Toothbrush business has a bold ambition of doubling the turnover by 2025.
Focus clusters would be South-East Asia, South Asia
Procurement Manager role is responsible to work with CM -supply partners to scale up in operations and technology to support the growth agenda. Proactively, developing sourcing strategy in line with market focus, cost and supplier landscape. Benchmarking across CMs and throwing up exploratory opportunities in cost, efficiency, capacity. Benchmarking across competition toothbrushes and shadow costing competitor offerings and comparing to similar consumer targeted UL TBs.
Drive agility in landing innovations and building resilience within focus markets. The role require engagement with supply partners to widen the access to world class packaging options for toothbrush and to tap opportunities to setup future-fit capabilities.
Role needs good understanding of cost models and its analysis, project management skills and stake holder management. The role will include working closely with CM buyer, providing business critical inputs required for contracting and negotiations. Consistent engagement with R&D, Supply Chain and Marketing required to identify, align, and plan for delivery of key category priorities.
Prior experience in toothbrush manufacturing is an additional benefit for the role.
Key Accountabilities
- Drive CM supplier relationship to deliver
- Contracting, Negotiations & Contract hygiene
- Innovations Lead Times & SLA
- Periodic review with supplier on agreed KPIs
- Resilience program implementation
- Drive simplification and value opportunities at strategic suppliers along with R&D
- Effective supplier communications and engagement in key programs
- Develop and lead governance model to track capability building project driven by R&D and SC
- Drive material cost efficiency and waste
- Benchmarking cost across CMs and competitions products.
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