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Juice Procurement Manager, India

The closing date for all applications is 20th May 2013.

Manage India BU strategic Juice sourcing plan by aligning with regional manager
to achieve continuity of high quality and competitive supply in order to
support the growth plans.

Job Objective:

Building the business


  • Manage India BU strategic sourcing plan by aligning with regional manager to achieve continuity of high quality and competitive supply in order to support the growth plans.


  • Explore and capture the benefits of global as well local sourcing opportunities with G2G regional manager

  • Take ownership of total landed cost of sourced juice concentrates.


Building the organization


  • Supervise operational procurement activities: design a fit for purpose procurement process taking into account local specificities and harmonize procurement practices within the BU, in particular create the right structure & practices to work effectively and efficiently with India Bu.

  • Provide support to countries in developing local sourcing capability in line with their competitive growth strategies.

Principal Responsibilities

  • Manage BU and country strategic sourcing plan by aligning with BU, G2G Product managers and G2G regional Director. Strategies should be based on the upstream market dynamics and should include managing risk, cost, quality, service, differentiation and continuity of supply.

  • Lead and develop local capabilities to define and execute G2G procurement strategies, focused on juices – regional and local. Strategies to include but not limited to, managing risk, cost, quality, service, continuity of supply and innovation.

  • Establish and implement policies, procedures and processes to support juice procurement activities across the India BU.

  • Develop and maintain relationships with Juice Suppliers, customers and industry experts.

  • Support the rewiring projects. Lead procurement specific ones, including quota management, other duty reduction initiatives and support technical team on other supply chain initiatives.

  • Continue to develop the relationship with R&D entities to fully leverage our suppliers technical and innovation capabilities.

  • Accelerate the standardization of procurement processes for juices; Diligently protect confidential Company and supplier information such as business information, specifications, pricing and intellectual property.

  • Uphold Company fiduciary responsibilities and controls; actively ensure and maintain adherence to company standards and values, ethics, policies and procedures, and professional standards for self.

  • Manage personal development needs in anticipation of business requirements.

Success Criteria: 


  • Proven and recorded Cost Savings and Avoidance

  • Timely and successful delivery of all projects (in particular new product launches)

  • Building a juice procurement winning culture

  • Improvements achieved in juice supply continuity, quality and service

  • Developing reliable local supplier basis for main juice categories in parallel to aligned BU sourcing strategy

Job Scope / Impact: 

The Juice Procurement Mangers of India BU operates in the following context:


  • Manages procurement of juices for India BU in accordance with aligned BU and G2G sourcing strategies

  • Member of team dedicated for juice business at BU.

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