Purchase HEAD - Procurement & Vendor Strategy - 3+ YEARS - Faridabad

Crescendo Global Leadership Hiring India; Faridabad District; Sur place; INR 2 800 000 - 4 200 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Crescendo Global is seeking a Purchase Head – Procurement & Vendor Strategy in Faridabad to lead a procurement function for a rapidly growing D2C consumer company with in-house manufacturing and R&D facilities.

You will own procurement savings, drive vendor strategy, and ensure supply reliability while managing a small team and coordinating with multiple internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of procurement experience with at least 2+ years in people leadership.

Responsabilités

• Own overall procurement savings via vendor rates, rate contracts, and landed costs.
• Develop and manage vendor strategy by consolidating spend with A-grade vendors and backup suppliers for critical materials.
• Ensure supply continuity with 95%+ OTIF delivery.
• Collaborate with Store and Ecommerce teams to prevent stockouts and urgent buying.
• Conduct weekly GRN-vs-MRN reconciliation and recover costs from billing discrepancies.
• Implement procurement controls: 3-quote rule, PO approvals, and vendor-master change controls.
• Review reorder levels, safety stock, and payment terms with Finance to reduce dead stock.
• Lead and coach a team of 2 Purchase Executives and set monthly KPIs.
• Build relationships with strategic vendors to reduce single-source risk.
• Maintain procurement trackers and report savings, vendor mix, OTIF, and recovery metrics.

Connaissances

Vendor negotiation

Excel

Analytical skills

People management

Stakeholder management

Formation

Graduate in Supply Chain/Operations

MBA in Supply Chain/Operations

Outils

ERP systems

Procurement trackers

Description du poste

PURCHASE HEAD - PROCUREMENT & VENDOR STRATEGY 3+ Years - Faridabad

Crescendo Global has been exclusively mandated to hire a Purchase Head – Procurement & Vendor Strategy for a rapidly growing and profitable D2C consumer company with its own manufacturing and R&D facilities.

This is a leadership role for a procurement professional who can take complete ownership of procurement savings, vendor strategy, supply reliability, inventory and purchase controls.

The role will manage a team of 2 Purchase Executives and work closely with Management, Store, Ecommerce/Amazon Operations, Finance, Quality and Plant Operations.

Location: Faridabad

YOUR FUTURE EMPLOYER

Our client is a rapidly growing and profitable D2C consumer company with manufacturing and R&D facilities across Faridabad and Shimla.

The company operates in the beauty and personal-care space with brands including Indus Valley, Bio Organic and O4U.

The organisation is focused on building strong procurement systems, reliable vendor networks and scalable manufacturing operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Own overall procurement savings by negotiating vendor rates, annual rate contracts, price holds, freight and landed costs.
2. Develop and manage the vendor strategy by consolidating spend with A-grade vendors and developing qualified backup vendors for critical materials.
3. Ensure supply continuity by maintaining strong vendor performance and achieving 95%+ On-Time-In-Full delivery.
4. Work closely with Store and Ecommerce/Amazon teams to understand demand and urgency requirements and prevent stockouts and panic buying.
5. Conduct weekly GRN-vs-MRN reconciliation and recover money related to wrong billing, short supply and rejection claims.
6. Implement procurement controls including the 3-quote rule, PO approvals and vendor-master change controls.
7. Review reorder levels, safety stock and vendor payment terms with Finance to reduce dead stock and improve cash flow.
8. Lead, manage and coach a team of 2 Purchase Executives, including setting monthly KPIs and reviewing performance.
9. Build direct relationships with strategic vendors and reduce single-source dependency for critical procurement categories.
10. Maintain procurement trackers and report key performance metrics including savings, vendor mix, OTIF, reconciliation and recovery to Management.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Graduate or MBA, preferably with a background in Supply Chain or Operations.
2. 6–10 years of procurement experience with at least 2+ years of experience leading a buying/purchase team.
3. Experience in FMCG, beauty, personal care, consumer products or manufacturing is preferred.
4. Strong experience in vendor negotiation, costing, rate contracts and landed-cost management.
5. Proven experience in delivering measurable procurement savings and cost optimisation.
6. Hands-on experience in vendor development and identifying alternate/backup suppliers for critical materials.
7. Experience with GRN-vs-MRN reconciliation, billing discrepancies and vendor recovery.
8. Strong understanding of inventory management, reorder levels, safety stock and payment terms.
9. Strong Excel and analytical skills with experience maintaining procurement trackers and dashboards.
10. Strong people-management, negotiation, stakeholder-management and decision-making skills.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU

1. Opportunity to lead the complete procurement function of a rapidly growing D2C consumer company.
2. Direct ownership of procurement savings, vendor strategy and supply reliability.
3. Opportunity to work across raw materials, packaging, finished goods and services.
4. Exposure to Management and cross-functional teams across Finance, Ecommerce, Quality, Stores and Plant Operations.
5. Opportunity to build procurement systems, controls and team processes.
6. A role focused on measurable business outcomes including savings, OTIF, vendor performance and inventory efficiency.

Crescendo Global does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.