Senior Manager

Job Description : Senior Manager – Purchasing & SCM function Location : Pune Qualifications : Any Engineering, MBA (Operations & SCM) Preferred Experience : 20 Years Job Responsibility: · Manage suppliers of raw material, bought out items including procurement of different grades of steel, manage plant inventories, shipping and receiving schedules etc. based on customer and MRP requirements · Sourcing of Raw material especially Steel including supplier sourcing and price benchmarking · Co-ordination with internal customers for commodity consolidation · Monitoring development of part as per the timeline and ensuring supplier deliver on time · Closely involved in the Early Supplier Involvement process · Strong negotiation of price, payment terms, contract terms and conditions · Inventory Management · Handling Market trend analysis. Oversee Price Forecasting. Monitor supply markets and trends (e.g., material price increases, shortages, changes in suppliers) and interpreting the impact of these trends on company strategies · Hands on experience & independent working on costing of sheet metal commodities would be added advantage · Coordinate with Supplier Quality Engineer & Supplier Development Engineer for vendor audit and approval · Support the process of sourcing by identifying the alternate equivalent raw materials and import substitution with sufficient data for supporting the change · Implement, streamline the procedure, and improve supplier performance management · Set up strategy and lead execution in commodities to achieve cost savings, payment term, lead time reduction etc · Perform capacity management with supplier Desired Skills · Experience in negotiating prices, terms, developing, consolidating and finding new suppliers · To Understand business requirements and execute efficiency and accuracy in Product – Pricing, Sourcing, Specifications, Quality, 100% on time Delivery & Availability · Ability to champion initiatives to implement inventory management techniques such as KANBAN, JIT, FIFO, MIN/MAX, Lead time/lot size reduction, etc. · To provide market research and analysis of alternative options of products which may give the organization a competitive edge by way of cost minimization or ease of availability. · To Support company strategies in key performance areas, particularly during new product development

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