Ad/D Procurement

Job Description – Head / Director, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

Location

Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Experience

12+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management or related areas.

Role Overview

We are looking for a senior procurement leader to drive strategic sourcing, category management, supplier development, cost optimization and procurement transformation across industrial/B2B categories.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing and category management across key procurement categories.
• Develop and execute category strategies, sourcing plans and supplier strategies.
• Drive cost reduction, value engineering, TCO and should-cost initiatives.
• Manage supplier negotiations, contracts, commercial terms and long-term partnerships.
• Improve supplier performance, quality, delivery and risk management.
• Drive working-capital improvement and DPO enhancement.
• Develop supplier commercial programs including rebates/TOR/TOD.
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, localization and alternate sourcing.
• Lead RFQ/RFP/RFI processes, e-auctions and competitive bidding.
• Build and manage high-performing procurement/category teams.
• Use digital procurement, automation, analytics and AI-enabled tools to improve sourcing productivity.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Finance, Quality and Supply Chain teams.
• Establish procurement KPIs and track savings, productivity, supplier performance and working capital.

Preferred Category Experience

• MRO / Industrial Procurement
• Metals & Mining
• Engineering materials and components
• Industrial consumables
• Mechanical/electrical categories
• B2B / enterprise procurement

Candidate Profile

• 12+ years of relevant procurement/sourcing experience.
• 4–5+ years of team leadership or category/P&L ownership.
• Experience in industrial, B2B, manufacturing, MRO, procurement-tech or new-age companies preferred.
• Strong commercial negotiation and supplier-management skills.
• Proven track record of 5–10% year-on-year savings/value improvement preferred.
• Strong understanding of TCO, should-cost, VAVE and cost benchmarking.
• Experience with procurement technology/ERP platforms and digital transformation.
• Engineering/Supply Chain qualification preferred; MBA is an advantage.