Purchase Manager

Dairy Craft; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Provident Fund

Job summary

Dairy Craft in Gurugram is seeking a senior procurement leader to head the purchase team and drive end-to-end sourcing for ingredients, packaging, and services. You will plan purchases with production, quality, stores, maintenance and finance, establish SOPs, and optimize supplier performance.

The role requires 8+ years in manufacturing procurement (food/dairy/FMCG) with team leadership, strong negotiation and analytical skills, and experience with ERP and spend analysis.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of manufacturing procurement experience (food/dairy/FMCG) including leading a team.
• Strong supplier sourcing, negotiation and cost-control skills.
• Experience with ERP, Excel and spend/supplier-performance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the complete purchase team: assign responsibilities, set priorities, review performance and coach team members.
• Establish procurement SOPs, approval levels, supplier onboarding standards, documentation requirements and purchase controls.
• Plan purchases with Production, Quality, Stores/Warehouse, Maintenance and Finance based on business requirements and oversee end-to-end sourcing across ingredients, packaging, consumables, engineering spares, services and other categories.
• Travel to supplier locations, markets and trade shows to identify and develop suppliers and maintain alternate sources for critical needs.
• Evaluate suppliers and offers on total cost, quality, lead time, payment terms and supply continuity; negotiate favourable terms.
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery, responsiveness and cost; coordinate approvals and issue resolution with Quality.
• Oversee inventory and order follow-up with Stores/Warehouse; ensure timely purchase orders, receipts and invoice coordination while reducing stock-outs and excess inventory.
• Identify cost improvements and report spend, savings, supplier performance, pending orders, delays and risks.

Skills

Sourcing

Negotiation

Analysis

Purchase planning

Inventory coordination

Procurement controls

ERP experience

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Role & responsibilities :

Lead the complete purchase team: assign responsibilities, set priorities, review performance and coach team members.

Establish procurement SOPs, approval levels, supplier onboarding standards, documentation requirements and purchase controls

. Plan purchases with Production, Quality, Stores / Warehouse, Maintenance and Finance based on business requirements. Oversee end-to-end sourcing across ingredients, packaging, consumables, engineering spares, services and other assigned categories.

Travel to supplier locations, markets and trade shows as required to identify, assess, shortlist and develop suppliers; maintain alternate sources for critical needs

. Evaluate suppliers and offers on total cost, specifications, quality, lead time, payment terms and supply continuity; negotiate favourable terms.

Monitor supplier quality, delivery, responsiveness and cost; coordinate supplier approvals, required documents and issue resolution with Quality.

Oversee inventory and order follow-up with Stores / Warehouse; ensure timely purchase orders, receipts and invoice coordination while reducing stock-outs and excess inventory.

• Identify validated cost improvements and report spend, savings, supplier performance, pending orders, delays and supply risks.

Preferred candidate profile :

• 8+ years of manufacturing procurement experience; food, dairy or FMCG experience preferred; including experience leading or supervising a team.

Track record of improving procurement processes, supplier performance and cost control.

Strong supplier sourcing, negotiation, analytical skills, purchase planning, inventory coordination and procurement-control skills.

Experience with ERP or procurement systems, Excel and spend / supplier-performance analysis.

Excellent written and verbal English communication and cross-functional coordination skills; relevant degree preferred.

Perks and benefits :

Provident Fund