Senior Purchase Manager - Wiring Harness

Role Objective:

The person will be responsible for managing end-to-end Purchase & Supplier Management activities for both plants, ensuring uninterrupted availability of wiring harness components & controlling commercial/cost-related aspects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage procurement of complete wiring harness components
• Ensure 100% material availability as per customer production schedules and internal production plans.
• Strong experience in handling supplier shortages, line-stop risks, emergency requirements and recovery plans.
• Daily monitoring of critical shortages & coordination with suppliers for immediate recovery.
• Supplier development, evaluation & performance improvement.
• Develop alternate suppliers / sources for critical harness components.
• Negotiate price, MOQ, lead time, payment terms and commercial conditions with suppliers.
• Drive cost reduction, VA/VE, localization and productivity improvement initiatives.
• Monitor supplier capacity, tooling availability, lead time, inventory & delivery performance.
• Coordinate with PPC, Engineering, Quality, Stores, Production and Logistics for material planning and availability.
• Support new product development, new supplier development and new project sourcing activities.
• Experience in managing engineering changes, BOM changes, new part development and supplier readiness.
• Coordinate with suppliers for PPAP/APQP requirements, sample development and approval in coordination with Quality/Engineering.
• Strong understanding of automotive customer requirements and production schedules.
• Handle critical customer escalations related to material shortages and supplier delivery failures.
• Prepare and review supplier MIS, shortage reports, delivery performance and recovery plans.
• Lead supplier meetings and ensure closure of pending commercial and supply-related actions.