Manager CAPEX and Tooling India

5 years

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Job Description

About Summary:


Key Responsibilities:


Strategic Sourcing:

  • Develop and implement sourcing strategies for CAPEX & Tooling commodity, including tools, equipment, spare parts, and maintenance services.
  • Demonstrate expertise in vendor management, contract negotiation, spend analytics, stakeholder management and deployment of end-to-end strategic sourcing strategies.
  • Identify and capture profit improvement opportunities beyond leveraged sourcing, e.g., demand management opportunities, insource versus outsource decisions, efficiencies in the company’s comprehensive supply chain, and/or other strategic and operational process improvements.
  • Conduct market research to identify potential suppliers, assess market trends, and evaluate new products and technologies.
  • Define negotiations strategy including supplier profiles, commercial negotiations targets, defining switching costs, and understand Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
  • Manage the planning and launch of RFx events, leveraging eSourcing tools as appropriate.
  • Develop local/regional contracts that are commercially sound, provide optimum protection of company assets and requirements.
  • Implement global contacts with strategic suppliers


Supplier Management:

  • Identify, evaluate, and select suppliers based on quality, cost, delivery, and service capabilities.
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers to ensure optimal performance and continuous improvement.
  • Negotiate contracts, terms, and pricing with suppliers to achieve favourable conditions and cost savings.
  • Support strategic suppliers through formal Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) process to improve supplier performance metrics including quality, delivery, productivity, and innovation, in agreement with global CAPEX lead
  • Lead regional business reviews with strategic suppliers to ensure performance against contracted obligations and business unit expectations.
  • Anticipate and minimize performance issues via use of key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • When performance issues emerge, identify root causes and drive for efficient resolution of issues at hand by working across both internal and external stakeholders.


Internal Alignment:

  • Oversee the procurement process for CAPEX & Tooling commodities, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to forecast needs, understand business requirements, and align on strategy.
  • Support internal teams on project implementation and successful execution of plant level CAPEX & Tooling strategies.
  • Provide assistance to Global CAPEX lead for the development of commodity strategies, sourcing activities, and project implementation.
  • Identify and Partner with GME, AME, MET, Engineering & Procurement stakeholders to ensure delivery of Capital and Tooling programs including support of annual AOP process


Cost Management:

  • Monitor and analyse commodity costs, identify cost-saving opportunities, and implement cost-reduction strategies.
  • Prepare and present reports on commodity performance, track cost savings/cost avoidance in WAVE, and procurement metrics.
  • Accountable for monitoring supplier risk across all responsible commodities (Capital & Tooling) while developing and maintaining detailed mitigation plans for critical tools and at-risk suppliers


Compliance & Risk Management:

  • Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements related to CAPEX & Tooling procurement.
  • Assess and mitigate risks associated with supplier performance and market volatility.
  • Perform financial supplier analysis, to reduce the risk.


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA or relevant certification (e.g., CPM, CPSM) is a plus.
  • Proven experience (5+ years) as a Commodity Manager, Procurement Manager, or in a similar role with a focus on CAPEX commodity.
  • Experience managing indirect spend categories using multi-step strategic sourcing processes.
  • Strong knowledge of CAPEX category, suppliers, and industry trends.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including being comfortable working with all levels of management.
  • Strong negotiation skills including understanding of terms, conditions, and contracting techniques for managing risk.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills (strong background in data collection & analysis is a must have) to drive fact-based decision making.
  • Strong organizational skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Proficiency in procurement software and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
  • Ability to travel up to 20%

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