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Role - Manager – Inventory Planning & Sourcing

Location: Mumbai

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Inventory Planning & Sourcing to lead and optimize our end-to-end inventory Management for our fast-growing D2C brand. This role will oversee procurement, inventory management, while ensuring operational agility, cost efficiency, and exceptional service standards. The ideal candidate brings deep functional expertise, strong leadership skills, and a passion for building customer-focused, scalable inventory management systems.

Key Responsibilities

Procurement & Supplier Strategy

- Build and execute procurement plans aligned with business demand and channel forecasts (website, marketplace, retail).

- Manage vendor relationships for raw materials and packaging, ensuring cost-effectiveness, quality, and continuity of supply.

- Drive negotiation strategies, supplier onboarding, contract management, and supplier audits.

- Collaborate with global procurement teams for raw material allocation, price benchmarking, and supplier performance improvement.

- Ensure adherence to ISO and regulatory standards.

Inventory & Demand Planning

- Lead inventory planning across multiple fulfillment channels, ensuring optimal stock coverage and minimizing working capital.

- Analyze sales data and forecasts to inform procurement cycles and production planning.

- Monitor inventory health (DOH, aging, shrinkage), proactively resolving supply bottlenecks.

- Develop agile replenishment models for both local and export markets.

- Maintain Daily, Monthly Reporting cadences and reports to facilitate inventory count, and stock in hand / Transit for Mis purposes.

Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Demand planning and Procurement planning or relevant field; MBA preferred.

- 8+ years of experience in demand planning roles, preferably in D2C, e-commerce, or consumer goods.

- Strong knowledge of multi-channel demand models especially digital commerce, marketplaces, and global fulfillment.

- Proven track record of managing procurement, forecasting, logistics, and vendor development.

- Experience working with Unicommerce/Shopify/ Zoho systems and analytics tools like power bi.

- Trained in Lean, Six Sigma, or other process improvement methodologies. - Analytical mindset, data-driven approach, and a hands-on operator.

- Excellent communication and team leadership skills.

- Fluent in English.

Roles and Responsibilities

Desired Candidate Profile

About the role

The role is to work with supply chain category management leaders in defining the strategic priorities and support needed from Sourcing CoE to deliver on supply chain priorities like material productivity, dual sourcing, RFQ management. Ensure Carrier standard sourcing process is followed and all tools like should Cost, Ariba management, Contract management is followed globally.

Build Organizational Capability and Capacity to complement the growth and high-performance expectations. Develop and enhance continuous improvement culture and drive the organization towards CoE. Own Attracting, Hiring, Engaging, Developing and Retention of diverse talent.

You will work with global supply chain and engineering leaders across sites

Key Responsibilities:

This role, you’ll be responsible for:

 A. Core Sourcing knowledge

1. Knowledge and exposure to engineering drawings, cost reduction, sourcing, best practice RFQ’s, e-auctions, negotiation process thereby guiding team to drive best outcomes for Carrier

2. Strong exposure in cost estimation, negotiations

3. Should have worked directly in analyzing Total Cost of Ownership of products

 4. Should have actively engaged with Engineering function for developing new products and executing VA/VE projects

5. Hands on experience in working on spend data to drive actionable insights for spend category

B. Team strategy

1. Strategic thinking- ability to think through and independently define priorities for team

2. Periodic engagement with stakeholders to define strategy, align on strategy, adapt strategy based on changing business needs and stakeholders’ expectations

C. People management

1. Excellent People Management skills coupled with an empathetic leadership style

2. Strong desire to drive for results

3. Strong sense of accountability for self and others

4. Strong program management skills, including change management

5. Excellent influencing/ negotiation skills and ability to work multi-dimensionally in a complex business environment - ability to influence upward, peer-wide, and downward

6. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

7. Ability to work effectively within teams and collaborate with other Carrier entities/ stakeholders for completion of projects

8. Self-directing and self-motivating

9. An individual with a strong sense of urgency

10.An individual with strong people development focus

Requirements

As a minimum you must have:

Benefits

We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees, and enhancing our programs when necessary.

Our commitment to you

Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is .

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Role: Direct Sourcing- Commodity

Location: Gurugram

Full/ Part-time: Full Time

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Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions is committed to creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. From the beginning, we've led in inventing new technologies and entirely new industries. Today, we continue to lead because we have a world-class, diverse workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do.

About the role:

The role is to work with supply chain category management leaders in defining the strategic priorities and support needed from Sourcing CoE to deliver on supply chain priorities like material productivity, dual sourcing, RFQ management. Ensure Carrier standard sourcing process is followed and all tools like should Cost, Ariba management, Contract management is followed globally.

Build Organizational Capability and Capacity to complement the growth and high-performance expectations. Develop and enhance continuous improvement culture and drive the organization towards CoE. Own Attracting, Hiring, Engaging, Developing and Retention of diverse talent.

You will work with global supply chain and engineering leaders across sites

Key Responsibilities:

This role, you’ll be responsible for:

 A. Core Sourcing knowledge

1. Knowledge and exposure to engineering drawings, cost reduction, sourcing, best practice RFQ’s, e-auctions, negotiation process thereby guiding team to drive best outcomes for Carrier

2. Strong exposure in cost estimation, negotiations

3. Should have worked directly in analyzing Total Cost of Ownership of products

 4. Should have actively engaged with Engineering function for developing new products and executing VA/VE projects

5. Hands on experience in working on spend data to drive actionable insights for spend category

B. Team strategy

1. Strategic thinking- ability to think through and independently define priorities for team

2. Periodic engagement with stakeholders to define strategy, align on strategy, adapt strategy based on changing business needs and stakeholders’ expectations

C. People management

1. Excellent People Management skills coupled with an empathetic leadership style

2. Strong desire to drive for results

3. Strong sense of accountability for self and others

4. Strong program management skills, including change management

5. Excellent influencing/ negotiation skills and ability to work multi-dimensionally in a complex business environment - ability to influence upward, peer-wide, and downward

6. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

7. Ability to work effectively within teams and collaborate with other Carrier entities/ stakeholders for completion of projects

8. Self-directing and self-motivating

9. An individual with a strong sense of urgency

10.An individual with strong people development focus

Requirements

As a minimum you must have:

• B.E from a premier institute is a must, MBA preferred

• 4-6 years of supply chain management experience, exposure to CoE environment essential

• Strong sourcing knowledge

• Ability to work in a global environment with global stakeholders across multiple countries

• Strategic thinking- ability to think through and independently define priorities.

• Experience of working in a global environment (company)

• Project management experience

• Team management

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees, and enhancing our programs when necessary.

• Make yourself a priority with flexible schedules, parental leave

• Drive forward your career through professional development opportunities

• Achieve your personal goals with our Employee Assistance Programme

Our commitment to you

Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way .

Join us and make a difference.

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Role Overview

As a Strategic Sourcing Lead, you will support and manage end-to-end procurement operations, contract lifecycle management, vendor governance, and cost optimization initiatives. You will collaborate with global stakeholders to ensure efficient sourcing processes, compliance with internal policies, and delivery of commercial value.

Key Responsibilities

Contract Management

• Maintain and update the contracts repository with appropriate metadata and parent-child linkages.

• Validate and ensure contract execution; coordinate issue resolution across sourcing, risk, vendor, and business teams.

• Support contract transitions and tool migrations.

• Understand and review various contractual documents (e.g., MSAs, NDAs, work orders, amendments).

• Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to uphold business controls.

Process Enablement & Tools

• Assist teams in locating, uploading, and retrieving documentation across internal tools.

• Support ad-hoc contract administration projects and tool transitions.

• Utilize ERP systems (preferably Netsuite) to manage full Procure-to-Pay (P2P) lifecycle: vendor onboarding, PO creation, invoice handling, and payment.

• Drive efficiency in purchase order/contract processing, data analysis, catalog, and vendor management.

Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management

• Lead high-level sourcing efforts across top spend categories, including those with multi-site or global relevance.

• Negotiate cost structures to drive cost savings and risk mitigation.

• Contribute to the development of spend category strategies.

• Oversee vendor performance and relationship management to ensure value delivery and compliance.

• Analyze commercial terms to secure value for money and minimize risk exposure.

Collaboration & Execution

• Work with cross-functional teams (legal, finance, compliance, operations) across geographies.

• Manage multiple priorities and projects with attention to timelines and quality.

Adapt to changing business needs and market dynamics with a proactive, process-driven approach.

• BA/BS degree
• 5+ years of related experience
• Experience with Netsuite & Coupa (or other ERP systems)
• Experience working with contract documents such as Statements of Work, Master Service Agreements, Amendments etc
• Ability to take initiative, work flexibly, and collaborate with cross functional partners
• Goal oriented team player
• Ability to see the big picture and work with a team to prioritize requests
• Strong customer service focus, written and verbal communication skills, and attention to detail
• Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment
• Ability to provide support to global teams and collaborate across time zones

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.