About this role
Business Responsibilities
Responsible Global Category buyer for Casting, Stamping, Metal sub assembly commodities.Mentorship of assigned suppliers, Support for localization activityConducting market research for benchmarkingSupplier selection and Business awardingLeading Negotiation (Yearly price negotiation, cost benchmarking knowledge)Defining and Execution of Supplier and Material field strategyContinuous improvement mindset to bring in better process and solutionsDelivery Responsibilities
Responsible for capacity planning and contracting at suppliersAlignment with Project Purchasing and Logistics team for capacity planning Managerial and Governance Responsibilities
Supplier mentorship (Single point of contact for all commercial related topicsMonitoring of Supplier performance (Nego results, NPD , Quality and delivery metrices)Monitoring of monthly KPIs, Data analytics and Management info sharingSupport internal stakeholders and develop supplier / Material field strategy accordingly Engineering (B.E. / B-Tech in Mechanical / Industrial), or MBA
Key Result Areas
Overall Purchasing performance (Negotiation, RPP, Supplier Quality)Defining and execution of Supplier and Material field strategyDesired Experience
Experience between 5 to 8 years in strategic purchasing along with Machined, Casting, Stamping Sub assembly parts process know-how.SAP (MM Module) knowledgeExperience in dealing with Technical documents like BOMs, Drawings and NormsFunctional Skills/Competencies
Negotiation skillsExcellent Interpersonal and communication skillsTeam player