Procurement Head

Shall be responsible for:

• Responsible for implementing internal procurement strategies to cater to high delivery and short lead time requirements.
• Handle procurement cycles, lead times and purchasing requirements within overall business process of acquisition of goods or services, and minimization of response time while ensuring needs are met in a timely, satisfactory and cost effective manner.
• Communicating with diverse groups; meeting deadlines and schedules; working as part of a team; flexible to changing conditions; dealing with frequent interruptions and changing priorities; and maintaining confidentiality.
• Ensure that comparison Statements are prepared and vendors finalized as per standard operating procedures.
• Ensures compliance to quality, safety & environmental standards as per ISO.
• Forecasting likely levels of demand for services and products to meet the business needs and keeping a constant check on stock levels to maximize business efficiency.
• Planning / Budgeting / Policy guidelines for purchase of materials to meet production plans.
• Oversees required purchasing processes for the purpose of acquiring necessary resources to support district operation.
• Contribution to the process of purchase planning and develop materials department plans.
• Determine the appropriate source selection for materials, services, considering cost, quality and reliability.
• Work closely with production team at factory level all locations on all relevant issues such as quality, delivery, payments for smooth functioning.
• Implement latest strategy and process for achieving uninterrupted supply chain at best price and for best quality.
• Responds to inquiries from a variety of internal and external sources for the purpose of providing information, direction and/or appropriate referrals.
• Travel as required across territory (Plants, market, customers)
• Develop new vendors.
• Negotiate and finalize half yearly/yearly rate contracts with suppliers, service providers.
• Cost reduction through development of alternate suppliers and alternate materials. Ensure there would be minimum 3 suppliers for regular procurement.
• Ensure there should be no stock out situation at any plant location and also ensure there should not be over stock position.
• SOPs and systems to be followed to ensure optimum stock level are always maintained.
• Monitor timely receipt of material as per purchase order terms and ensure LD (liquidity damages) is deducted wherever applicable.

Important Points Candidate should have

• Candidate should be ready to travel to Kherdi Silvassa , Palghar & Vadodara
• Preferred candidate from Distribution Transformer Industry
• Manage monthly purchase more than 10 Crores
• Experience of managing Purchase for multiple factory Units