Philip Morris India is looking for a Manager – Procurement to manage sourcing, vendor relationships, and key procurement operations.

Purpose: Manage and direct procurement activities to obtain best value for the company assuring on-time and on-quality products/services in local market by maintaining sourcing processes aligned with PMI Principles & Practices (P&P).  Lead India procurement by defining and deploying IM&S procurement strategies, coordinating global projects, managing & controlling their sourcing projects, closely following up their performances and providing on-site and remote support in case of any need.

Accountabilities of the Role:

1. Procurement Strategy: 
• Define, formulate and implement coherent sourcing strategies at affiliate and cluster level, based on business requirements, company strategies and supply market trends in order to drive productivity and secure best total procurement cost (TCO). 
• Prepare annual purchasing plan at local level, coordinate this activity in cluster by providing clear instruction, and lead the integrated cluster plan in order to define category strategies 
• Deliver/Improve IM&S Procurement KPIs in India (i.e. Contribution, PO / Spend Coverage, Number of Vendors, Customer Satisfaction) by implementing required strategies.
• Champion sustainability in day-to-day execution through implementation of responsible sourcing practices and deploying sustainable solutions.
• Present category specific sourcing analysis and scenarios on identified business requirements, products/services specifications and market information to cluster, regional and global leadership team for approval.
• Investigate alternative business/sourcing models (e.g. outsourcing, regional sourcing, self-sourcing, etc.), tools (e.g. e-sourcing platforms), and innovative business solutions.

2. Communication & Synergy: 
• Lead the implementation of local/regional/cluster sourcing & purchasing initiatives in coordination with the regional/cluster/global purchasing & category managers to contribute to the overall cost savings targets and supplier base optimization defined at corporate level. 
• Identify and propose synergy opportunities on an affiliate/regional/global level. 
• Whenever relevant facilitate communication with OC, Regional team, other Affiliates and other PMI Functions.

3. Compliance: 
• Review the PMI Procurement Principles & Practices to adapt it to local requirements and drive its implementation in all cluster affiliates, ensuring compliance is observed by internal customers and suppliers; resolve or escalate (if necessary) compliance issues with/to the relevant business partners. 
• Act as a role model in compliance management and ensure that all employees involved in procurement activities are adhering to company Principles & Practices. 
• Manage, control, and ensure that supplier selection processes are conducted according to Purchasing P&P, and supplier selection processes are properly documented in each cluster affiliate in the scope. Perform fit-gap analysis for India and closely follow up the actions to ensure proper supplier selection process is in place.

4. Purchasing Processes: 
• Lead, organize and monitor all purchasing and transactional activities performed by the Purchasing team for the procurement to be conducted timely, cost efficiently, at defined quality and in accordance with Purchasing P&P. 
• Ensure proactive control mechanism is set to direct/monitor sourcing processes in cluster affiliates, and provide instant advice/feedback to obtain best value for the company and eliminate compliance risk. 
• Ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the P2P process. 
• Lead negotiations with major suppliers locally and/or regionally to ensure key cost savings targets and quality standards of products/services are met. 
• Lead and facilitate all processes to define template contracts and PO T&C at local level, support business owner in contract preparation by providing consultancy and ensure agreed commercial terms are included. Ensure all entities have required processes (i.e. local guidelines, approval flows, systems, etc.)

5. System & Process Improvement: 
• Leverage technologies/systems (e.g.Coupa,  SAP, e-Sourcing, e-Requisition, GSMT Workday, Sievo, etc.) to optimize s ourcing and transactional processes. 
• Coordinate local training for end-users on PMI29, Purchasing systems related module/transactions and ordering processes - to support purchasing process efficiency.

6. Supplier Relationship Management: 
• Lead relationships with main local and/or regional/global suppliers and optimize terms and conditions to purchase goods/services at the best mix quality-price-service according to company and market standards.