Global Category Buyer -M/PUR37.1

Business Responsibilities

• Responsible Global Category buyer for turned , machined & forged parts
• Mentorship of assigned suppliers, Support for localization activity
• Conducting market research for benchmarking
• Supplier selection and Business awarding
• Leading Negotiation (Yearly price negotiation, cost benchmarking knowledge)
• Defining and Execution of Supplier and category strategy
• Continuous improvement mindset to bring in better process and solutions

Delivery Responsibilities

• Responsible for capacity planning and contracting at suppliers
• Alignment with Project Purchasing and Logistics team for capacity planning

Managerial and Governance Responsibilities

• Supplier mentorship (Single point of contact for all commercial related topics)
• Monitoring of Supplier performance (Nego results, NPD , Quality and delivery metrices)
• Monitoring of monthly KPIs, Data analytics and Management info sharing
• Support internal stakeholders and develop supplier / Category strategyaccordingly

Qualifications

Engineering (B.E. / B-Tech in Mechanical / Industrial), or MBA

Additional Information

Key Result Areas

. Overall Purchasing performance (Negotiation, RPP, Supplier Quality)

. Defining and execution of Supplier and Category strategy

Desired Experience

. Experience between 4 to 12 years in strategic purchasing along with Turned , machined and forging process know-how. Raw material know how would be added advantage.

. SAP (MM Module) knowledge

. Experience in dealing with Technical documents like BOMs, Drawings and Norms

Functional Skills/Competencies

. Negotiation skills

. High level knowledge of Microsoft Office systems like Advanced Excel skills, Excellent presentation skills

. Knowledge of Power BI would be added advantage

. Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills

. Team player

. IT Skills:

o SAP Global

o Microsoft Power BI

Behavioral Competencies:

. Result Orientation

. Future Orientation

. Leading myself

. Communication

. Cooperation

. Business Acumen

. Customer Centricity