Manager - Direct Material Operations - India

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

In this role, you are the single point of contact for local leaders in a specific geographic or plant location. You manage the interactions between business stakeholders and sourcing teams and collaborate across the manufacturing, supply chain and the commercial business. You also manage the local implementation of regional and/or global projects.

How you will contribute

You will execute the daily procurement agenda by acting as the single point of contact for the procurement function at a site, in a country or country cluster, and will oversee the daily interaction with plants, supply chain, commercial teams, quality assurance, sourcing teams and suppliers. You will also deliver service-level targets by ensuring material availability, escalating when needed, and support business continuity planning implementation, activating when needed, support the execution of sourcing projects and execute sourcing/spot-buying or contracting activities as agreed with the accountable spend areas, and own the source-to-pay process compliance key indicators and take corrective action when necessary.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:

• Procurement
• Communication and interpersonal skills that help you be proactive and manage stakeholders
• Problem solving to ensure timely resolution of challenges
• Customer service orientation
• Working well under pressure, managing multiple priorities, dealing with ambiguity, and the willingness and ability to learn

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

• Drive short and long-term sourcing strategies for Raw Materials and Packaging Materials in collaboration with the Regional/Global Spend Towers.
• You will ensure that the category strategies are developed and implemented in alignment with the needs and priorities of the India business
• Be the single point of contact for the procurement of raw and packaging materials for India BU.
• You will be responsible for addressing day-to-day supply challenges, if any, across owned and external manufacturing plants Deliver service-level targets by ensuring material availability, escalating when needed, and support business continuity planning implementation.
• Execute sourcing/spot-buying or contracting activities as agreed with the accountable spend areas, and own the source-to-pay process compliance key indicators and take corrective action when necessary.
• Drive breakthrough ideas for productivity which would involve working closely with cross-functional teams including Spend Towers, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain and suppliers.
• Manage supplier relationship and work towards measurement and improvement of supplier performance and collaboration in driving service, cost, innovation.
• Oversee daily interaction with plants, supply chain, commercial, quality assurance, legal, R&D, sourcing teams and suppliers.
• Support Regulatory & legal team to ensure 100% compliance for Raw and Packaging material sourcing as per applicable regulation.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of analysts, fostering a culture of high performance, agility and accountability.
• Foster a positive team culture, driving performance, and ensuring effective communication and collaboration within the team.
• Your leadership will be crucial in helping team members achieve their individual and collective goals.
• Identify and drive implementation of opportunities for simplification and automation to drive efficiencies across the P2P process for Direct Materials.

This is a rare opportunity to develop and grow your experience in Procurement providing you the chance to become a part of an ambitious and engaged Global Procurement team. The role will aid in developing your strategic thinking as well as operations management skills. It is a highly visible role, offering immense leadership and stakeholder management opportunities across India business and Procurement.

What extra ingredients you will bring:

• Procurement experience, ideally in an FMCG environment and having operated at a plant level

• Tertiary education in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or Finance
• Communication and interpersonal skills that help you be proactive and drive outcomes through collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Highly analytical problem solver to ensure timely resolution of challenges
• Working well under pressure, managing multiple priorities, dealing with ambiguity, and the willingness and ability to learn
• Leadership, coaching, motivational skills
• The ability to challenge status quo, think and drive breakthrough initiatives with passion and agility

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Within Country Relocation support available and for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer PolicyBusiness Unit SummaryMondelez India Foods Private Limited (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) has been in India for over 70 years, making sure our mouth-watering and well-loved local and global brands such as Cadbury chocolates, Bournvita and Tang powdered beverages, Oreo and Cadbury Bournvita biscuits, and Halls and Cadbury Choclairs Gold candies get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has more than 3,300 employees proudly working across sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai and in manufacturing facilities at Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, at our global Research & Development Technical Centre and Global Business Hub in Maharashtra and in a vast distribution network across the country. We are also proud to be recognised by Avatar as the Best Companies for Women in India in 2019 – the fourth time we’ve received this award.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job TypeRegularProcurement OperationsProcurement