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Consultant - Strategic sourcing and Category Management

  • Full Time
  •  Hybrid - Bangalore
  • 6 months
  • Project posted on: 18/09/2020

Consultant - Strategic sourcing and Category Management

  • Supply Management and Logistics
  • Procurement and vendor management
  • Supply management and logistics

Hybrid - Bangalore

Full Time

6 months

 18/09/2020

Assignment Details

Our client , a leading FMCG company, is looking to engage with a consultant in Strategic sourcing and Category Management.

Key responsibilities include -

- Support tendering activities of multi-year and high value Services/Outsourcing deals.
- Working with the stakeholders to scope out new business and product ideas - this will be based on what else can be retailed to the core customers.
- Developing a partnership and strategic sourcing strategy to build the right portfolio of products in each category; crafting and closing key partnerships including pricing
- Review progress and iterate plans
- Developing aggressive plans to launch the new products/categories, including monthly/quarterly targets and marketing plans

NOTE: This project requires your full time capacity based out of Bangalore for 6 months.

Skills Required

- Has at least4 years of experience preferably encompassing two or more areas below :
- Strategic sourcing/Category Management,
- Finance and Procurement/S2P operations,
- Automated Operations/Procurement,
- Sourcing platforms and digital environments,
- Change/Project Management, transformation programmes ,

- preferably have previous experience in a EUR 10B+ client company in CPG/BFSI/pharma/manufacturing industries, or one the big service providers (IBM, GEP, Accenture etc) or consultancy (E&Y, Deloitte etc) or in one of the leading analyst firms (Gartner etc),
- Highly desirable to have previous UL experience and within procurement or similar areas
- Strong people and business partnering skills, quick to develop awareness on company culture and some level of political dynamics,
- Analytical skills to manage the detailed analysis of complex RFP structures and content

About the Client

A leading FMCG company

Industry

Personal & Household Goods

Minimum Experience:

4+ years

Additional Skills:

  • Sourcing platforms
  • Automated Operations
  • Procurement
  • Supply Chain
  • S2P operations
  • Strategic sourcing
  • Project Management
  • Category Management
  • digital environments

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