The role is responsible for defining and deploying regional category strategies aligned with business priorities, Supply Chain and Procurement frameworks, and global strategies. It requires continuous collaboration with business stakeholders, Procurement Directors and the Global Procurement organization. A key focus is exploring and developing India's local supplier landscape to unlock localization opportunities and strengthen supply resilience.

1. Strategy & Governance

• Conduct regional supply market research to identify competitive supplier opportunities in India and other regional markets.
• Support Global Category by sourcing strategies by identifying, assessing and developing competitive regional suppliers.
• Provide market intelligence, supplier insights and sourcing opportunities to inform global strategies.
• Strengthen the regional supplier base to support localization, alternative sourcing and supply resilience.

2. Procurement Business Partnering

• Negotiate supplier agreements and commercial terms, including pricing, TCO, payment terms and quality standards, aligned with regional roadmaps and business objectives.
• Monitor procurement activities to identify opportunities and maximize value contribution.

3. Project Procurement

• Represent Procurement in projects (e.g. IIMs and Masterplans), deploying local and regional category strategies while supporting OTIF delivery.
• Manage contracts and negotiations for project-related local and regional spend.
• Maintain project-related master data and ensure accurate category spend data in SAP.
• Ensure KPIs reflect contractual terms across categories, contracts and suppliers.
• Develop best practices, standard documents and tools, contributing to continuous improvement of regional procurement standards.

4. Supplier Management

• Ensure robust supplier selection, assessing financial health, process capabilities and supply risks.
• Conduct commercial audits of key suppliers with internal stakeholders.

• Manage supplier relationships to ensure alignment with Beiersdorf's supply requirements.
• Collaborate with suppliers to drive innovation and develop solutions.

5. Organizational Development

• Continuously develop assigned categories and related processes in collaboration with global and local stakeholders to ensure competitiveness.

6. Procurement Processes & Systems

• Ensure compliance with legal requirements and Beiersdorf's Procurement and non-Procurement policies and procedures across negotiations and contracts.