Senior Engineer - Procurement

Desired Skills

• Broad based experience in Supply chain and overall administration/management of resources towards achieving short term & long-term Sourcing & Procurement targets, strategic goals and Business objectives
• Leadership skills in directing, managing, and guiding professional teams in the areas of Procurement, Sourcing and Planning and in deploying supply chain projects and initiatives
• Proficient in developing and establishing operational processes & procedures to maintain and sustain efficient workflow to support optimum utilization of resources and performance enhancement
• Hands on experience in procurement, supplier management, driving localization, strategy deployment, implementation of global initiatives, regulatory compliance management.
• Proficient in devising budgets and supply chain strategies towards delivering optimum results in key performance areas like Cost competitiveness- driving PPV, Supplier delivery optimization, supplier payment terms and supplier lead time reductions
• Proficient in project delivery within mandated parameters for NPI projects, Sample developments, managing through the phases of planning, procurement execution to mass production, coordination and project communications.
• Excellent team leader and team player with strong communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills; capable team performance standards to the highest level though continual evaluation, gap analysis, training and development

Responsibilities

1. Working closely with Global supply chain team, Commodity & India manufacturing sites to adopt best practices in terms of Inventory optimization strategies, Leadtime reduction strategies for Inbound Supply chain

2. Responsible for BCP (Business continuity plan) coordination during with global supply chain during any business interruptions

3. Responsible to Lead the Supplier development and execution of delivery improvement plans and capacity planning and development

4. Manage Supplier Relationship at regional level, monitor KPIs and setting necessary corrective actions.

5. Lead proactive supplier capacity assessment and contingency planning by identifying risks as suppliers and executing plans to sustain capacity and Ramp-up plans through business reviews

6. Proactively monitor supplier delivery performance and develop improvement strategies. Analyse data to identify areas of improvement and provide objective evidence for root causes of late deliveries

7. Work with cross-functional teams consisting of Category, engineering, quality & manufacturing to solve critical delivery problems.

8. Partner with GS&OP team, Product management group and Sales to arrive on futuristic demand to forecast suppliers in terms of capacity enhancement and resource planning.

9. Work with suppliers to ensure they have capacity, raw material and internal resources to support current and future schedules, minimize risk at suppliers, monitor their execution and coordinate with functional experts to mitigate problems prior to their impact on customers.

10. Responsible for Managing the site procurement activities for all Molex locations in India as per the business requirements

11. Responsible for seamless uninterrupted Manufacturing by ensuring on time materials availability

12. Analyse spends in assigned spend categories and define the annual saving forecast, identifying risks and opportunities

13. Responsible for vendor payment by working closely with centralized AP and procurement teams

• Responsible for seamless uninterrupted Manufacturing by ensuring materials & meeting customer demands achieving operational excellence targets.
• Leading End to end Supply Chain Operations, setting up strategies to increase service levels, supplier development, Direct & Indirect procurement activities with localization initiatives.
• Responsible for overall supply chain for India Operations, Material fulfilment, Procurement & Planning.
• Crafting long term supply chain strategies for India Business growth
• Identification and qualification of vendors for new product & Services
• Drive localization content- Cost competitiveness and manage PPV, Supplier lead-time reductions
• Work with cross-functional teams consisting of Category, engineering, quality & manufacturing to solve critical delivery problems.
• Deploying corporate supply chain initiatives rolled on time-to-time basis
• Lead proactive supplier capacity assessment and contingency planning by identifying risks as suppliers and executing plans to sustain capacity and Ramp-up plans through business reviews
• Negotiation with vendors and finalizing the buy price for direct & indirect materials
• Working closely with Global supply chain team, Commodity & India manufacturing sites to adopt best practices
• Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping
• Planning and maintaining efficient warehouse operations.
• Responsible for vendor payment by working closely with centralized AP and procurement teams
• Responsible for BCP (Business continuity plan) coordination during with global supply chain during any business interruptions
• Setting up mid-term and long-term strategy, directing various functions and providing assertive day-to-day leadership, evaluating companys operations & business practices, eliminating non-value-added activities
• Drive and motivate team of planning, procurement & warehouse towards common goal

Purpose

Customer delight by exceeding customer expectation

-Always connected to results continuously

-Keep learning to upgrade myself on new industry practices,

- Create values in automating manual processes, time consuming tasks, strengthening supply chain processes

Timely procurement of materials to ensure min 80% of material coverage by 20th of every month for consecutive months at an optimal cost

Drive improvements in Supply chain procurement area through process improvements, Cost reduction initiatives, simplifying time consuming tasks

Establish standard reporting process with SCM dashboard to monitor departmental objectives on a daily, weekly and monthly basis

Self-learn to enhance current industry practices in supply chain to stay updated

Develop backup of self to enable to take larger responsibility and prepare myself for new challenges