About SKF SKF started its operations in India in 1923. Today, SKF provides industry leading automotive and industrial engineered solutions through its five technology-centric platforms: bearings and units, seals, mechatronics, lubrication solutions and services. Over the years the company has evolved from being a pioneer ball bearing manufacturing company to a knowledge-driven engineering company helping customers achieve sustainable and competitive business excellence. SKF's solutions provide sustainable ways for companies across the automotive and industrial sectors to achieve breakthroughs in friction reduction, energy efficiency, and equipment longevity and reliability. With a strong commitment to research-based innovation, SKF India offers customized value-added solutions that integrate all its five technology platforms. To know more, please visit: <a title="https://www.skf.com/" href="https://www.skf.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.skf.com</a>/in At SKF we are continuously looking to deliver competitive advantages for our customers. By building strong partnerships we better understand the needs of mechanics and end customers, this helps us engineer the right support and solutions around them. SKF Purpose Statement Together, we re-imagine rotation for a better tomorrow. By creating intelligent and clean solutions for people and the planet JOB DESCRIPTION Position Title: DGM Purchase Reports To: Factory Manager Role Type: People Manager role Location: Mysore Purpose of the role Execute operational purchasing of DM/IDM&S to support country/factories. Support the implementation of strategic sourcing results in the country/factories and promote operational efficiency in the countries. Work closely with the internal stakeholders and execute local purchasing activities. Implement contracts, agreements, and new processes. Participate in and develop efficient standardized P2P processes. Manage supplier development activities in SKF globally on demand. Manage the supplier development resources and deploy them to run supplier development projects at prioritized suppliers. Manage projects related to quality system development. Carry out local operational purchasing activities, such as issuing purchase orders and following up on orders and invoices. Enter and maintain purchasing data in purchasing data warehouses, purchasing databases, e-procurement and purchasing systems. Responsibilities- Manager – Factory Purchase Perform local purchasing according to defined strategy and frameworks: <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Negotiate and sign local agreements up to a regionally defined and agreed upon value,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Review purchase requisitions and identify sources of supply for spot buys,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Advice internal stakeholders on procurement issues, providing support and guidance at all stages of the procurement cycle,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Advise customers on modifications from original requests (if alternative, more cost efficient, or otherwise beneficial alternatives exist),</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Select contract/supplier to fill requisitions in accordance with defined strategy and agreements.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Participate as required in global and regional strategic sourcing Projects: <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Provide local market data and information to global strategic sourcing teams, </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Validate completeness and relevance of RFI/RFP,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Participate in the evaluation and selection of suppliers,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Work in close collaboration with Global Category Managers, as well as end users, to ensure local acceptance and implementation of sourcing strategy,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Actively participate in the validation of the sourcing strategy implementation approach,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Actively participate in the implementation of new contracts,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Track key performance indicators on supplier and internal customer contract compliance,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Define and take corrective actions to improve contracts compliance.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Drive local sourcing initiatives: <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Perform local sourcing activities for relatively low spend,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Perform local market analysis, and define appropriate sourcing strategy,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Screening, short list and select potential suppliers through a Request for Information (RFI) & Request for Proposal (RFP) process,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Develop negotiation strategy and lead supplier negotiations,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Work with end user and supplier in order to resolve issues,</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Continuously track supplier performance according to defined QCDIM, </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Initiate and conduct supplier evaluations and supplier audits.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Support implementation of new processes and systems, QCDIM, CSR & sustainability requirements.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Run their operations according to the SKF Code of Conduct, Environment Health & Safety (EHS), and Quality Policies, and work according to the SKF Quality Management System. If the operation is EHS certified, work according to the SKF EHS Management System.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Purchasing Administration Activities: <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Perform local purchasing according to defined strategies and frameworks. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Handle invoice price deviations. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Release POs from special requests. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Upload new suppliers in vendor master. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Generate purchasing orders form approved requisitions. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Process purchase orders not transacted electronically. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Provide feedback to requestors if incorrectness occurs. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Work with suppliers to resolve issues related to invoices, damaged/returned goods, and delivery performance. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">File and update agreements and relevant documentation in designated repositories, update prices and supplier information in databases etc</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Chase suppliers if price lists are not updated as per contractual agreements (mainly for direct material). </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Check all price lists received from suppliers are in line with agreements. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Distribute price lists to Global Category Managers after checking for validation. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Once validated, distribute them to Suppliers lists as agreed with Global Category Managers. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Support to develop and implement purchasing processes and systems.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Group Reporting (MMRO)</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">KPI Updating</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Ariba/ Star Ariba Database updation</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Supplier Development Activities: <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Oversee developing, implementing and ensuring consistency of best practice processes for Supplier Development. The process includes making an assessment at a supplier site of lean management practices, production efficiency, quality management processes, delivery management, etc. and to define key performance gaps. Then, work with the supplier to define an improvement program to close the gaps and provide support during the execution of the program. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Drive supplier development work based on input from the sourcing teams and PL/BU’s; guide, support, coach, train the Supplier Development engineers.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> SQA Activities: Can flexibly act as SQA to support Category or BU specific needs as per Global SQA directions Key Interfaces / Interactions In the Job: <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Suppliers</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Customers</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Engineering Function</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Manufacturing </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Group Purchasing</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Project Management</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Quality Assurance</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Competencies <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Good Technical Knowledge about engineering drawing, Manufacturing processes.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Good Project Management skills.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Team Management </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Quality system knowledge.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">APQP /PPAP/IATF and other quality system requirements.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Problem-solving and analytical thinking </li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">Excellent communication and negotiation skills</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Candidate Profile: <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">12-15 years in supplier development, Product development, Project Management, Purchase and supply chain management.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">BE Mechanical (Mechanical, Industrial, Production or equivalent) (Full time).</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black">MBA, PMP and other certifications should be Preferable.</li> </ul> </li> </ul>

DGM - Purchase (Mysore, IN) @ AB SKF

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