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The Hair Procurement Manager is accountable for end to end procurement leadership of the Hair Care category in India, partnering closely with the business to enable growth, innovation, margin delivery, and resilience. This is a business partnering role, requiring strong cross functional influence, category ownership, and the ability to translate business strategy into clear procurement and supplier strategies. The role plays a critical part in supporting Hair Care as a scale and growth engine for India Beauty & Wellbeing.
Job Responsibility
Act as the primary procurement business partner for the India Hair Care category
Partner closely with Global buying team, Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance and CD to support category strategy, innovation and execution
Provide fact based input into decisions on cost, margin, complexity, speed to market and risk
Develop and execute Hair category sourcing strategies aligned to India B&W priorities
Drive total value delivery, including cost, margin improvement, innovation enablement and agility
Lead initiatives on specification optimization, complexity reduction and demand shaping
Build and manage a strong supplier ecosystem for Hair Care
Lead strategic supplier partnerships to unlock innovation, competitiveness and long term value
Drive supplier performance through governance, KPIs and continuous improvement
Proactively identify and manage supply, cost, quality and operational risks
Ensure continuity of supply and execution excellence in a fast paced, innovation heavy environment
Partner with Supply Chain and Quality to ensure robust delivery
Demonstrate end to end ownership for the Hair category agenda
Influence stakeholders without formal authority and role model strong business partnering behaviours
Contribute to building procurement capability and talent within India
Requirements
Experience in Procurement / Strategic Sourcing / Category Management, preferably within FMCG, Beauty or Consumer Goods
Proven experience in a business partnering role with cross functional stakeholders
Strong commercial acumen and ability to link procurement actions to business outcomes
Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills
Nice to have
Experience managing high spend, high complexity categories
Exposure to innovation driven or fast changing portfolios
Experience working with strategic supplier partnerships