Project Specialist Location: India Ref: REF1443F Job Function: Project Management Company Description John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies. We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards. John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. Job Description Supports strategic projects on project documentation and manages cross-functional team transactions. Preparation of technical documentation like API data sheets, spares registers, manufacturing data books, vendor document registers Act as back-up for project delivery engineers, manages execution of small orders independently Reviews drawings and prepare comment resolution sheets, API seal data sheets Receives, catalogues and stores hard copies and electronic copies of all technical drawings, reports and related information in an orderly manner, in line with policies and procedures. Allocates and controls the document numbering system for the project work. Supports SAP activities like quotation creation, material master creation requests and order status reviews. Works with precision to ensure that all electronic and hard copy filing is accurate and is easily retrievable To ensure the quality and accuracy of overall project documentation. Control and record all documentation transmittals using appropriate tools and processes. Monitor the document/drawing approval cycle to ensure approvals as per the project schedule. Facilitate effective communication mechanisms among cross-functional team members. Contribute to the continuous improvement of the John Crane Project Management framework. To ensure that documents of external origin, especially supplier documents, are identified; their distribution controlled to prevent the unintended use of obsolete documents To review and raise requests for updating documents and drawings with concerned departments Qualifications Diploma with 4-5 Years Exp or BE With 3-4 Years experience. Relevant experience in project documentation, order execution, supply chain or similar roles. Experience in manufacturing, customer service or quality department with vendor documents/inspections is an advantage Good with MS Office especially MS Excel

Purchasing Service Centre Lead Location: India Ref: REF2014M Job Function: Purchasing Company Description John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies. We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards. John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. Job Description Duties and Responsibilities: Coach, lead and develop diverse talent to build a high-performance purchasing team through adherence to Standard Work - demonstrate commitment to this environment through their own Leadership Standard Work while fostering an inclusive culture. Align suppliers to the requirements of purchase order product specifications and delivery terms. Ensure production or sales & aftermarket operations for the regions in the PSC portfolio can be executed as planned through effective purchasing while contributing to working capital improvement (inventory, payment terms). Deliver best value to Smiths through the management of costs and the execution of category strategy in transactional purchasing. Structure the team to make best use of available resource and provide the required operational service. Demonstrate awareness of overall business strategy and actively seek to contribute towards its achievement. Manage daily tasks, issues and priorities on a self-directed basis, escalating to procurement leadership as appropriate. PR to PO Turnaround Purchase order ageing MRP exception msg status Purchase order acknowledgements obtained PPV VMI availability Invoice hold value Spend under Pull Replenishment Supplier OTD Lead time accuracy Supplier count Cost avoidance PO volumes (spend and line count) Qualifications Skills and Experience: Experience of leading and building diverse teams both directly and remotely (min. 10+ years), Professional certification in Procurement or Supply Chain Management - i.e APICS, CPIM, CIPS and/or suitable tertiary qualification (Bachelors) and/or demonstrable success in a similar role; Strong analytical capability and ability to formulate plans from data; Lean problem-solving skills - root cause analysis methodologies, i.e. A3; Strong IT system skills; MS packages, Power BI Knowledge of production planning/scheduling and manufacturing operations; Knowledge of supply contracts and applicable terms for operational purchasing: consignment, warehousing/stockholding, VMI programs, bailment; Understanding of Category Management approaches and tools; Understanding of corporate governance requirements in the context of purchasing operations, supplier onboarding/management and the P2P cycle. English fluency (written and spoken)