Company Profile:

VKL is the flagship company of Kanji Morarji Group (Mumbai), a INR 500 Crore entity. Since our
inception in 1935 at Kerala, the spice capital of the world, we have mastered the ability to identify
and lead taste trends. We have evolved from whole-spice traders to one of India's largest seasoning
and flavour brands.

Our lineage and global reach help us bring state-of-the-art solutions to all segments of the market
and create integrated ingredient solutions for our customers. Thanks to our rich spice heritage and
relentless innovation, today we have most of the Top FMCG, QSR companies in our clientele.

Our Journey:

Website: http://www.vklspices.com/
 Role Title: GM - Purchase
Reporting to: Chief Operating Officer
Direct Reports: 4 Department: SCM - Purchase
Total reports– 13 Base Location – Cochin, Kerala

1. ROLE OBJECTIVE - Ensure the availability of all materials at the right time and at the right
price, to meet the in house production and development needs

2. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES-

1. Strategic Sourcing
o Develop long term partnerships with fruit and vegetable farmer/Spice associations to
ensure complete backward integration for sourcing of key raw materials
o Sourcing of Food Ingredients
o Develop RM logistic channels
o Develop and implement with QA supplier audit mechanisms
o To ensure operating effectiveness by maintaining Actual Cost below AOP for Raw
Material and Packing Material
o Monitor the purchase process for cost efficiency, supply efficiency and aligning them to
cost reduction metrics and bottom line performance indicators
o Identify potential alternate new vendors for various Raw Materials especially the critical
ones, basis the Material Requisition Plan
o Manage the Accounts payable cycle as per agreed norms
o Responsible for ensuring working capital management (RM, Inventory)
o Improve supplier performance through the supplier performance appraisal and supplier
prequalification programmes
o Consistently evaluate vendor/supplier performance to ensure adherence to predefined
specifications of quality, quantity, timeliness of material, credit terms etc

2. Purchase Operations
o Working closely with the Operations team, to gauge resource requirements for Raw
Materials, to achieve production targets and create the periodic procurement plans
o Ensure all supplies are received as per the procurement plans through issue of timely
purchase orders, and constant coordination with the suppliers
o To ensure minimum variance in schedule by matching delivery with schedule
o To ensure internal customer satisfaction by controlled percentage of production
schedule missed on account of non-availability of ingredients.
o To ensure for at least 90% accuracy of stock through minimum deviation in delivery
schedule Vs actual delivery. Also to ensure stock norms to ensure rejections of raw
material and packing material less than 2 % of order quantity.
o To ensure for quality and documentation by CAPA-NC to be cleared within 3 days and
CAP implementation NC to be cleared within 30days

4. TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Qualification:
 a) Graduate/ Post Graduate in Food Technology/ Biotechnology from an University of
repute
b) MBA, with specialization in SCM/Operations

Experience:

c) 10 – 15 years of experience, in the FMCG/ Food sector.

Skills :

- Negotiation skills,
- Logistics planning,
- Planning and forecasting

Specific Skills:

 SAP
 Knowledge of fruit, vegetable procurement
 Knowledge of spices and seasoning ingredients and their sourcing