Position Purpose & Summary The incumbent is responsible for entire sourcing for all jewellery products for all category in gold and will be responsible product performance from vendor end in right quality & cost.
External Stakeholders
Internal Stakeholders
- Vendor Partners
- Third Party Service Providers
- Existing & Potential Vendor Partners
- Market Visits
- Competitor Visits
- SCM
- Quality Assurance
- Merchandising & Design
- Support teams
Process Contribution
Process Outcome
Performance Measure
Strategic Sourcing
- Strategic Sourcing – The vendor framework model needs to be developed using different frameworks and plan out the different engagement strategies with vendor partners.
- New Vendor Evaluation – Vendor evaluation report considering all the technical, commercial and softer aspects.
- Cost Management – Structured way of costing the products and must lead the cost management and LC matrix for all VPs to ensure cost under control.
- Vendor Bank Creation – Vendor bench to be created in different skill sets to ensure that supply risk is minimum.
- 100% SLA
- Impact Vs Benefit
- Deployment Assurance
Performance Management
- Lead Time & IH Days Reduction – Ensure delivery is ascertained at minimum lead time and inventory holding days
- Volume & DDP – Ensure volumes are met as per front ends requirement with prioritization of different products.
- Vendor Performance Review (Alignment Assurance)
- Interoperability
- 20% Reduction
- 100% OTIF
- 100% SLA
- 100% SLA
- LT & IH
- DDP & Volume
- Policy Framework
Capability/ Capacity Enhancement
- Identification of Right Cost Vendors
- New Capability Enhancement
- Peak Capacity Management
- New Vendor Scouting
- 100% SLA
- Impact Vs Benefit
- Deployment Assurance
Critical Competencies For Success
- Strong Negotiation and Influencing skills to manage the external as well as internal stakeholders.
- Ability to collaborate closely with other business teams to deliver value to the Aditya Birla Group. Excellent at Stakeholder Management including developing mutually beneficial long-term relationships.
Person Profile
A successful candidate should have at least 5 – 7 years of experience in sourcing in the Jewellery industry.
- A strong background in sourcing, vendor management and business acumen in a leading jewellery organization. Knowledge about Jewellery Mfg., Trends, Category Know How and NPD
- Specifically, the successful candidate should have:
- Exposure to all the aspects and functions of sourcing.
- Led & managed the sourcing function in an organization of similar size & scale.
- Managed the team involving the staffing, mentoring and development of the team members.
- Should have good networking skills.
- Behavioural Skills:
Delivers Results | Interpersonal Effectiveness | Build Effective Teams | Influence for Impact
- Educational Qualification: Graduate / Postgraduate