Senior Manager - Flipkart Videos Procurement

Overview

The Senior Manager role entails managing the complete procurement function for original content production within Flipkart's video division. The position demands extensive expertise in commercial finalization and source management for various content types including brand videos, web series, short videos, and micro dramas.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead commercial negotiations and closure for original content produced for Flipkart group entities.
• Possess comprehensive knowledge of content production processes for brands, web series, short-form content, and micro dramas.
• Manage the entire procurement lifecycle, including interactions with production houses, equipment vendors, studios, celebrities, and ancillary staff.
• Oversee multiple projects simultaneously across the Flipkart group with accountability for project budgeting and cost control.
• Negotiate costs with production houses involved in content creation, TV commercials, and digital advertisements.
• Formulate category-specific sourcing strategies aligned with set objectives for content procurement.
• Ensure rapid turnaround times for procurement activities finalization.
• Support new vendor identification and assessment via structured sourcing processes such as RFPs and RFQs, followed by purchase order documentation and compliance adherence.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders including Finance and Legal teams to resolve commercial and technical issues, ensuring contracts and agreements are implemented on schedule.
• Collaborate with Analytics teams to produce regular reports for project and procurement leadership highlighting status, challenges, and remedial actions.
• Work alongside Flipkart business and procurement leadership to establish vendor performance metrics and key performance indicators.
• Facilitate regular vendor reviews, publishing vendor performance metrics, and act as the escalation point for service partner management, addressing commercial and qualitative concerns.
• Conduct benchmarking and demand-supply analysis relevant to the category/service segment.

Candidate Profile

• Graduate degree in any discipline with experience in marketing procurement.
• Minimum 8 to 10 years of pertinent experience after qualification.
• Open to candidates based in Mumbai or Bangalore, with travel requirements as per work demands.