Assistant Manager - Strategic Sourcing

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Leading new Item activation process - identify sources suitable for the project needs, co-ordinate with purchase team and ensure RFQ sent at the right time and decide best cost / delivery resource suitable for the project.

• Material master control - Review of all attributes of material master and guide the purchase team with timely reviews / dashboards

• Strategic Initiatives - Support material planning with Strategic inventory initiatives, GSC with project purchase cost reduction initiatives vide E-Auction etc and have track of cost savings

• Review of Excess & Obsolete Inventory and providing appropriate data to Purchase team as alternate parts.

• Annual Item cost control & Purchase price variance analysis

• Make or buy decision on daily basis for new codes to ME team. Analyze, discuss with Purchase team and provide inputs to ME team.

• Monitoring of Purchase Price Variance and regularly escalating the variant part numbers to purchase team.

• Co-ordination with finance for PPV analysis and justifications

• Set the purchase strategy commodity wise by efficient usage of MIN report / POWER BI dashboards.

• Discussion with GSC team on regular basis on cost reduction.

• Maximize Indigenous development of ABC components in co-ordination with GSC & purchase team.

• Project cost reduction vide E-Auction etc.

Who You Are:

• You establish clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results, build and deliver solutions that meet customer expectations and credit others for their contributions and accomplishments.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Engineering / Equivalent Degree

• 10+ years Material Planning & Purchasing experience.

• Possess Planning, Purchasing & Inventory Management Skill/Strategy

• People Management.

• Flexible toward company and customer needs.

• Strong leadership skills and result-oriented candidate.

• Positive attitude, self-motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience working in a multi-cultural environment.

• Ability to travel within India

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• Familiar with ISO9001 standard requirement/quality awareness.

• Knowledge of Kanban or JIT (Just in Time) and Oracle software is a definite advantage.

• Foundry / Forge shop processes.

Our Culture & Commitment to You:

• At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results. We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.