📍 Location: Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh) and Pithampur (Indore)
🕒 Experience: 5–8 years
🎓 Education: Bachelor’s in Pharmacy, Food Tech, Engineering, Finance, or related field (Master’s preferred)
About the Role
Are you passionate about sourcing innovation and building strategic partnerships? We’re looking for a dynamic Assistant Manager – Contract Manufacturing Sourcing to join our growing team. In this role, you’ll lead the charge in identifying and onboarding top-tier manufacturing partners for Nutraceuticals and Personal Care products, drive cost efficiencies, and manage end-to-end sourcing for new product development.
What You’ll Do
🔹 Strategic Sourcing & Cost Negotiation with contract manufacturers
- Lead open-book costing discussions with third party manufacturers.
- Benchmark and negotiate competitive pricing without compromising quality
- Drive cost-saving initiatives through alternate sourcing ,scale efficiencies , yield recovery , waste management etc.
- Conduct quarterly / half yearly business review meetings and publish Supplier Performance scorecard
- Detailed analysis of the conversion cost – ground verification of each cost elements
🔹 Contract Manufacturer Development
- Identify and evaluate new third-party manufacturers in Food and Nutraceutical category aligned with business goals
- Conduct technical, quality, and commercial due diligence of new potential contract manufacturer
- Maintain a robust vendor database by category and capability
- Conduct market research on new products concepts aligned with business strategy
🔹 Contract & Agreement Management
- Negotiate third party contract manufactuer supply agreements, development contracts, and NDAs
- Monitoring agreement records , work to bring the industry best practices for the agreement compliance.
- Ensure compliance by collaborating with Finance, Legal, Quality Assurance, Quality Control and Regulatory teams
🔹 Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with internal teams across the sourcing lifecycle
- Facilitate vendor meetings and resolve technical/operational challenges
🔹 Reporting & Analytics
- Maintain sourcing trackers and dashboards
- Present insights on vendor performance, cost matrices, and risk areas
- Should be expert in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint presentations
What Makes This Team Special
Join a newly rebranded Global Product Sourcing team with 50+ sourcing professionals worldwide. We’re redefining sourcing through global category expertise, innovation, and collaboration—delivering exceptional value to our brands and customers.
