SENIOR MANAGER / AGM – PROCUREMENT & STRATEGIC SOURCING

SENIOR MANAGER / AGM – PROCUREMENT & STRATEGIC SOURCING
Location: Gurugram, Haryana | Head OfficeExperience: 10–15 YearsFunction: Procurement & Strategic SourcingEmployment: Full-timeReports To: COO / CEOCareer Path: Head – ProcurementV2 Retail Ltd. is expanding its procurement leadership team and looking for a strong Senior Manager / AGM – Procurement & Strategic Sourcing to build and drive procurement across Merchandise & Non-Merchandise categories.
This is a high-impact, build-and-grow leadership opportunity for a procurement professional who can deliver measurable savings, strengthen vendor partnerships and build a scalable procurement function.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develop and execute procurement strategy across merchandise and non-merchandise categories• Drive strategic sourcing, category planning, annual rate contracts and cost optimisation• Lead high-value commercial negotiations, should-costing, benchmarking and value engineering• Build, develop and diversify the vendor network across key Indian manufacturing clusters• Develop alternate/backup vendors for critical categories• Reduce PO-to-warehouse lead time and improve vendor OTIF performance• Partner with Buying, Design, Finance and Operations on target costing and margin improvement• Establish procurement governance including RFQ, e-auction, contracts, DOA and spend analytics• Drive ERP/P2P discipline and monthly procurement MIS• Build and lead a strong procurement team aligned with V2 Retail’s growth and store-opening pipeline
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
10–15 years of experience in Procurement / Strategic Sourcing3+ years of team management or ownership of a multi-category portfolioStrong experience in direct and/or indirect procurementProven track record of negotiated savings and lead-time reductionStrong vendor network across Indian manufacturing clustersExpertise in commercial negotiations, costing and vendor developmentAdvanced Excel; Power BI exposure is an advantageWorking knowledge of SAP MM / Oracle / Ariba / Coupa / equivalent ERP/P2P systemsStrong contract management and vendor governance skillsMBA / Engineering background preferred; CPSM/CIPS is an advantageWillingness to travel approximately 25% to vendor/manufacturing clusters
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES
Value/Fashion Retail | Hypermarket | Grocery | QSR | E-commerce Private Label | FMCG | Consumer DurablesExperience in apparel, lifestyle or general-merchandise sourcing will be an added advantage.
WHY JOIN V2 RETAIL?
Opportunity to build and lead the procurement functionClear career path to Head – Procurement within 18–24 months, linked to performanceDirect exposure to the COO/CEO and leadership teamLarge-scale procurement environment with ₹2,000+ Cr annual material spendHigh-growth retail business with an expanding store networkPerformance-linked compensation and bonus

Skills
Sourcing, Procurement, Power BI, Excel, ERP, SAP

Work arrangement
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