Team Lead - SCM

Title: Team Member / Team Lead - SCM

Reporting to: Team Lead - SCM

Position Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Job Description:

Purpose of the Role:

To identify, evaluate, and engage with suitable vendors for mechanical/electrical bought-out items by assessing their products and services, negotiating commercial terms, and addressing product- and service-related requirements to ensure cost-effective, quality-driven, and reliable procurement.

Roles & Accountabilities:

• Identify potential vendors for new parts development based on cost comparison sheet
• Prepare Service level agreement with vendors based on our requirements
• Addition of new vendors in our supplier master after getting necessary approvals
• Collecting order acknowledgement from suppliers and update in system
• Manage all communication for new parts purchase orders with vendors and analyse all communication for same and resolve all purchase issues and coordinate with accounts payable department to process all invoices
• Analyse all capacity associate issues and resolve same for all special projects and review all vendor quotations with help of purchasing techniques and organize all procurement activities.
• Participate in building strong professional relationships with vendors to reduce overall material costs, enhance terms of association (credit period, delivery lead times, quantitative discounts, improved quality) and secure long-term interests of the company
• Check the supplier performance initially and give guidance to suppliers to meet our requirements
• Conduct commercial negotiation with identified vendors/suppliers for major/ critical procurement to ensure the best possible terms of sourcing for the organization
• Develop strategies to make sure that cost savings and supplier performance targets are met - or exceeded
• Update internal databases with order details (dates, vendors, quantities, discounts)
• Evaluate offers from vendors and negotiate better prices
• Maintain updated records of invoices and contracts
• Cooperate with MIN quality to ensure all products arrive in good condition

Coordinates with logistics team for material collection.