Sr Engineer/ Assistant Manager Commodity

Job Summary

This role will be responsible for managing & developing the Investment castings & machining Stamping commodities for MSOL India and globally sites. The job scope includes setting commodity strategies; collaborate with global Supplier base on Quality, Speed, Cost and Risks mitigation to support factories' book-build-ship/ customers' demand requirements. This includes regional supplier sourcing, development, contracting, DPO & cost negotiations. The role requires alignment with key Design, Operations stakeholders, and the Global Commodity team in terms of purchasing & risk mitigation strategies, policies, and tactics to achieve objective. Key objectives are to add value to the company through managing risks, cost, speed & performance aspects of our global suppliers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Identify, develop new, key global casting and machining and other commodity suppliers in India.
• Provides regionalization & risk mitigation, sourcing input to ensure surety of material supplies.
• Actively pursuing strategies
• Active pursuit on Cost Savings via Negotiation, Consolidation & Leverage and E-sourcing tools with Key Global Supply Chain Strategic goals in mind.
• Driving Global Supply Chain matrices including quality, speed, cost.
• Achieves supplier quality, delivery, lead time and cost performance goals on key commodities for new and existing product programs.
• Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to support business and operational requirements.
• Drive supplier capability improvements in quality, delivery, capacity, and cost competitiveness.
• Supports in resolving supplier's supply chain related problems and improve supplier manufacturing and business processes.
• Identifies, researches and implements new materials and manufacturing technologies to improve the company's competitive position.
• Lead Supplier development and align with key internal/ Global stakeholders.
• Participates, as assigned, and supports division/ corporate programs including NMI, DPO, Best Cost Country sourcing, Direct Buy initiatives, Reverse Auctions, Corporate negotiations, Inflation Model, Parts Analysis & Contract management etc.
• Supports world area sites by providing, as required, pricing data, lead-times, samples, catalogues, new designs and market trends.
• Confers with Quality Assurance, Development Engineering and Marketing to clarify specifications and assure an accurate understanding of project requirements.
• Establishes and maintains rapport with critical suppliers to assure a high level of focus on total quality and cost effectiveness.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to understand business priorities and drive key improvement matrices.
• Participates in key projects/ initiatives to drive opportunities for improvement across the Supply Chain.
• Plans and conduct regular business reviews with Key Suppliers to ensure aligned goals & business directions.
• Provides management with regular recommendations/ updates on commodity matrices performance & related commodity strategies moving forward.
• Assists tactical buyers with problem resolution and provides procedural guidance.

Who You Are:

You build strong partnerships and align stakeholders toward common objectives. You are proactive in identifying opportunities and addressing challenges. You make informed decisions based on data and business insights while balancing risk and business priorities. You effectively influence others and drive results through collaboration and strong execution.