Tasks

- Sourcing, Pricing, Supplier Risk Management and Mitigation Strategies for all potential risks.
- Material Cost Control and Continuous improvement on material costs technically and strategically for ensuring the highest contribution to the company.
- Mid-Term and Long-Term Sourcing and Commodity Strategies.
- Raw Material Management and Techno-Commercially Competitive Sourcing Strategies.
- Ensure 100% Compliance of Processes and Systems

- Recent components sourcing & Resourcing
- Serial life cost reductions
- Define and Implement Commodity and Sourcing Strategies including the Alignment with TT/G and Cross Functional Stakeholders.
- Elaborate Local Sourcing Strategies for all relevant commodities considering specific regional Macroeconomic conditions.
- Setting and Execution of Annual Material Cost Reduction targets achievement. Establish the negotiation Strategies and keep up the long-term cost efficiency by generating more cost optimization ideas by involving all internal & external stakeholders (team, CFT, Suppliers, etc.,)
- “Win-Win” Should Cost Models and achievement for the respective sourcing
- Techno-commercially Competitive Sourcing for all New Products Projects (NPP) and Series Sourcing Optimization Cases (Resourcing, Multi-Sourcing, Best Cost Country Sourcing, Aftersales Parts, Change Management and Other Risk Mitigation Cases).
- Utilize Daimler Global TT/G Procurement network and find opportunities of global sourcing.
- Raw Material Planning,



negotiation and competitive buying strategies & implementation.
- Supplier Risk Management and appropriate Mitigation Strategies for long-term business resilience by meeting QCD targets.
- Financial Supplier Risk Management: Robust Fall-back strategies for financially distressed suppliers to protect short-term and long-term business goals.
- Robust Contract Managements for the respective 100% Supply Base to protect the mid-term and long-term business interests (Long Term Agreements, Supply Agreements, Framework Agreements, Development Agreements, Raw Material & FX Settlement Methodology, Volume Clauses, Warranty, Product Liability, Cyber Security & ESG Sustainability Agreements, etc.,).
- Lead Cross-Functional Supplier Evaluation Visits.
- Cooperate with internal departments and interface with suppliers for negotiation, alignment, and resolution of issues.
- Implement adequate reporting and controlling standards and present target achievement /progress to various top management forums.

Job number:

6901

Publication period:

02/24/2026 - 12/31/2030

Location:

Chennai

Organization:

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Private Limited

Job Category:

Procurement

Working hours:

Full time

To Location: Chennai, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles India Private Limited

Contact

Recruiter
Name: Bharhathi H R
Email: [email protected]

📌 Non-Mainly Manager # Proc. & NPD – Axles & Forgings (India)
🏢 Daimler Truck
📍 India