Pay: ₹65,000.00 – ₹100,000.00 per month
Job description:
- Identify and onboard reliable sourcing partners, including farmers, farmer producer organizations (FPOs), mandi agents, aggregators, and vendors.
- Develop crop calendars and procurement forecasts based on demand trends and sales targets.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, ensuring long-term partnerships and transparent practices.
- Negotiate contracts, pricing, credit terms, and volume commitments with suppliers.
- Drive cost efficiencies in procurement while maintaining consistent quality.
- Implement tools for real-time pricing, quality control, and inventory planning.
- Expand and manage procurement operations across multiple sourcing hubs nationwide.
- Monitor market and mandi dynamics in key regions (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, UP, Punjab, etc.)
- Build and manage a pan-India procurement team, including regional buyers, sourcing managers, and vendor development officers.
- Coordinate closely with sales, logistics, finance, and inventory planning teams.
