Manager - Purchase
Saint-Gobain Group in India
Date: 1 day ago
City: Nagpur, Maharashtra
Contract type: Full time
Job Title & Purpose: Purchase Manager – Nagpur
Responsibilities
Category managers / Operation Head/ Department HoDs & Team members/ Process department/ R&D members/ HR, Admin/ Finance/Payables/ Project team/ EHS.
Candidate Requirements
Responsibilities
- Category Management:
- Developing & executing purchasing strategies for the categories handled across the abrasive business in line with business direction/ visions, with clear focus towards supply de-risking, cost reduction and value enhancement.
- Lead and implement regional or global projects/ initiatives to support savings delivery or risk mitigation. Closely work with finance representatives to understand product costing, budgeting and savings implications for category sourcing initiatives.
- Framework on Supply Chain Resilience: to be designed across the category with defined strategies for execution.
- WC management: Focusing on establishing the best payment terms for effective working capital management. Driving projects on VMI for inventory control & Vendor financing model for payment term management.
- Forecasting on inflations/ deflations for upcoming months and advising management in advance for any cost correction.
- Cost Management:
- Cost will be a key parameter & candidate shall be looking for every available opportunity to minimize /optimize the cost spent to secure the quality goods/ services.
- Deliver YoY savings & cost avoidances as per the targets defined by the company/ management.
- Work closely with the stakeholders’/ end users to identity opportunity by working collaboratively & bringing alternative approach to minimize cost at every level.
- Market Due Diligence:
- Drive detailed market research& study on the different driving forces of the industry/ category (including primary & secondary research).
- Evaluating supplier’s core competencies and competitive positioning using various sourcing models and benchmarking techniques.
- Gaining Market Intelligence and using the same in formulating purchasing strategies.
- Competitor’s sourcing analysis and Import data analysis – for making decisions towards the sourcing pattern or identification of sources.
- Sourcing/ Procurement:
- Identifying and developing potential new suppliers, which would strategically benefit the value chain.
- Lead strategic relationships with critical suppliers providing secure and cost-effective sources for relevant commodities
- Manage & execute sourcing activities: Floating of RFX, commercial evaluation, reviewing the technical evaluation, negotiations, management approval and contract finalization.
- Market data related to price & index movement of raw materials/ logistics to be studied and decisions to be taken on sourcing patterns.
- Contract Management:
- Price finalization for long term and contract establishment & dissemination of quarterly/ half-yearly/ yearly purchase strategy (SOB, Supplier preference etc.,).
- Negotiation: Negotiates the contracts with suppliers that secure favorable terms for purchasing of goods and services contracts in line with the agreed business requirements.
- Establishing Outline agreement in SAP for the categories for a longer fixed period
- Supplier Relationship Management:
- Approved supplier list: Manage the supply base for the categories within scope through a robust performance management process.
- Supplier Evaluation & rating:Periodic evaluation of supplier’s performance followed by Supplier ratings.Review and rating to be completed for Strategic & Critical suppliers in every six months’ period.
- Risk Mitigation Plan: Lead development and implementation of global / regional Risk Mitigation strategies to ensure security of supply.
- Compliance:
- Implement GNO’s Central Procurement & Purchase processes, guidelines, strategies locally and ensure compliance.
- Operational Performance/ Service Delivery:
- Ensure the day-to-day Purchase activities of Indirect Items (Services, MRO, Consumables, Tooling & Capex) are performed in compliance to the standards and performance measure set in as per the purchase policy/SOP.
- Ensuring effective utilization of E-tools for leveraging the negotiation and compliance of procurement process.
- Stakeholder Management:
- Building strong relationships with key stakeholders (internal & external) for managing expectations and improving cooperation across organization and the business.
Category managers / Operation Head/ Department HoDs & Team members/ Process department/ R&D members/ HR, Admin/ Finance/Payables/ Project team/ EHS.
Candidate Requirements
- Educational requirements: Engineer
- Technical Knowledge / Experience:
- 7-10 years of experience in Raw material sourcing or purchasing from Manufacturing industry.
- Working Knowledge of MM Module in SAP System
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