Head - Corporate Supply Chain Management - IT hardware/Firmware/Bulk Engineering & Construction Items

Job purpose :

Coordinates with :

Procurement/SCM Initiators and Function Heads from Corporate and HO departments

Procurement/SCM initiators and Functional Heads from ICs across L&T Group

Top/Senior personnel of corporate functions like Legal, CIT, T&H, PGM, Corporate F&A, Internal Controls, SSC, CHR etc.

Top/senior personnel of vendor organizations

Duties and responsibilities :

- Leading and mentoring the team of CSCM Buyers

- Evaluation of quotations and negotiations with vendors for Contract and PO finalization

- Coordination with procurement personnel from ICs/SBGs/SBUs for desired purchase/spend data and vendor and category wise analysis as deemed fit

- Capturing and effectively leveraging market and cost trends

Qualifications :

B.E/B.Tech; MBA (with specialization in supply chain/logistic/shipping preferred)

Min 20 years of work exp in procurement and purchase

Areas of Exposure :

- Proven track record of balancing large scale consolidated purchase and long term contract strategies across a variety of product categories (including IT hardware/firmware and bulk engineering and construction items)

- Hands on familiarity with price discovery and business analytics tool & techniques

- High level negotiation ability with win-win approach

- Commercial acumen including national/international taxation and working knowledge on forex variation, hedging and de-risking techniques

- Dynamically sensitive to global market and cost trends of important product categories used across the company