Vendor Development Manager

Job Title: Vendor Development Manager - HOJ MaaS

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About HOJ MaaS

Manufacturing-as-a-Service (MaaS)

• 10,000+ Vendors
• 20,000+ Product Categories
• 17+ Stock Yards
• AI-driven platform for

  best price discovery, supply finance, logistics integration, project management, QC, and real-time visibility

• Our key USPs are

  Design & Build, Platform-led sourcing, and End-to-End Manufacturing & Supply Chain Execution

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Role Summary

Vendor Development Manager

pan-India ecosystem of qualified vendors and fabricators

Key Responsibilities

1. Vendor Identification & Development

• Identify, evaluate, onboard, and develop

  BOS, fabrication, machining, and electro-mechanical vendors across India

  .
• Build a national vendor base for:

• Solar BOS:

  MMS, cable trays, junction boxes, inverter skids, transformer skids, earthing structures, walkways, fencing, SCADA panels.

• Wind BOS:

  Towers, internal platforms, ladders, nacelle skids, foundation hardware, electrical BOS, heavy fabricated structures.

• Green Hydrogen BOS:

  Electrolyser skids, pressure vessels, storage tanks, piping spools, manifolds, compressor skids, cooling skids, process structures.
• Develop vendors for both

  standardized mass production and complex custom-built systems

  .

2. Vendor Audits & Capability Assessment

• Conduct

  technical, quality, safety, and commercial audits

  of fabrication and BOS manufacturing units.
• Evaluate plant & machinery, CNC and heavy fabrication capability, welding qualifications (WPS/PQR), galvanizing/painting, NDT/testing facilities, and production capacity.
• Maintain

  vendor qualification scorecards and approval matrices

  .

3. Quality Control & Compliance

• Establish and enforce

  vendor QC frameworks

  for renewable and green hydrogen BOS.
• Ensure compliance with

  ISO 9001/14001/45001, ASME/API, and EPC/client specifications

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• Implement

  incoming, in-process, FAT, and final inspection systems

  .

4. Technical & BOS Evaluation

• Review

  BOMs, GA drawings, fabrication drawings, P&IDs, and layouts

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• Support

  design-to-manufacturing validation and prototyping

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• Enable smooth

  engineering-to-vendor handover for production

  .

5. Cost Benchmarking & Best Price Discovery

• Lead

  pan-India price benchmarking

  for BOS and fabrication.
• Support the

  AI-driven best price discovery platform

  with validated cost data.
• Build

  multi-vendor sourcing strategies

  to optimize cost, lead time, and supply risk.

6. Strategic Vendor Partnerships

• Build and manage

  long-term strategic vendor partnerships

  .
• Support

  GW-scale solar, wind, and hydrogen projects

  .
• Coordinate with

  Procurement, Projects, Engineering, QC, and Logistics teams

  .

Mandatory Candidate Requirements

• 7-10 years in

  Vendor Development / BOS Sourcing / Fabrication Supply Chain

  .

• Strong hands-on understanding of BOS

  for

  Solar, Wind & Green Hydrogen

  .
• Proven experience in

  developing fabricators across India

  .
• Deep knowledge of

  steel fabrication plant & machinery, welding, machining, galvanizing, painting

  .
• Strong exposure to

  EPC / OEM / Heavy Engineering / Renewable Manufacturing

  .
• Excellent understanding of

  QC systems, inspection protocols, and documentation

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• Willingness for

  extensive pan-India travel

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Preferred Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in

  Mechanical / Production / Industrial Engineering

  .
• Experience with:
• Solar MMS manufacturers
• Wind tower or heavy engineering companies
• Green hydrogen / electrolyser OEMs or EPCs
• Exposure to

  ERP, digital sourcing platforms, and supply chain analytics

  .

Key Skills

Vendor Development | BOS Engineering | Fabrication Process Engineering | Supplier Audits | Cost Benchmarking | Quality Systems | Negotiation | Strategic Sourcing | Project Coordination

Why Join HOJ MaaS

• Lead the creation of

  India’s largest CleanTech BOS & fabrication vendor ecosystem

  .
• Work directly with

  Head of Operations

  on national-scale execution.
• Exposure to

  GW-scale Solar, Wind & Green Hydrogen projects

  .
• Platform-led, high-growth leadership opportunity.