Senior Executive Procurement Research & Operations

Job Title: Executive/Sr Executive – Procurement Research & Operations.

Department: Central Buying Organization (CBO)

Location: HO – Mumbai

Reports To: General Manager - CBO

Job Purpose:

The role would be part of Central Buying Organization (CBO) in Animal Feed Business of Godrej Agrovet Limited (GAVL). CBO procures more than 1.5 MMT of Agri Products for multiple businesses of GAVL.

The primary objective of the role would be to support procurement strategy and execution through robust data analytics, market intelligence, reporting, and cross-functional coordination. The incumbent will play a key role in enabling data-driven decision-making and driving efficiency across procurement processes. The role would play a pivotal role in helping procurement function navigate commodity volatility and make informed purchasing decisions. Agri Products are highly volatile in terms of prices and availability. Hence, accuracy and timeliness are highly critical in this role

Key Responsibilities:

1. Data Collection & Analysis

• Collect, structure, and analyze procurement, supplier, and market data to support strategic sourcing and category management.
• Deliver data-backed insights to aid cost optimization, supplier evaluation, and risk management.
• 2. Market Intelligence & Trend Monitoring
• Conduct secondary research and collaborate with business and procurement teams to gather market intelligence.
• Track commodity pricing, industry trends, and supply dynamics to provide forward-looking inputs for procurement planning.
• 3. Performance Reporting
• Prepare and publish regular dashboards and reports on category performance, cost trends, operational resources efficiency and key procurement metrics.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of reporting for internal stakeholders and leadership reviews.
• 4. Analytical Presentation Development
• Translate complex data and analytics into clear, actionable insights through well-structured presentations.
• Prepare presentations on fundamental analysis on key commodities to aid short term and long term decision making
• Support internal business reviews and strategy discussions with meaningful visuals and summaries.
• 5. Project Monitoring & Regional Coordination
• Maintaining up to date execution status of key procurement initiatives across regions and categories.
• Act as a key enabler between central and regional teams, ensuring alignment on timelines, priorities, and outcomes.
• 6. Procurement Dashboard Analytics
• Utilize SAP, Mobile apps, Power BI and other digital tools to review and analyze category dashboards.
• Engage with buying team members to review and generate insights to drive and take follow-up actions on identified areas of concern or opportunity.

Key Skills and Competencies:

• Advanced skills in MS Excel (PivotTables, XLOOKUP, Power Query, Macros)
• Experience in Power BI , Tableau , or other data visualization platforms
• Working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP-MM, Tally, Oracle, or similar)
• Understanding of procurement processes, spend analysis, and cost structures
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• High attention to detail and ability to work under time-sensitive monthly/annual closure cycles and quick turn around on need based management reporting

Educational Qualification:

• Graduate in Commerce, Engineering, Statistics, or related field
• Management education in Supply Chain Mgmt / Operations / Business Analytics (preferred)

Preferred Background:

• 3-4 years in Procurement MIS, Reporting, or Analytics roles
• Experience of working in Procurement function with exposure to cross functional environment to ensure data consolidation from various touchpoints to generate meaningful insights
• Background in sourcing-intensive industries such as commodities trading, manufacturing, agri-business, automobiles, FMCG, or Pharma etc.