Aditya Birla Group Hiring for Assistant Manager – Sourcing at Maharashtra, India Full Time

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