Sr. Manager - Strategy

Arvind Limited; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Arvind Limited is seeking a strategic procurement leader to own end-to-end cost analysis, drive sourcing decisions, and lead governance for contracts and SOPs. The role emphasizes analytics, capital project appraisal, and cross-functional collaboration with senior leadership.

The candidate will build live dashboards, perform IRR/DCF modelling, and steer supplier development and optimisations across textile and utility spend.

Qualifications

• Own end-to-end cost/ownership analyses for major spend categories.
• Develop category strategies balancing in-house vs. outsourced procurement.
• Lead competitive sourcing events and supplier rationalisation programmes.
• Structure contract reviews and commercial/legal analysis with the legal function.
• Build procurement, cost and sourcing dashboards for live visibility.
• Provide end-to-end capital investment appraisals, IRR/DCF modelling and cash-flow analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own total-cost-of-ownership analysis across key spend categories.
• Convert sourcing decisions into structured decision frameworks (make-vs-buy, category strategies).
• Run sourcing events and lead supplier development and rationalisation.
• Establish and enforce procurement SOPs to prevent production disruption.
• Review and redline commercial and supply contracts with legal support.
• Develop dashboards in Power BI and Excel for management visibility.

Skills

Cost-of-ownership analysis

Financial modelling

IRR/DCF analysis

Power BI

Excel dashboards

Vendor development

Education

CA with FP&A background

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Key Responsibilities

ProcurementExcellence Strategic Sourcing & Cost Optimisation

• Owntotal-cost-of-ownership analysis across the groups largest spend categories,including raw materials, chemicals, fuel and yarn.
• Convertsourcing decisions into structured decision frameworks such as make-vs-buythresholds and category strategies balancing in-house capability againstoutsourced procurement.
• Runcompetitive-sourcing events and their evaluation, and lead vendor-developmentand supplier-rationalisation programmes across business units.

ProcurementGovernance, SOPs & Contract Management

• Establishand enforce procurement SOPs that close recurring operational gaps and preventdownstream production disruption, convening senior-leadership forums to lockdecisions.
• Structure,review and redline commercial and supply contracts supply agreements, leaseand service agreements conducting clause-level commercial and legal analysisalongside the legal function.

Procurement Analytics& Digital Reporting

• Buildand maintain procurement, cost and sourcing dashboards in Power BI and Excel togive management live price, spend and cost visibility across business units.

ProjectExcellence Capital Investment Appraisal & Feasibility

• Provideend-to-end appraisal for capacity, greenfield and brownfield projects, fromproblem framing to investment recommendation.
• Ownthe modelling standard IRR/DCF, debt-structuring and cash-flow mechanics,break-even and multi-scenario sensitivity and prepare top-management deckscomparing configuration and investment options on capex, P&L and returns.

ProjectStructuring & Deal Execution

• Structurecommercial terms and feasibility models for facility takeovers, capacity dealsand capital projects, driving them from concept and term sheet to executedagreement.
• Leadinfrastructure, capacity and space-planning appraisals that translate businessplans into quantified requirements.

ProgrammeManagement & Strategic Initiatives (PMO)

• Rungovernance and delivery cadence for cross-functional strategic initiatives, andcontribute financial-structuring and policy analysis to group-level projects asrequired by the CMD Office.

Skills & Competencies

• Categoryand cost-of-ownership analysis across textile and utility spend, with a biasfor turning decisions into repeatable SOPs.
• Advancedfinancial modelling Excel, IRR/DCF, debt-structuring mechanics, sensitivityand scenario analysis.
• Commercialand contract literacy sufficient to structure and redline term sheets, leasesand supply agreements alongside legal.
• Procurementanalytics and management reporting Power BI, dashboards, board-ready decks.
• Structuredproblem-solving from ambiguous mandate to quantified, defensiblerecommendation.

QualificatION

• Priorstrategy, procurement or project experience, ideally in apromoter/Chairmans-office environment.
• CA with 3-4 years of experience having FP&A background will be preferred.