Job Role: Senior Manager Purchase

Position Summary:

- The job incumbent manages all project and serial (commodity) purchasing activities in a company.

- He/she ensures that all requirements regarding the material quality and favorable purchase prices and terms are fulfilled.

Main Accountabilities:

- Manage all purchasing projects and serial (commodity) purchasing activities within a company and ensure that the components, materials, supplies and services bought, meet the company standards of price, quality, contractual requirements and timing

- Plan, develop and manage projects, align all activities with the involved internal and external parties (Customers)

- Supervise / lead product development projects in purchasing as a project buyer, ensure that the deadlines and the planned material costs are met, participate in the product - functional reviews-

- Supervise the post-SOP material purchasing, ensure the timely delivery of the supplies as well as the pricing and material cost savings

- Define, manage and analyze the supplier risks regarding the material quality, deadlines and prices, process the supplier / customer complaints, resolve issues in the context of escalation management, ensure the targets for the supplier ppm and incidents

- Has a direct responsibility for the selected materials in alignment with the global MGMs

- Plan, develop, implement and support the local and global ratio projects to ensure that optimal cost reduction is achieved without compromising on product quality and other contractual requirements

- Manage the contract negotiations and price re-negotiations with new / existing suppliers for both production and non-production materials / services in collaboration / alignment with the MGM

- Plan, forecast and analyze the material price development for the local and global projects

- Develop, implement and maintain new and existing processes, tools, procedures and guidelines in accordance with the company internal as well as legal requirements

- Ensure the application of all purchasing related guidelines, procedures and legal requirements within the company/site

- Ensure that all purchasing documentation and reports are available and up-to-date

- Ensure the adequate support of the Advanced Supplier Quality and fulfillment of the APQP- related tasks

Leadership:

- Lead, direct, evaluate and develop a high performance team of purchasing employees to ensure that the purchasing activities meet the set targets and standards

- Ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed and coordinated

- Guide, motivate and develop the direct reports within the HR policy

Job Requirements (Qualifications, Skills, Experience, Competencies):

- Engineering graduate degree or relevant education with an additional degree in Business Administration

- 12 -15+ years of work experience in purchasing in international environment - Automotive / Engineering industry preferred

- Understanding of organizational systems (SharePoint, Reporting, xSEP, etc.) and structure

- Communication skills, ability to work under pressure, ability to work in a team

- MS Office skills, SAP

Specific Experience Requirements (Skills & Experience):

- Experience in injection molded plastic parts, resins, die casting tools & parts and CNC machined components

- Part costing - Cost estimation, Zero Based Costing, Cost Break Down Analysis

- Annual / Periodic Negotiations

- Project level negotiations

- Material cost index tracking and monitoring its effect on part cost

Contracts Management:

- Experience in working with suppliers on costing, sourcing Injection molds, stamping dies, Fixtures and gauges

Supplier strategy development & implementation (including supplier consolidation)

- Project planning, execution and management

- Supplier risk identification & management

Our offer:

We offer an exciting position an ideal opportunity for combining technical expertise and leadership. You will be supported by an experienced and competent team to permit a joint response to your future challenges.

Interview Procedure: This is very urgent opening and need to close ASAP so kindly revert with your updated profile for evaluation

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Vasanthalaxmi
080-60660164

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