Educational / Other Qualifications:
BE / B Tech (Mechanical / Production) with relevant Industry experience.
Experience:
12 - 14 years
- Minimum 12~14 years of experience in strategic sourcing and purchasing.
- Experience in commodity management like Engines, Hydraulics, Machined castings & proprietary parts
- Experience in construction equipment manufacturing is preferred
- SAP knowledge preferred
- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Leading a team of commodity buyers of respective commodities.
- Cost effective Sourcing of components to support new projects and serial production parts.
- Formulation of Commodity strategy including supplier management with measurable targets and performance monitoring.
- Track monthly KPI’s and teams performance & support team for an improvement in efficiency.
- Map the supplier base risk management (financial, capacity, performance) & find opportunities for new vendors.
- These activities include supporting the strategic procurement process, execution of domestic / overseas supplier agreements to include negotiations, supplier selection, development, and
contract management
- Strong commodity tracking and cost management based on commodity movements in market.
- Working with engineering and project management team to make sure that sourcing activities correspond to project needs.
- Support to supplier quality assurance team for continuous improvements on quality from supplier.
- Goals are met by implementing and maintaining effective relationships with current Commodity/Category suppliers as well as developing new supply sources within their designated
area.
- You will coordinate activities with supply-chain, logistics, operations and finance personnel in efforts to meet supply and demand goals.
Job Competencies:
- We are looking for a Manager commodity sourcing who will be responsible for Proprietary parts i.e.Hydraulic Components & System, Wheels, Tubes & Hydraulic Hoses, Cylinders, machined castings
commodity and report to Sourcing Manager.
Personality:
- Must be able to work independently and able to manage a team..
- Positive attitude and customer centric.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Capable of working effectively and interacting with multiple levels of people.