Lead-Packaging Procurement- (Staples)

Job Title: Lead – Procurement (Packaging)- Staples 

Company: Reliance Retail Ltd
Location: Mumbai 

Role Purpose

Lead end-to-end packaging procurement across multiple retail formats, ensuring cost efficiency, quality, sustainability, and supply continuity while supporting rapid scale-up of Reliance Retail businesses.

Key Responsibilities

• Own strategic sourcing of primary & secondary packaging materials (cartons, corrugation, labels, flexible packaging, rigid plastics, glass, etc.)

• Drive vendor identification, onboarding, negotiation, and contracting

• Execute cost optimization initiatives through value engineering, alternate materials, and supplier consolidation

• Work closely with category, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams for packaging development & approvals

• Ensure compliance with quality, sustainability, regulatory, and ESG norms

• Manage rate contracts, demand forecasting, and inventory planning

• Monitor supplier performance through KPIs, SLAs, audits, and scorecards

• Support new product launches (NPDs) with packaging feasibility, timelines, and cost benchmarks

• Track global & domestic packaging trends, raw material pricing, and innovations

Key Skills & Competencies

• Packaging procurement & sourcing

• Vendor management & negotiations

• Cost modeling & should-cost analysis

• Knowledge of packaging materials & specifications

• Cross-functional stakeholder management

• SAP / ERP procurement modules

• Strong analytical & commercial acumen

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate / Post-graduate (Engineering / Packaging / Supply Chain preferred)

• 10–18+ years of experience in packaging procurement

• Exposure to large FMCG / Retail / Consumer businesses preferred

• Experience managing high-volume, multi-vendor ecosystems