Assistant Chief Manager/Chief Manager - Procurement

Job Description

Location: Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai Job Purpose The Indirect Procurement Lead is responsible to manage their supplier commodity panel with a strong financial QCD performance orientation Key Responsibilities Develop the regional panel under their responsibility. Enforce group and local conditions as required Develop and present the short / medium / long term action plan of their commodity that meets the objectives of the Industry Procurement performance strategy Provide market data on their category Global reference for the Sector on their categories Participate actively in the budget preparation of their commodity savings performance Participate actively in the LTP and budget preparation local procurement head Review supplier performance monitoring (scorecard, escalations, panel inputs/outputs) Develop and maintain the relationship with key panel suppliers, develop John Cockerill C-Levels associated at supplier s Lead and propose cost optimization actions Manage the associated negotiations and lead the Sourcing coordination Develop savings actions road map for the panel under their responsibility and share / support the Lead Buyers community associated on savings actions Animate the Lead Buyers community associated on their categories and project Manage annual and globalization negotiations Finalize the project buyer s negotiation (level 2) when needed Provide project buyers with a structured panel for the Indirect category Support management of series crisis actions (supply of product, quality issues, etc.) Ensure the conformity / validity of purchasing data recorded in ERP and reported in iValua Other duties as assigned Education & Experience Master in Business and or Engineering with emphasis or experience in Procurement or equivalent; and 10-15 years procurement in the Indirect category Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Must be able to assess reasonableness of the analysis performed Background, Skills and Competencies Must have good interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with Engineering; Procurement, Top Management and other plant and office personnel Strong negotiation skills, ability to bear under pressure Practical expertise in office systems such as Excel and ERP tools such as SAP and Ivalua (e.g. purchasing - projects) Customer orientation, concern to offer a permanent quality service to internal clients, At ease in a matrix organization and a support department Analytical mindset, ability to formalize, structure and great rigor in work Agility in a changing professional environment Diplomacy, good communication skills, both oral and written, and ease in dealing with all types of interlocutors Very good team spirit and willingness to contribute to the team Reliability, integrity, honesty, discretion Comfortable with an international environment and multicultural aspects Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Fluency in other languages is a plus John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment. Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis !