About this role
We are seeking an experienced Purchase Engineer to join our procurement team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in purchasing castings, stamping, bought-out items, machining parts, and plastic parts and will have 3-5 years of experience in purchase , supply chain management, preferably in a submersible pump and motor industry environment.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Procurement Purchase castings, bought-out items, machining parts, and plastic parts: Purchase materials, components, and services from suppliers, ensuring timely delivery, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
- Analyze and resolve purchasing issues: Analyze and resolve purchasing issues, including supplier disputes, quality problems, and delivery delays.
- Ensure compliance with purchasing policies: Ensure compliance with purchasing policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Supplier Management Build and maintain supplier relationships: Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure timely delivery, quality, and cost-effectiveness of purchased materials.
- Negotiate contracts: Negotiate contracts with suppliers to achieve favorable terms and conditions, including pricing, delivery, and quality.
- Manage supplier performance: Monitor and evaluate supplier performance to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and internal expectations.
- Technical Expertise Provide technical expertise: Provide technical expertise to the procurement team and internal stakeholders on purchased materials, including castings, bought-out items, machining parts, and plastic parts.
- Ensure quality and specification compliance: Ensure that purchased materials meet quality and specification requirements, including industry standards and internal specifications.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders: Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including engineering, quality, and manufacturing, to ensure alignment with business objectives and internal requirements.
- Cost Savings and Quality Management Identify opportunities for cost savings: Identify opportunities for cost savings and implement initiatives to achieve targets.
- Implement quality management processes: Implement quality management processes to ensure that purchased materials meet quality and specification requirements.
- Monitor and report key performance indicators (KPIs): Monitor and report KPIs, including cost savings, quality, and delivery performance.
- Submersible Pump Industry Knowledge (Preferably) : Having an understanding of submersible pumps and motor components, including castings, Stainless Steel, copper, winding wires, stamping, Fasteners, Bearings, Pump & Motor Casing, machining parts, Seals, plastic parts (seals and gaskets).