Job description
Join Salad Days – India’s Healthy Food Pioneer! Founded in 2014, Salad Days is leading the healthy food revolution with gourmet salads and nourishing meals. We're growing fast across multiple cities, and we’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team. Work with Us? Rapid Growth: Be part of our exciting expansion journey. Healthy Focus: Create and serve food that fuels lives. Dynamic Locations: Work in vibrant kitchens and our organic farm. Job Overview As a Manager, Purchase, you will be taking End-to-end procurement ownership for cloud and central kitchens, ensuring cost-efficient sourcing, vendor management, inventory control, and SOP-compliant supply of all food and kitchen consumables. Key Responsibilities Manage end-to-end procurement for Vegetables, fruits, dairy, Fresh chicken, dry groceries, packaging, disposables, and other kitchen consumables . Identify, onboard, and develop local and regional vendors for Hyderabad operations. Ensure cost-effective purchasing without compromising on quality and food safety. Finalize rate contracts, negotiate pricing, credit terms, and service levels. Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors. Monitor vendor performance on quality, pricing, delivery timelines, and compliance . Coordinate with central kitchen and cloud kitchen teams for forecasting and demand planning . Ensure optimal inventory levels to avoid stock-outs and wastage. Monitor perishables’ shelf life and implement FIFO/FEFO practices. Support central kitchen procurement and distribution planning. Track purchase costs vs budget and identify cost-saving opportunities. Prepare purchase MIS, vendor-wise spend, price variance, and consumption reports . Support finance team with invoice verification, GRNs, and reconciliations. Ensure compliance with internal procurement SOPs and approvals. Implement and follow standard procurement SOPs for Salad Days. Support new store and central kitchen launches from a procurement perspective. Coordinate with logistics for timely inward and distribution. Requirements Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, logistics, or related field 4 to 5 years of experience in purchasing & supply chain High proficiency with MS Office and MIS Experience in leading and managing teams Excellent communication abilities
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Department: Purchase & Supply Chain Industry: Purchase & Supply Chain Role category: Procurement & Purchase Education: Diploma
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