Regional Procurement Operations Manager

Location: Mumbai, India

At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.

Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live an inclusive culture of respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values – CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We also embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.

Your Tasks

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.

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. Organizational Development

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

1. Procurement Processes & Systems

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

Your Profile

• 8-10 years with minimum 3 years in Procurement

• Experience handling procurement preferably in an international set up

• Experience in Corporate Proc Category / Operations Manager

• Experience managing Suppliers

• Experience managing complex functional projects in a matrix

• Strong Communication & interpersonal skills

• English business fluent is a must

• Proactive, pragmatic, cost-conscious, creative, result-driven

Your responsible recruiter is Kalyani Deshmukh.