Indirect purchasing

About Company:

It is an Indian tractor major incorporated in 1960 at Chennai, India, with an annual turnover in excess of INR 16,000 crores. One of the largest tractor manufacturers in the world and the second largest in India by volumes, Company sells over 180,000 tractors annually.

An Ideal Candidate:

The ideal candidate will have/be :

Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or Business.

Nice to have: Professional Purchasing Qualification

CIPET qualification is an added advantage

Experience :

o  Minimum 1 years experience in an industrial environment particularly in Tier 1 Automotive interiors company

Nice to have:

·      First experience in purchasing or in program management

·      Experience including an international assignment would be an advantage

Key Competencies:

o  Ensure supplier selection from the agreed supplier panel: identify and consult suppliers, manages supplier RFQ based on panel given by the Commodity Buyers. Negotiate or participate with the Commodity Buyer in supplier negotiations and the final choice of supplier (leads sourcing committee process to select suppliers from list provided by commodity buyers)

o  Follow direct performance during the program phase: manage suppliers, compare costs with objectives, ensure quality during the program phase, respect delivery deadlines and in particular ensure that the program phase reviews are supported within the framework of the Faurecia Program Management System (PMS)

o  Ensure early involvement of the Series Buyers in the program before the series phase

o  Manage specific mandated suppliers when requested and agreed with customers

o  Negotiate Engineering Change Requests

o  Acts as single point of purchasing contact for program management.

o  Program Lead for sourcing board and to confirm final sourcing with commodity buyers (including directed parts)

o  Lead supplier program kick‐off meetings with critical suppliers as required.

o  Respond to IBP changes and updating CSV

o  Kick‐off tooling w/appropriate program and gate approvals

o  Kick‐off purchased parts w/appropriate program and gate approvals (where no tooling is involved)

o  Support SPE on Hi Impact Suppliers.

o  Manage Supplier Launch Readiness & Program Milestones.