Senior Executive - Logistics Procurement

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Job Description : Job Title- Senior Executive - Logistics ProcurementAbout us- With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future. Join us to create a career worth celebrating About the Function:                                        Supply Chain & Manufacturing is where our brands are made, moved and delivered to the world. With over half of our people working across more than 100 sites, this is a complex, large-scale operation that brings together production, logistics, engineering and supplier partnerships.  It’s fast-paced and hands-on, with teams working together to ensure quality, efficiency and sustainability at every stage. From sourcing ingredients to getting products into customers’ hands, you’ll play a role in delivering the brands people know and love.  About the role: Qualifications • Graduate degree in Engineering, Commerce, Business, Supply Chain, Operations or a related discipline. • MBA/PGDM or a recognized certification in Supply Chain/Procurement is desirable. Experience • 3-6 years of relevant experience in logistics, transportation sourcing, logistics procurement or supply chain, with direct exposure to road freight operations/markets. • Mandatory: hands-on knowledge of freight markets, lane-based rate discovery, LSP commercial evaluation/negotiation and identification of new LSPs. • Hands-on, end-to-end experience in SAP and Ariba Auctions, including bidder onboarding, event configuration, mock/live auction management and result analysis. • Working knowledge of SAP, including extraction/validation of procurement or logistics data and exposure to vendor, contract/rate or master-data processes. • Exposure to TMS implementation/support, data migration, UAT or system transition is preferred. • Advanced Microsoft Excel and strong PowerPoint capability; exposure to Power BI or other analytics tools is desirable. • Experience in FMCG, manufacturing or another large, distributed logistics network is preferred. • Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, written/verbal communication, stakeholder coordination and ability to manage multiple priorities. Knowledge & Skills Logistics and freight procurement; transport market intelligence; lane and rate benchmarking; supplier discovery and evaluation; SAP Ariba sourcing/Reverse Auctions; SAP and TMS working knowledge; data validation and governance; advanced Excel; management presentations; commercial analysis; structured problem solving; stakeholder management; process documentation; and high standards of confidentiality and integrity. Key Accountabilities • Consolidate and analyse logistics spend, lane, rate, volume/trips, vehicle type, LSP share, service and savings data from SAP, TMS, SAP Ariba and Excel. • Build and maintain dashboards/MIS; identify cost drivers, outliers, concentration risks, data gaps and sourcing opportunities. • Prepare clear, decision-ready PowerPoint presentations, executive summaries and review packs for procurement and logistics leadership. • Maintain a single source of truth with defined logic, version control and documented validation with units and Finance. • Conduct end-to-end sourcing events and Reverse Auctions on SAP Ariba: scope/lane finalization, bid template preparation, bidder onboarding, event configuration, mock auction, live execution, monitoring, clarifications and closure. • Normalize and analyse bids; prepare L1, savings, scenario and allocation views; support negotiations and award recommendations. • Ensure adherence to sourcing policy, approvals, bidder communications, confidentiality and a complete audit trail. • Conduct market surveys and lane-level freight benchmarking by geography, distance, truck type, seasonality, toll/fuel impact and demand-supply conditions. • Identify new LSPs and assess network, fleet/capacity, lane coverage, service capability, financial/compliance readiness and reference performance. • Maintain market-rate and LSP databases; support RFIs/RFQs, supplier qualification, negotiations and onboarding. • Support transition to a new TMS and other procurement/logistics technologies through requirement capture, data mapping and cleansing, UAT, cutover, training, issue tracking and hypercare. • Validate rates, lanes, LSPs, route/distance, charge and other relevant masters; reconcile system output with SAP and le