Purchasing Manager

Role Overview: As a Purchasing Manager at Maxion Wheels Aluminum India Pvt. Ltd., Khed, Pune - India, you will play a key role in ensuring the sourcing, monitoring, and controlling of various materials and services to meet company requirements while maintaining quality standards. You will be responsible for establishing and developing relationships with suppliers, negotiating agreements, and supporting continuous improvement activities. Key Responsibilities: - Source raw materials and bill of materials (BOM) while ensuring compliance with corporate standards - Monitor and control purchases of capital equipment, services, chemicals, maintenance supplies, packaging materials, and consumables - Ensure materials ordered meet quality standards and maintain targeted inventory levels - Develop long-term relationships with suppliers and conduct supplier performance evaluations - Collaborate with regional Corporate Sourcing to achieve key objectives - Manage internal approval levels of requisitions and comply with procurement policies and procedures - Source new products, provide vendor technical support, and negotiate blanket/contract agreements - Support continuous improvement activities and various audits such as Kaizen, TPM, NWT, IATF, OHSAS, EMS, LPA, PRA, Tear Audits, Customer Audit points - Ensure savings as per AOP Targets Qualifications Required: - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master's degree in business or equivalent preferred - Minimum of 15 years of experience in material management/strategic purchasing with 5-6 years of supervisory experience - Strong English communication skills and ability to work in a Matrix Organization - Excellent negotiation skills and advanced Excel proficiency - Strong analytical and quantitative competencies with the ability to understand complex concepts - Effective communication across the organization and confidence in interacting with senior leadership - Intellectual agility and willingness to tackle unfamiliar tasks (Note: The Equal Opportunity Statement has been omitted as it does not provide specific job-related information),