Supply Chain Specialist

Senior Manager – Commercial Excellence and Contract Management

Location: Mumbai| Function: Finance and Accounts

Reports to: Lead - Commercial Excellence and Contract Management

Purpose

To drive effective execution and governance of contract management, transaction compliance, and audit processes across commercial operations. The role supports the Lead in strengthening internal controls, ensuring policy adherence, mitigating risks, and driving process efficiencies through structured reviews and stakeholder collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

Transaction & Contract Governance

• Review and approve Purchase Order's, Deal Memos, and Vendor Contracts for both commercial and non-commercial content transactions.
• Execute Level 2 approvals for master data and system workflows.
• Validate and authorize Media Product master-related transactions.
• Monitor and review open purchase orders for compliance and closure.
• Conduct quarterly vendor master reviews to ensure data accuracy and compliance.

System & Process Oversight

• Weekly meetings with technical partners to resolve system-related issues.
• Review updates made to supply chain SOPs.
• Prepare quarterly compliance decks for management reporting

Production & Content Audits

• Conduct audits for digital shows, OAP, Spike, Outdoor shoot and set construction projects, including fortnightly and ad-hoc meetings.
• Perform monthly CCM reviews to validate compliance and operational accuracy.

Audit & Compliance Management

• Manage monthly data uploads, provide supporting documents, and clarify queries raised during SOX audits.
• Support IFC, GRC, and corporate audits by providing data, documentation, and management responses.
• Handle unplanned audits with timely data provision and clarifications.
• Conduct periodic reconciliations between contractual commitments and actual execution, identify financial or operational deviations and corrective actions. Define escalation protocols, coordinate with Commercial, Legal, Finance, and Business for timely resolution of exceptions, and maintain proper documentation and audit trails

Key Metrics

• PO & Contract Review within established Turnaround Time (TAT)
• Audit Compliance Score: adherence in SOX/IFC audits
• Open PO Closure Rate: within defined timelines
• Ensure SOP Compliance adherence
• Audit Observation Closure within agreed timelines
• Error- free Compliance Reporting

Critical Competencies

• Contract and supply chain operations expertise
• Audit and compliance knowledge (SOX preferred)
• Analytical and detail-oriented
• Strong stakeholder management
• Process improvement mindset
• Communication and reporting skills

Technical Competencies

• MBA/MCom preferred
• Media/ Production Industry experience preferred
• ERP system exposure

Why join us

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) is the consumer-facing identity of Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, Japan. A leading media and entertainment conglomerate, SPNI comprises 28 Premium Channels in both SD and HD formats, including leading Hindi General Entertainment Television Channels - Sony Entertainment Television; Sony SAB and Sony PAL; Marathi General Entertainment Channel - Sony Marathi; Bangla General Entertainment Channel - Sony AATH; Hindi Movie Channels - Sony MAX, Sony MAX 1, Sony MAX 2 and Sony WAH; renowned destination for sports fans - Sony Sports Network comprising Sony Sports Ten 1, Sony Sports Ten 2, Sony Sports Ten 3, Sony Sports Ten 4, Sony Sports Ten 5; Kids Entertainment Channel - Sony YAY!; English Movie Channel - Sony PIX; Factual Entertainment Channel - Sony BBC Earth; Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channel in the US and Canada – Sony KAL; Digital entertainment OTT platform - Sony LIV and the independent production venture for original content and IPs for TV and digital media - Studio NEXT. This Network reaches out to over 700 million viewers in India and is available in over 150 countries.

Recognised as an employer of choice within and outside the media industry, SPNI is a recipient of several awards, including India's Best Companies to Work For 2021 by the Great Place to Work® Institute, India, Exemplars of Inclusion in AVTAR & Seramount's Most Inclusive Companies Index 2024 and listed as one of the 100 Best Companies for Women in India for eight consecutive years by AVTAR & Seramount. In recognition of the company's unique workplace culture and exceptional people practices SPNI won the ET Future Skills 2024 for Best Learning Program Supporting Change Transformation Business Strategy, and the TISS LeapVault CLO Awards 2024 for Best Employee Engagement Program and Best Games Based Learning Program.

SPNI is in its 30th year of operations in India. Besides having overseas subsidiaries, it has a subsidiary MSM-Worldwide Factual Media Private Limited, and an affiliate, Bangla Entertainment Private Limited in India.

For more information, log onto www.sonypicturesnetworks.com