Job Description

Job Title: Manager Raw Material



Function: P&L



Job Grade: 10



Location: Bangalore



Qualification: Master’s in supply chain


Year of experience: Minimum 08 Yrs of Experience



Job Purpose: Sourcing and procurement operations to manage inventory and ensure continuous supply of commodities required during manufacturing operations in order to achieve the defined production targets for the organization (across locations/plants/breweries) within required quality, timelines, cost and other compliance considerations.


Job Responsibilities:


Commodities Purchase Planning


* Provide raw material purchase data and insights for overall business and SCM planning,
* Understand sales projections and manufacturing targets for the year, quarter and month to draw inferences and devise raw material purchase plan.
* Guide team to breakdown overall purchase requirement plan into quarterly/monthly plans for each commodity based on availability, shelf-life and other key factors.
* Review commodities outlook (including forecasts, price trends) for each commodity.
* Determine total requirement plan for the financial year, devise and implement commodities sourcing strategies by conducting pricing analysis for each commodity.
* Determine percentage of purchase to be achieved from contract farming and traders/mandi system.


Commodities Purchase Operations


* barley:
* Release purchase price for Barley and review on-ground availability and price provided by nominated Commission Agents
* Keep track of competition strategy and change pricing, as required
* Lead team in conducting quality assessment on samples of Barley from various sources and determine the optimal source to purchase from
* Determine warehousing requirements for purchased commodities, Commission warehousing services for requisite storage of commodities
* barley to malt:
* Lead team in selecting malting units for conversion of barley into malt based on plant capacity, quality of malt and conversion costs
* Facilitate the audit to be conducted for the malting units and drive adherence to UBL compliances/guidelines (through quality checks and trainings)
* sugar and broken rice:
* Lead team in identifying vendors for sugar and broken rice in proximity to plants/breweries
* Facilitate the audit to be conducted for the vendors; Guide team to contract with vendors for sugar and broken rice based on audit reports
* After auctions, determine L1/L2/L3 vendors and place purchase orders, as required
* hops and enzymes:
* Lead team in maintaining lead inventory for hops and enzymes and place orders with approved vendors on a rolling basis

Vendor Management and Governance


* Share pre-qualification checklist with potential vendors and review vendor responses to pre-qualification checklist in coordination with the project team (for type of commodity)
* Review overall commercial aspects shared by the potential vendor(s)
* Coordinate with Project team to conduct vendor site visit and discussions, as required (by project team or external vendor)
* Review report submitted based on-site visit; Post verification, share RFQ for the projects with potential vendor(s)
* Update the master list to include any new vendors to be added to the empaneled mix

Barley Variety Development Program


* Partner with external agencies/organizations to obtain high quality, disease-resistant seeds from other countries (e.g. France, Germany)
* Lead team to create better variety of barley seeds through hybridization of foreign seeds with Indian seeds
* Lead team in conducting relevant activities at trial farmland; Track achievement vs. targets and solve complex issues faced by the team

Contract Farming


* Keep abreast of farmer context, government policies and contact farming ecosystem
* Build relationships with key stakeholders across farming communities
* Build farmer knowledge and technical know-how (in terms of best practices and real-time weather)
* Provide own seeds to farmers, to maximize commodity yield

Contracts and Financial Management


* Drive timely payments to suppliers, after conducting quality checks and receiving orders; Determine deductions to be made based on quality reports.
* Experience in driving adherence to contractual and legal requirements as per internal and external compliances and guidelines