Assistant Manager - PM Procurement, Beverages

Function: Product Supply Organization

At the core of Tata Consumer Products' business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business, Driving Digital and Innovation, Unlocking Synergies, creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities and Embedding Sustainability.

This job opportunity closely aligns with one of these key strategic pillars, which is driving Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business . The role involves strategic sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and commercial negotiations, drive cost optimization, risk mitigation, governance, and business value while enabling enterprise-wide technology and digital transformation initiatives.

Running MRP, Engaging / Followups with vendors & timely delivery of Packing material requirements at optimal costs would be the primary responsibility of the role.

Implement & Execute strategies, initiatives & procurement plans.

Placing call offs and ensuring PM availability for production

Attending rejections and coordinating with vendors on replacements.

Tracking activities and delivering all PM for NPDs timely.

Adhering to internal processes on vendor onboarding, price uploads, shade card management, code creations etc.

Reporting on vendor call off adherence, Inventory, SLOB, SOB, Weekly & Monthly PM availability, Rejections, Disputes etc..

Identifying scope for vendor performance improvements & inventory reduction

Engineering degree and/or Graduate / or MBA with 5+ years’ work experience in packaging material procurement in FMCG industry.

Knowledge & prior experience in PM Procurement, vendor interactions, inventory management

Knowledge in SAP & MS Excel

Good team-working, multi-tasking and prioritization skills, with the ability to perform under pressure.

Knowledge on commercial negotiations, Subject matter – packaging material and relevant markets.

Ability to manage multiple stakeholders.

Tata Consumer Products is a focused consumer products company uniting the principal food and beverage interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella. Our brands embody our purpose of ‘For Better ‘through the value they deliver to consumers with a focus on innovation, health and wellness, convenience and premiumisation. The Company’s portfolio of products includes tea, coffee, water, RTD, salt, pulses, spices, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat offerings, breakfast cereals, snacks and mini meals. Our key brands include Tata Tea, Tetley, Eight O’Clock Coffee, Tata Coffee Grand, Himalayan Natural Mineral Water, Tata Copper+ and Tata Gluco+, Tata Salt, Tata Sampann and Tata Soulfull. In India, Tata Consumer Products has a reach of over 200 million households, giving it an unparalleled ability to leverage the Tata brand in consumer products.