Specialist- Commercial Operations (Raw)

mars; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

mars in India seeks a senior procurement professional to lead the India cluster supplier base for Raw Material categories and manage day-to-day procurement activities while driving continuous improvement, risk mitigation and value creation. The role links Sourcing, Supply Planning, Quality, R&D and Suppliers to ensure superior service and continuity.

The incumbent will translate business priorities into supplier and supply-chain outcomes, ensuring operational excellence and uninterrupted

Responsibilities

• Maximize value for money: Collaboration with sourcing teams and drive actions to implement category strategy and deliver against cost saving activities.
• Maximize value for money: Ensure contractual allocation made by the sourcing manager.
• Maximize value for money: Support execution of Value Leadership initiatives and specification changes.
• Maximize value for money: Support Resilience program for the allocated categories in collaboration with SQA & R&D driving dual sourcing target.
• Maximize value for money: Negotiate and challenge supplier's quality, service, lead times, minimum order quantities in order to get the best value for the organization.
• Maximize value for money: Provide the necessary support to India sites planning and logistics in ensuring supply continuity.
• Maximize value for money: Steer new supplier introductions and approvals for the allocated categories.
• Maximize value for money: Manage and provide input to the Strategic Sourcing on suppliers' performance (quality and service).
• Maximize value for money: Provide Commercial leadership to help resolve supplier issues and non-conformance when site planning/logistics are unable to.
• Maximize value for money: Accountable for new specification introduction/changes including supplier screening, selection and follow up on validation with Supplier Quality Assurance and R&D.
• Optimize and protect the supply chain: Contribute to World-class management of Working Capital through Day Raws and Packs Outstanding (DRPO) initiatives (e.g. stock reductions).
• Optimize and protect the supply chain: Contribute to Planning-Commercial meets conducted at a defined cadence.
• Optimize and protect the supply chain: Follow up with Planners to clear invoices in SAP to avoid payment delays.
• Optimize and protect the supply chain: Resolving Vendor Issues + Closing MCIT Tickets.
• Optimize and protect the supply chain: Share Timely Raw Material Forecasts monthly to the suppliers as per their allocations.
• Optimize and protect the supply chain: Support SQA in Non-conformance resolutions.
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Provide necessary support to sites planning and logistics in ensuring supply continuity, managing stocks and pipelines.
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Ensure zero run-outs due to materials availability.
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Accountable to ensure that supplier performance reviews are conducted bi-annually in coordination with SQA.
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Support SQA in developing supplier performance scorecards and provide commercial leadership for the proactive measurement of supplier performance (Supplier compliance scorecards).
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Provide input to the sourcing manager on overall supplier performance.
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Ensures that Continuous Improvement plans are in place and followed through with major suppliers.
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Manage & develop day to day relationship with suppliers and Provide commercial leadership to resolve disputes, supplier issues and non-conformance when site logistics and planning /SQA are unable to during the contractual period.
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Support SQA/Site Logistics and planning to ensure raw suppliers commit to resolving all reported non-conformances (quality or service).
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Provide information on volume forecast to sourcing managers
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Monitor commodity trends periodically and provide local expertise and market intelligence for the sourcing teams in order to anticipate future risks/opportunities
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Lead new supplier and specification introduction/changes including supplier screening, selection and follow up on validation with SQA and R&D
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Responsible, in alignment with SQA, to ensure that specifications are industry appropriate and can be efficiently delivered by potential suppliers
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Provide support to sustainability initiatives (local/regional/global) to ensure compliance to targets in relation to raw materials
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Interact with R&D and ATG as needed in order to support the introduction of new raw materials
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Work closely with internal stakeholders & SQA in order to minimize the risks on the factory by developing backups for the allocated raw materials.
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Attend FSMR Meetings and represent One Commercial Team; collaborate within team for inputs and actions.
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Support in Finance, MQM, QMS and Global Audits.
• Ensure responsible and continuous supply: Ensure timely payment release of Vendors by resolution with

Job description

Job Purpose

The Jobholder is responsible for overall management of the India Cluster supplier base of Raw Material categories . The incumbent will manage day-to-day operational procurement activities while driving continuous improvement, risk mitigation and Value creation. He/she is responsible for ensuring that materials for the factories are delivered as per the established KPIs by the relevant internal stakeholders.

The role serves as the key link between Sourcing, Supply Planning, Quality, R&D, and Suppliers to ensure superior service levels, supplier performance, quality compliance, and business continuity. The role requires strong stakeholder management and supplier relationship management skills , with the ability to build effective relationships both externally with suppliers and internally with functions such as Supply Chain, Manufacturing, QFS, SQA and EPM team.

The individual will play a critical role in translating business priorities into actionable supplier and supply-chain outcomes, while ensuring operational excellence and uninterrupted material availability.

Key Responsibilities

Maximize value for money

• Collaboration with sourcing teams and drive actions to implement category strategy and deliver against cost saving activities.
• Ensure contractual allocation made by the sourcing manager.
• Support execution of Value Leadership initiatives and specification changes in coordination with the relevant stakeholders.
• Support Resilience program for the allocated categories in collaboration with SQA & R&D driving dual sourcing target,
• Negotiate and challenge supplier's quality, service, lead times, minimum order quantities in order to get the best value for the organization.
• Provide the necessary support to India sites planning and logistics in ensuring supply continuity.
• Steer new supplier introductions and approvals for the allocated categories.
• Manage and provide input to the Strategic Sourcing on suppliers' performance (quality and service).
• Provide Commercial leadership to help resolve supplier issues and non-conformance when site planning/logistics are unable to.
• Accountable for new specification introduction/changes including supplier screening, selection and follow up on validation with Supplier Quality Assurance and R&D.

Optimize and protect the supply chain

• Contribute to World-class management of Working Capital through Day Raws and Packs Outstanding (DRPO) initiatives (e.g. stock reductions)
• Contribute to Planning-Commercial meets conducted at a defined cadence.
• Follow up with Planners to clear invoices in SAP to avoid payment delays.
• Resolving Vendor Issues + Closing MCIT Tickets.
• Share Timely Raw Material Forecasts monthly to the suppliers as per their allocations.
• Support SQA in Non-conformance resolutions.

Ensure responsible and continuous supply

• Provide necessary support to sites planning and logistics in ensuring supply continuity, managing stocks and pipelines.
• Ensure zero run-outs due to materials availability
• Accountable to ensure that supplier performance reviews are conducted bi-annually in coordination with SQA.
• Support SQA in developing supplier performance scorecards and provide commercial leadership for the proactive measurement of supplier performance (Supplier compliance scorecards)
• Provide input to the sourcing manager on overall supplier performance.
• Ensures that Continuous Improvement plans are in place and followed through with major suppliers.
• Manage & develop day to day relationship with suppliers and Provide commercial leadership to resolve disputes, supplier issues and non-conformance when site logistics and planning /SQA are unable to during the contractual period.
• Support SQA/Site Logistics and planning to ensure raw suppliers commit to resolving all reported non-conformances (quality or service)
• Provide information on volume forecast to sourcing managers
• Monitor commodity trends periodically and provide local expertise and market intelligence for the sourcing teams in order to anticipate future risks/opportunities
• Lead new supplier and specification introduction/changes including supplier screening, selection and follow up on validation with SQA and R&D
• Responsible, in alignment with SQA, to ensure that specifications are industry appropriate and can be efficiently delivered by potential suppliers
• Provide support to sustainability initiatives (local/regional/global) to ensure compliance to targets in relation to raw materials
• Interact with R&D and ATG as needed in order to support the introduction of new raw materials &
• Work closely with internal stakeholders & SQA in order to minimize the risks on the factory by developing backups for the allocated raw materials.
• Attend FSMR Meetings and represent One Commercial Team; collaborate within team for inputs and actions.
• Support in Finance, MQM, QMS and Global Audits.
• Ensure timely payment release of Vendors by resolution with