Procurement Lead - Recycled Plastics

Source.One; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Source.One is seeking a Procurement Lead for Recycled Plastics in India to design and execute a sourcing strategy adding more PCR/PIR recyclers and more grades to the portfolio. You will scale the sustainable feedstock pipeline, build technical partnerships with recyclers, and ensure a resilient supply of quality material to meet ambitious sourcing targets.

The role requires deep knowledge of recycled polymer markets, strong supplier networks, and proven costs optimization and procurement

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of procurement, sourcing, or supply chain experience.
• At least 3 years dedicated exclusively to plastics recycling or polymer trading.
• Experience in recycled polymers, plastics, petrochemicals, polymers, commodities, scrap, or industrial raw materials with technical fluency across polymer conversion processes such as extrusion, sorting mechanics, compounding and material testing.
• Proven ability to build supplier networks across multiple regions.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in cost optimization and procurement planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and execution capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design sourcing blueprints for recyclers covering key recycled polymer grades, including rHDPE, rPP, rPPCP, rLDPE, rLLDPE, and others.
• Enforce supplier validation audits, evaluating capacity limits, sourcing practices, and other compliance metrics.
• Diversify feedstock origination portfolios to systematically mitigate supply disruptions and regional shortages.
• Conduct market research to forecast domestic recycling capacity by grade and scrap material availability.

Skills

The Negotiator

The Network Builder

The Market Expert

Job description

Source.One is India’s leading zero-inventory distribution platform for industrial raw materials — polymers (~50kt/month), TiO2, solvents, recycled and compounded materials — with more verticals in the pipeline. We buy back-to-back from sellers and sell to buyers on the platform, and are now building the connective tissue — credit, logistics, and technology — that makes this the default way industrial materials get traded in India.

About the Role

T he Procurement Lead for Recycled Plastics will design and execute the sourcing strategy for adding more post-consumer recyclers (PCR) and post-industrial recyclers (PIR) with adding more grades to the companies portfolio. This role will scale the company's sustainable feedstock pipeline, build technical partnerships with recyclers, and ensure a resilient supply of quality consistent material across each grade to hit aggressive sourcing targets.

Who You Are

• The Negotiator: Capable of negotiating with suppliers on key points such as price, quality and terms of transaction
• The Network Builder: You enjoy building relationships with suppliers, recyclers, processors, and industry stakeholders.
• The Market Expert: You understand recycled polymer markets, pricing dynamics, quality grades, and supply ecosystems.

The toolkit (what you'll own)

Strategic Pillar The Focus The Delivery

Strategic Procurement Supplier Sourcing & Development Design sourcing blueprints for recyclers covering key recycled polymer grades, including rHDPE, rPP, rPPCP, rLDPE, rLLDPE, and others.

Supplier Management Cost & Contract Management Enforce supplier validation audits, evaluating capacity limits, sourcing practices, and other compliance metrics. Diversify feedstock origination portfolios to systematically mitigate supply disruptions and structural regional shortages.

Market Intelligence Market & Supplier Analytics Conduct market research to forecast domestic recycling capacity by grade and scrap material availability

We are looking for:

• 6–10+ years of procurement, sourcing, or supply chain experience.
• At least 3 years dedicated exclusively to plastics recycling or polymer trading.
• Prior experience in recycled polymers, plastics, petrochemicals, polymers, commodities, scrap, or industrial raw materials with technical fluency across polymer conversion processes such as extrusion, sorting mechanics, compounding and material testing
• Proven ability to build supplier networks across multiple regions.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in cost optimization and procurement planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and execution capabilities.