Head - Head – Procurement & Global Supply Chain

Engage Experts International; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,800,000 - 6,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Engage Experts International is seeking a senior procurement and supply chain leader to drive end-to-end procurement across brands and markets, building a strong global and local sourcing strategy across food, beverages, packaging, equipment and key operating categories.

The role involves developing strategic supplier partnerships, negotiating terms, and driving sustainable cost efficiencies while building scalable planning, logistics, warehousing, and distribution systems for rapid expansion.

Qualifications

• 12–18 years of experience in procurement/supply chain, preferably within F&B, QSR, hospitality, food services or FMCG.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end procurement and supply chain across brands and markets.
• Build a strong global and local sourcing strategy across food, beverages, packaging, equipment and key operating categories.
• Develop strategic supplier partnerships, negotiate commercial terms and drive sustainable cost efficiencies.
• Build scalable planning, logistics, warehousing and distribution systems for rapid outlet and market expansion.
• Strengthen inventory management, availability, forecasting and working-capital efficiency.
• Establish robust supplier quality, compliance, traceability and risk-management standards.
• Drive technology, data and automation across procurement and supply-chain processes.
• Partner closely with Culinary, Operations, Finance and Quality to balance quality, consistency, availability and cost.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation

International sourcing

Supply chain management

Vendor management

Job description

• Lead end-to-end procurement and supply chain across brands and markets.
• Build a strong global and local sourcing strategy across food, beverages, packaging, equipment and key operating categories.
• Develop strategic supplier partnerships, negotiate commercial terms and drive sustainable cost efficiencies.
• Build scalable planning, logistics, warehousing and distribution systems for rapid outlet and market expansion.
• Strengthen inventory management, availability, forecasting and working-capital efficiency.
• Establish robust supplier quality, compliance, traceability and risk-management standards.
• Drive technology, data and automation across procurement and supply-chain processes.
• Partner closely with Culinary, Operations, Finance and Quality to balance quality, consistency, availability and cost.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end procurement and supply chain across brands and markets.
• Build a strong global and local sourcing strategy across food, beverages, packaging, equipment and key operating categories.
• Develop strategic supplier partnerships, negotiate commercial terms and drive sustainable cost efficiencies.
• Build scalable planning, logistics, warehousing and distribution systems for rapid outlet and market expansion.
• Strengthen inventory management, availability, forecasting and working-capital efficiency.
• Establish robust supplier quality, compliance, traceability and risk-management standards.
• Drive technology, data and automation across procurement and supply-chain processes.
• Partner closely with Culinary, Operations, Finance and Quality to balance quality, consistency, availability and cost.

Ideal Profile

• 12–18 years' experience in Procurement/Supply Chain, preferably within F&B, QSR, hospitality, food services or FMCG.
• Proven experience managing large, complex and multi-location supply networks.
• Strong commercial negotiation, strategic sourcing and cost-optimisation capability.
• Exposure to international sourcing and multi-country operations strongly preferred.
• Entrepreneurial and hands-on capable of building systems as well as strategy.

Success Measures

Cost savings & margin improvement

• Product availability
• Inventory & working-capital optimisation
• Supplier performance
• Supply-chain reliability
• Successful new-market launches
• Procurement compliance

The mandate:

Build the procurement and supply-chain engine that enables Eatopia to scale its brands globally while protecting quality, consistency, cost and speed.

Skills: sourcing,qsr,hospitality,fmcg,procurement,supply,supply chain,f & b