Procurement Manager

1 month ago

mumbai, India Ninjacart Full time

PROCUREMENT MANAGER


Ninjacart - Pioneer. Challenge Yourself. Create Better Lives.


Ninjacart is a pioneer in agritech. We believe in fostering a culture of innovation. We develop professionals who pioneer new ideas, simplify customer experiences, and impact the lives of millions. Our employees take complete ownership and truly belong.


Ninjacart is India's leading agri-platform, which leverages technology and data to organize the agri-commerce ecosystem. Over the last 8 years, our made-for-India technology and India-centric solutions have disrupted the way fruits and vegetables move from farms to consumers’ plates. We empower farmers and other players in the ecosystem in ways never done before. 


Ninjacart aims to be the digital network for global agri-commerce that solves structural problems such as information asymmetry, payment hassles, distribution inefficiency, and discovering new buyers and sellers with tech-first solutions. 


Ninjacart has raised over $350mn from Walmart Group, Tiger Global, Accel US, Accel India, Syngenta, and others. We are one of the top 25 startups to work for, according to Linkedin.


We are a highly motivated, results driven community, who focus on proactive approaches to problem solving. We cherish entrepreneurial spirit and provide significant operating autonomy to senior leaders. There are ample opportunities and challenges to be solved at scale and in real-time.


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Location: Mumbai


About the team :: E.commerce & HoReCa


The team consists of two verticals  E.commerce and HoReCa. Both the verticals focus on catering fresh produce demands of the B2C e-commerce players (example: Flipkart, Zepto, Instamart, etc,…), and organized Hotels, Caterers, Restaurant chains in Metro/T1 cities.

This team consists of following departments:

Key Accounts Management team (KAM)

Category team

Procurement team

Quality and Liquidation team

Operations team

Central Ops and control center

While each team is exclusive for E.commerce and HoReca vertical, the procurement team is the common function responsible for fulfillment of both e.commerce and HoReCa’s demand.

The Ecommerce team is trying to solve procurement challenges in the B2C space through a joint venture with Flipkart. In this venture Ninjacart & Flipkart together will cater the consumer demand for F/V in all T1 cities in India. Wherein Ninjacart will be the fulfillment partner and Flipkart will take care of demand generation and Last Mile operations. This team is a mix of Procurement, Operations, and Analytics working together to fulfill the consumers demand.

The Horeca team is a large and diverse team which is trying to solve the problems in the Food industry ecosystem with a credit based approach. This growth engine will fuel the next phase of Ninjacart’s journey in cementing its place in the industry as an innovation and execution leader. This is a team which is a mix of Business, Execution, Category, Product, Analytics and brings a mix of speed and innovation to solve tough problem statements.


Team Management

Lead, motivate, and support a team to successfully and strategically deliver on goals

Responsible for mentoring, coaching and developing the team, recognizing strengths and weaknesses

Create and maintain a team environment of continuous improvement and self-learning with a focus on team efficiency and productivity


About the role:

Supply planning & Inventory management – Ensuring 100% fill rate for defined SKUs, identifying sources of supply, monitoring & tracking stocks to ensure low wastage while maintaining optimal supply.

Operations management - Managing daily collection center operations through a team of executives and distribution partners. Ensuring the timely dispatch of inventory and pay-outs to the distribution partners.

Cost Savings – Monitor and track price trends across markets to base sourcing decisions, strategically optimize supply sources to improve margins, identify opportunities to reduce costs across the supply leg. 

Vendor Management – Identifying and on-boarding vendors, price negotiations, monthly/weekly vendor reconciliations, credit cycle management, vendor relationship management, track and monitor vendor scores/ performance & develop ways to improve stickiness with Ninjacart.

Stakeholder Management – Coordinate across various internal stakeholders effectively –Category, Supply Chain team, Finance & quality with the ability to drive discussions.


A Ninja is resilient, smart, and ambitious. Sounds like you? Here’s what you will need to have to join the Ninja Clan

Relevant Work Experience of at least 5 -7 Years of sourcing in Fresh category

Sound understanding of the products in the category, pricing, vendor management, sourcing, buying and negotiation skills

Proactiveness to dive numbers, identify, analyze and solve supply/operations related problems

Experience in Team Management and Labour Management


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