Purchase Engineer

Role Overview: As a Purchase Engineer for Hitachi Energy's Transformers Business in Maneja, Vadodara, India, your role involves overseeing the procurement process, coordinating with internal stakeholders, preparing and issuing purchase orders, monitoring and tracking orders for timely delivery of projects, implementing processes to evaluate supplier performance, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring compliance with quality standards. Your responsibilities also include handling import and domestic procurement, material planning, logistics management, knowledge of taxations, cost-cutting activities, ERP and SAP environment, and tools like lean manufacturing, KANBAN, and VMI. You will be expected to uphold Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity. Key Responsibilities: - Oversee the procurement process and coordinate with internal stakeholders - Prepare and issue purchase orders, ensuring material availability aligns with project requirements - Monitor and track orders for on-time delivery of projects - Implement processes to evaluate supplier performance data and identify improvement opportunities - Manage vendor relationships and monitor supplier performance for compliance with contractual agreements and quality standards - Coordinate with the quality team to evaluate purchased items" quality and resolve any shortcomings - Prepare control strategies through data analysis to anticipate unfavorable events - Ensure understanding and adherence to policies, practices, and procedures by direct reports, customers, and stakeholders Qualifications Required: - Bachelor's degree in mechanical/electrical engineering - Minimum 12-15 years of professional work experience in purchase - Knowledge of import and export material handling - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Proficiency in SAP MM and MS Office - Strong follow-up and expedite materials skills - Basic knowledge of engineering drawing - Proficiency in spoken and written English language (Note: The additional details of the company provided in the job description have been omitted in this summary.),