Sourcing Manager - ENA
What makes this a great opportunity?
Mission of Role
The primary objective of this role is to develop and execute the India-wide sourcing strategy for Grain Neutral Alcohol (GNA/GNS), ensuring uninterrupted supply to all bottling facilities at the optimum total cost while maintaining defined inventory levels. The role is responsible for category management, supplier development, commercial excellence, quality, compliance, sustainability, and continuous cost optimization. As the category leader, the incumbent will build long-term sourcing strategies by leveraging market intelligence, commodity insights, government policies, and supplier partnerships.
Role Responsibilities
- Support meaningful business analysis to enable Supply Chain function to take support on manufacturing footprints expansion / network optimization
- Support on handling of financial models on long term COGS projections to support India long term growth strategy
- Support in preparing yearly budget / Strat planning of COGS
- Automate & standardize all the manual processes related to reporting / MIS for each plant location using advanced analytics tools to enable an effective controlling & reporting system
- Assist in budgeting, forecasting, and monthly performance analysis activities for Cost to Serve to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and cost optimization initiatives
- Assist in budgeting, forecasting, and monthly performance analysis activities for Inventory to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and inventory optimization initiatives
- Track savings initiatives and support preparation of reports related to Enterprise productivity and cost efficiency
- Support quarterly calculation, tracking, and reporting of Excess & Obsolete (E&O) inventory provisions
- Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely submission of recurring Supply Chain Finance reports and trackers
- Provide analytical and reporting support for ongoing strategic and operational Supply Chain Finance initiatives
- Support plant finance teams on 3-year master plans for manufacturing
Major Interfaces
Experience and Academic base
- CA / CMA / MBA Finance with 2-4 years of experience in FP&A / Supply Chain Finance / Commercial Finance environment
- Experience working in spirits / FMCG industry
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and reporting accuracy
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Advanced MS Office skills (Excel, Power Point)
- Working knowledge of Power Pivot, Power BI, Power Query is desirable
Key skills, competencies & experience
- Ability to work cross-functionally and in a collaborative manner.
- Ability to embrace values of the organization
- Good negotiation & analytical skills
- Results oriented approach
- Good communication and articulation skills; written and spoken
- High on Ethics and Integrity
- Approach work with team and partnership view
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