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 new 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, Setting 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 (CBDs )
- 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 f

📌 Interior Commodity (Pune)
🏢 Skoda
📍 Pune