Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Buyer Specialist - Packaging

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHyderabad, Telangana, IndiaIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 3 years of procurement experience.
A bachelor's or master's degree in any discipline is required; Science or Packaging Technology is preferred.
Ability to develop strong relationships with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Understand the use and impact of packaging materials in processes and products.
Ensure reliable short- and long-term packaging supply for the manufacturing site and prevent manufacturing interruptions caused by supply shortages.
Design buying strategies and direct supplier negotiations; ensure appropriate commercial terms and contracts for the supplier base; manage supply, price, quality, legal, and intellectual-property risks.
Promote continuous improvement in supplier relationship management and proactively manage supplier relationships.
Be accountable for packaging-material Prime and cost-of-goods-sold savings and deliver targeted cost savings each year.
Maintain agreed inventory norms for raw materials.
Ensure effective implementation of Mars Packaging Quality Management, quality, food-safety, personnel-hygiene, and Good Manufacturing Practices requirements through applicable area/process standard operating procedures; meet competency requirements in the job role skill matrix.
Comply with Mars global and asset conservation standards and relevant local safety, environment, and security legislation; implement and maintain relevant management systems in the work area; understand area risks and controls, obtain appropriate training, report incidents, and capture safety, environment, and security objectives as key result areas in ITMS.

Job Description:

As a Buyer Specialist at Mars you will manage buying operations and local sourcing activities within a given region. You will lead the efficient and effective execution of sourcing strategies, while maintaining a lean end-to-end support structure. You will also be tasked with identifying and delivering value chain optimization opportunities across the region/network.

What are we looking for?

3 years of procurement experience.
Bachelors or Master’s Degree in any discipline - Science/ Packaging Technology preferred
A passion for developing strong relationships with suppliers and cross functional stakeholders.

What will be your key responsibilities?

Understand the use and impact of packaging material in process and products.
Assure a reliable supply (short and long-term) of packaging for manufacturing site. Ensure that the manufacturing site operate without interruption due to supply.
Design buying strategies and direct supplier negotiations. Ensure proper commercial terms and contracts for the supplier base. Efficiently manage supply, price, quality, legal and IP risks.
Promote a culture of continuous improvement in supplier relationship management. & proactively manage Supplier Relationship.
Accountable for packaging material Prime & COGS (cost of goods sold) savings. Deliver the targeted costs savings each year.
Maintain the agreed inventory norms for the raw materials.
Quality- “Associate is responsible to ensure effective implementation of Mars PQM (Packaging Quality Management),Quality and Food Safety requirements including Personnel Hygiene and GMP stated by the Organization as applicable. Associate shall deliver through Respective Area/Process Standard Operating Procedures. Meet basic competency requirements mentioned in the job Role Skill Matrix to ensure Quality and Food Safety requirements are implemented to satisfactory level.”
SES-Overall responsibility to ensure the individual compliance to Mars Global/Asset conservation standards and other relevant local SES legislation. Responsible for implementing and maintaining all relevant SES Management systems in their respective work area. Responsible for understand risks and controls in their area, get appropriate training, report all incidents and ensure that SES objectives are captured as KRA's in ITMS

What can you expect from Mars?

Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Debt Financing
Total funding: $27B
Headquarters: McLean, VA
Founded: 1911

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