Bitumen Sourcing Manager

• Build deep insights into buyers, sellers, and trade flows.
• Ensured smooth transaction processing addressing quality, delivery, payment, and returns-related issues.
• Negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms with suppliers, buyers, and logistics partners.
• Procure petroleum products/ chemicals / bulk products/ liquid bulk and packed products from reputed sources, ensuring compliance with sales, operations, customer specific requirements.
• Resolve operational aspects with multiple stake holders including suppliers, sourcing specialists, quality control/ testing laboratory staff and specification specialists and supply chain partners, managing challenges and disruptions leading to smooth closures of purchase and procurement in timely manner.
• Inspect and process requisitions, coordinating with contract owners to resolve pricing/contract issues.
• Stay updated on government policies, regulations, and trade agreements affecting chemical and petroleum imports/exports.
• Mitigate risks related to pricing volatility, supply disruptions, and compliance issues.
• Keeping track of new shipments, Analyze domestic and international product prices trends, markets, and competitor activity.
• Assign sources of supply and issue requests for quotes to acquire competitive pricing and terms from various reputed suppliers and build competitive price discovery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to finalize purchase decisions, generating purchase orders and confirming supplier acceptance with contract term.

Experience Required: 8–10 years (flexible: 5–12 years)

Education: MBA / PGDM from a premier institute (IIFT preferred) or equivalent.

We are seeking a highly driven and experienced Bitumen Sourcing Manager with a strong background in Oil& Gas, chemicals, or petroleum trading. The role demands a strategic thinker with hands-on expertise in trading, sourcing, procurement of physical products.

Industry Exposure: Strong preference for candidates from Oil& Gas, petroleum or chemical sectors.

Experience: 8–10 years (flexible 5–12 years) in bitumen sourcing, chemical trading, or petroleum supply chain.

• Networking and practical knowledge of key suppliers, dealers, reseller, importers, international traders, reputed parties for enabling smooth procurement, sourcing and timely supply of products.
• Excellent knowledge of regulatory frameworks, compliance, and risk management.
• Comprehensive knowledge and use of digital procurement tools viz. SAP, ARIBA, E-proc products for achieving errorfree execution, transparency, data analytics and digital footprint of various layers of procurement and sourcing.
• Strong negotiation and vendor management skills.
• Proven experience managing trade operations and regulations.
• Networking and relationship building skills
• Familiarity with key contracting terms, documents.
• In-depth understanding of market dynamics and pricing strategies.