Job description

Experience: 6+ Years
Location: Andheri West, Mumbai

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Check the orders through emails and plan the work accordingly
• To manage and lead all purchase-related functions like Inquiry, Vendor Management, Price Negotiation and closure, Sampling and QC Check, Designing Labels-NPD, etc.
• Source suitable international suppliers/vendors/manufactures from China, Europe, and the Far East countries around the world. These suppliers could be for products ranging from FMCG, FMCD, Food, and Furniture to any other commodity as demanded by the customer.
• Initiate and oversee the supplier/manufacturer contract process and evaluate contracts.
• Assigned the task to the purchase team and resolved their queries.
• Complete the pending orders & follow up on the same daily.
• Select, evaluate, and screen preferred suppliers for all consumable items.
• Review and negotiate supplier terms, pricing, and deliverables with the supplier/vendor.
• Procure specialized items based on project timelines.
• Generate and approve purchase requests and orders for procurement items required through the team managed process.
• Coordination with the Director for any queries and work allocation.
• Follow up with customers for their queries and resolve the same with a minimum timeline.
• Ensure that purchase order requirements are submitted to the relevant suppliers in time.
• New Supplier Development and New Product Development will be carried out continuously.
• Review the Purchase order and Proforma invoice and get approval from the business head.
• Based on the samples from suppliers, get confirmation fromthe market, and get a detailed Comparison of the price and quality of a new product with different brands available in the market.
• Prepare initial costing and request a promotional amount from suppliers, based on the results. Send a confirmation email to the supplier.
• Request new and old suppliers to provide sole distribution ship contracts.
• Get detailed updates regarding reorders and follow up with the supplier to close the order as soon as possible.
• Coordinating with the Logistics team and supplier regarding urgent loading and informing the logistics team for further intimation to the shipping liner to dispatch cargo within the requested time.
• After dispatching the container, inform suppliers about damage, short quantity, or a change of quality.
• Based on the claim report, request the supplier to provide a credit note for the same.

Experience Required:
• Total experience should be 6+ years in handling similar roles in International Import-Export organizations/functions with major businesses dealing with China, Europe, and the Far East countries.
• A bachelor’s degree in any stream is a must
• Diploma/Certification in Purchase management/Supply Chain Management/ International Trade will be an added preference.
• Exposure to Asian/Far East/ Europe/ Middle East countries is a must.
• Quantum handled per month should be a minimum of 150-200 container loads with 4000-5000 SKUs handled or more.
• Should have handled at least 10 suppliers and customers across the transactions.
• Should be well-versed in using ERP (Expert software) for running the purchase function.