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Role:The Head of SCM will be responsible for building and managing a strong vendor ecosystem across India and other countries, driving vendor development, securing competitive commercial terms, and ensuring strict SAP-driven process governance. The role requires strategic direction, operational oversight, and cross-functional leadership with the company’s growth and working capital goals.Responsibilities:- Manage and strengthen vendor relationships across India while onboarding and developing new suppliers to ensure reliable and diversified sourcing. - Lead strategic sourcing and cost-optimization initiatives through competitive benchmarking, alternate sourcing, and process efficiencies. - Negotiate pricing, payment terms, and contracts with domestic and international vendors to improve cash flow and working capital. - Oversee end-to-end supply chain process discipline in SAP, driving system-based controls, automation, and cross-module integration. - Collaborate with Production, Finance, Quality, R&D, and Sales to align planning, forecasting, and execution across the supply chain. - Travel internationally, including to China, to build offshore vendor relationships and negotiate supply agreements. - Track market trends and build risk-mitigation strategies through contingency planning, alternate vendors, and inventory buffers.Skills/ Attributes/ Experience Required:- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (any discipline) OR Supply Chain / Operations / Production / Industrial Management OR Commerce with strong SCM exposure. - MBA/PGDM in Supply Chain, Operations, or General Management preferred. - 15–20 years of progressive supply chain experience in manufacturing, hardware, or vendor-driven production environments. - Proven expertise in vendor development, outsourced manufacturing, negotiation, and supplier performance management. - Experience managing overseas vendors, especially China, with willingness to travel. - Strong hands-on exposure to SAP (MM, PP, QM) and driving large teams to comply with ERP-driven processes. - Experience leading teams of 10–15+ members across procurement, planning, and logistics. - Strong understanding of procurement, production planning, inventory management, logistics, and quality systems. - Ability to set up and enforce SOPs, process audits, and control frameworks. - Expertise in commercial negotiations, payment term structuring, and cost optimization. - Data-driven decision-maker with strong analytical capabilities.Key Competencies:- Ability to challenge legacy practices and enforce a culture of process discipline and transparency. - Strong influencing skills to align cross-functional teams toward common supply chain objectives. - Problem solving, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management at senior levels. - Ability to operate in a fast-growth, dynamic environment where structure needs to be built continuously.