Associate Manager - Procurement, Media

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Date: 10 Mar 2026

Location: Bangalore, KA, IN, 560024

Company: Tata Consumer Products Limited

Tata Consumer Products Ltd.

 

 

 

 

About the Job: Associate Manager – Procurement, Media

 

 

Function: Packaged Beverages

Location: Bengaluru

Reporting To:  Associate Director – Media Planning & Buying

 

At Tata Consumer Products Ltd, we stand #ForBetter – Planet, Sourcing, Nutrition, Communities. And #ForBetter Opportunities …. Here’s an exciting one!

 

How does this Job align to our Strategy?

At the core of Tata Consumer Products' business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business, Driving Digital and Innovation, Unlocking Synergies, Creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities and Embedding Sustainability.

This job opportunity closely aligns with the key strategic pillars, which is Driving Digital and Innovation. This role will be responsible for managing and optimizing the procurement of media services, ensuring cost efficiency, enhancing vendor relationships, and supporting the overall marketing strategy of the company.

Top dimensions:

Geography: Global

Direct reports: NA

Complexity of the role (Optional):

 

 

Matrix Reports: NA

Type of Role: Individual Contributor

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What are the Key Deliverables in this role ?

Financial Outcomes

  • Media production procurement for TCPL ensuring cost efficiency that align with the company's marketing objectives

Customer Service-> Collaboration and Stakeholder management

 

  • Collaborate with the marketing teams across categories for TCPL to forecast production related requirements and plan media procurement.
  • Negotiate ad hoc rates, contract and manage bidding.
  • Collaborate with multiple internal stakeholders to ensure that production costs meet quality and quantity objectives
  • Negotiate contracts with vendors, ensuring favorable terms and conditions
  • Ensure Compliance and make the procurement process audit compliant
  • Pro-actively scout for new vendors/new technology led production possibilities.

Internal Processes

  • Develop & implement the media production procurement strategy for the above said mediums aligned with business objectives and industry best practices
  • Streamline, standardize & manage the procurement processes on the media procurement for the above said mediums across all business units

 

Innovation and Learning

  • Drive differential production procurement strategy to get increasing cost efficiency in the system
  • Stay up to date on industry trends, new technologies, and best practices in marketing procurement

 

 

What are the Critical success factors for the Role ?

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration/management/media/marketing
  • 7+  years of hands-on media (production skewed) procurement experience in FMCG/D2C Companies
  • Knowledge of procurement tools and processes (e.g., SAP Ariba, Coupa, or similar)
  • Ability to analyze market trends and optimize vendor selection
  • Strong expertise in digital media, influencer , films, production back end

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role ?

  • Responsible for identifying, evaluating, and selecting marketing production service providers, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality services
  • Identify and on-board key suppliers
  • Monitor and manage spending across marketing production procurement
  • Conduct regular market analysis to benchmark pricing and supplier capabilities
  • Ensure procurement processes comply with organizational policies and external regulation
  • Self motivated and self starter who knows the knacks of procurement and can run the system with minimal intervention
  • Can work in a fast-paced environment