Deputy Purchase Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development
  Identify, evaluate and develop reliable suppliers for electronic components while ensuring quality, cost and delivery requirements.
• Cost Negotiation & Cost Reduction
  Lead price negotiations, benchmarking, VA/VE initiatives and cost-reduction programs to achieve annual procurement savings.
• Electronics Component Procurement
  Manage procurement of PCB/PCBA, semiconductors, sensors, connectors, ICs, electronic components and other critical materials as per BOM and production requirements.
• Supply & Inventory Management
  Ensure timely material availability by managing lead times, supplier schedules, shortages, inventory levels and delivery performance.
• Supplier Performance & Commercial Management
  Monitor supplier performance on QCD (Quality, Cost & Delivery), manage RFQs/POs, commercial terms, contracts and resolve supplier-related issues in coordination with Quality, Engineering and Production teams.

Preferred candidate profile