General Manager Procurement.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for Procurement and contracts of the growth projects of select regions / countries.
• Ensuring compliance with organisational Procurement Policies, Ethics and HSE management.
• Developing the sourcing strategy while working closely with project stakeholders.
• Develop suppliers based on sourcing strategies, assess potential suppliers; Conduct cost analysis and negotiation to achieve quality assurance and lowest supply chain cost.
• Lead project RFQ tender process with qualified suppliers, service providers (full scope / partial scope EPC), and negotiate.
• Finalise evaluation methodology for supplier selection and execution strategy and present to the Sourcing Council as per the gate process.
• Lead procurement of key aggregates for wind while negotiating with the selected supplier with best-in-class commercial agreement including setting up terms and conditions of business, enforceable laws & regulations and protection of the organization from potential losses from breach of contract.
• Support the project team for negotiating change orders and site-claim management
• Monitoring supplier performance, preparing an action plan for improvement and organizing business reviews with all major suppliers.
• Regularly communicate with internal key stakeholders for procurement and contract status.
• Post Order Monitoring, Contract Monitoring & Contract Management

Qualification, Skills and Experience

• Engineering graduate. Should have experience in Renewable Industry (IPP or EPC organisation) in Procurement / SCM department. A management qualification will be an added advantage.
• Overall, 15 to 18 years’ experience in renewable / power / EPC organisation. Min 5 yrs as a lead role in any renewable procurement stream.
• In-depth knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices in India.
• Industry knowledge in terms of broad industry dynamics, commercial data points, key product and service partners, competencies in India.
• Experience of handling Large Contracts in an IPP / EPC / OEM environment with hands-on experience of enforcing large capex purchasing / contracts (>500Cr/ annum over last two years)
• Hands on experience in SAP MM Module
• Hands on experience in Sourcing Modules (eg. ARIBA etc)