Position Description:

This position is responsible for sourcing of Bumper, Paints, Process Materials, cost estimation, capacity planning, evaluate engineering change request, release of contracts, releasing Purchase Orders (Tooling & Components), part development and tooling development tracking. Ensure execution of activities as per group purchasing processes.

Position Description:

Ensure capacity planning in order to achieve production targets for respective responsible parts
Series price settlements / claim settlements / Force-majeure
Yearly price negotiations to achieve cost reduction targets as per agreed Business Plan.
Annual purchase order release / contracts
Facilitate supplier related escalations topics (R&D; , Logistics ,Quality and related functions)
Scout for recent potential suppliers and bring them on board with handholding
Explore new technologies, alternate raw material , Value Engg. proposals for cost reduction (FMK , Q –gene , P-gene , complexity reduction )
Do global sourcing and evaluate saving potentials for material cost reduction




Monitor raw material & Forex trends
Annual asset verification for tooling at suppliers end
QMS / EMS : Provide necessary support for the implementation / sustenance of Quality, Energy, Environment and Information Security Management Systems within the Commodity.

Sourcing Activities:

Supplier identification and preparation of bidder list
Registration of suppliers on Group purchase platform
Gather inputs for releasing enquiry , Create and Release RFQs in system
Follow-up offers from bidder, check completeness of offers (CBD’s )
Request for Targets for part price and investments.
Do a plausibility check of offers based on cost estimation
Price negotiation and get final offers from suppliers.
Facilitate and ensure technical review , QTR , quality and R&D; audits
Preparation of cost comparison based on agreed technical proposals
Gather Market information / Group benchmark overview for the parts under sourcing
Prepare sourc

📌 Interior Commodity (Pune)
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