Senior Engineer MFG Purchasing

Job Objective

Maintain and improve the OTDIF of parts with reduction in OLR, Procurement lead time & material cost to achieve top-line and bottom-line targets

1. Primary responsibilities

• Material Procurement and Planning for Machining, Casting and Forging parts
• Tracking entire Procurement Activities from MRP run to GIN.
• Responsible to develop responsive & capable supplier base by building strong alignment with Suppliers.
• Negotiation and cost reduction by value engineering methods
• Making PO and follow up with supplier to get material in time.
• Work continuously with all stake holders like suppliers, engineering, quality, etc. to generate good pipe line of VAVE ideas
• Co-ordination with Assembly Department for resolving the day to day issues.
• Co-ordination with PPC and Design for better product procurement.
• Expected to have experience in commodities like casting , machining & plastic moulded parts
• Maintain vendor delivery performance data. Be proactive in addressing performance issues
• Supplier Capacity Planning wrt material requirement and timely escalations in case of gaps.

Functional
Core:

• Awareness of manufacturing processes for Machining ,Casting Process ,Heat Treatment, and Fabrication .Can be from a manufacturing background with hands on experience in machining and fabrication.
• Engineering terminologies & process knowledge
• Good Negotiations and Analytical skills.
• Understanding of Financial aspects/perspective to be able to discuss business with suppliers at macro level.
• Awareness of applicability of various taxations while buying from within and outside India.
• Techno commercial Knowledge of purchasing of items.
• Ability to network and have good interpersonal skills within the group company people and externally with suppliers.
• Good grasping of business model and translation into the requirements in terms of supply base.
• Operating knowledge of SAP related to purchasing.
• Operating knowledge of MS Office etc
• Purchase Planning
• Total Cost of Ownership
• Inventory Management
• Vendor Management

Internal process

• Oversee the quality requirements
• Attend the GEMBA meetings .
• Take the action and generate the reports on monthly basis as per business rule .

People development

• Transferring his Casting , Forging and Machining process knowledge to his team and develop them in respective area .

Key Result Areas

• On time delivery of Material
• Quality OLR reduction by implementing CAPA
• Cost savings
• Lead time reduction
• Inventory in terms of Days in hand
• Support the VD team in developing alternate vendors.

Education & Requirement :-

• 7 to 10 years of experience
• Strong experience in manufacturing Purchase