:
P&G Supply Chain & Logistics is a global business area. Here, we continually innovate standard processes and technology, plan the demand and supply for markets, work with analytics, craft innovative algorithms, and build the physical design of our supply networks across the world. P&G Purchasing professionals demonstrate their skills in strategy, collaborative approach, analytics, material supply management, and execution to continuously drive value for our brands. Our most effective leaders have a balance of sourcing and supply mastery, and a breadth of experience across materials, services, and industries. A career here will develop your ability to be a business leader and build opportunities for projects across many functions throughout the company.
Your Team: This role reports to Senior Purchases Manager or Purchases Director. The purchases team is a vibrant, capable team of professionals organized into sub-teams aligned to business units. You will be working with these professionals in coordination with other teams.
What success looks like:
• Top-line growth by sourcing innovative capabilities for the P&G brand.
• Bottom-line improvement by driving cost efficiencies via sourcing and loss-elimination interventions.
• Cash flow improvement by extending credit terms and inventory reduction.
• Optimum spending by establishing and enforcing controls.
Responsibilities of the role:
• Lead market and landscape analysis to gain deep insights.
• Develop sourcing strategies for spend under management using insights from spending analysis.
• Implement sourcing strategy via tactics like negotiation, competitive bidding, etc.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers or agencies to unlock value.
• Lead multi-functional teams across marketing, operations, sales, R&D, engineering, etc to deliver S curves of value.
• Stay on the cutting edge of developments in the marketplace.
Job Qualifications
• Basic educational qualification - Graduate or Master or any relevant degree from recognized universities or educational institutes.
• Ability to embrace and lead changes.
• Effective communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills delivering breakthroughs & influencing partners.
• Critical Thinking and Leadership - the ability to recognize strategic opportunities and be able to enroll others in radical thinking to get results.
• Analytical Skills - the candidate is required to have a validated ability to visualize, eloquent, and seek problems and concepts, make decisions that make sense based on available information, proficient in digital tools, and dashboarding.
• Problem-solving skills – the candidate is required to have the ability to dive deep into problems in a structured manner.
• Ability to influence & collaborate with teams across functional boundaries (R&D, Finance, Legal, etc.) to develop and deliver strategy and action plans to achieve desired business results.
We produce globally recognized brands, and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders can lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories, and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Tampax® and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Visit http://www.pg.com to know more.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate against individuals based on race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor.
At P&G, the hiring journey is personalized every step of the way, thereby ensuring equal opportunities for all, with a strong foundation of Ethics & Corporate Responsibility guiding everything we do.
All the available job opportunities are posted either on our website - pgcareers.com, or on our official social media pages, for the convenience of prospective candidates, and do not require them to pay any kind of fees towards their application.”
Job Schedule
Full timeJob Number
R000130366Job Segmentation
Recent Grads/Entry Level (Job Segmentation)
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