The Indirect Procurement Lead is responsible to manage their supplier commodity panel with a solid financial QCD performance orientation
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop the regional panel under their responsibility, enforcing group and local conditions as required.
- Develop and present the short/medium/long-term action plan for their commodity that meets the objectives of the Industry Procurement performance strategy.
- Provide market data on their category.
- Act as the global reference for the Sector on their categories.
- Participate actively in the budget preparation of their commodity savings performance.
- Participate actively in the LTP (Long-Term Plan) and budget preparation for the local procurement head.
- Review supplier performance monitoring (scorecard, escalations, panel inputs/outputs).
- Develop and maintain relationships with key panel suppliers, and develop John Cockerill C-Levels associated at suppliers.
- Lead and propose cost optimization actions.
- Manage the associated negotiations and lead the Sourcing coordination.




- Develop savings actions roadmap for the panel under their responsibility and share/support the Lead Buyers community associated on savings actions.
- Animate the Lead Buyers community associated on their categories and projects.
- Manage annual and globalization negotiations.
- Finalize the project buyer's negotiation (level 2) when needed.
- Provide project buyers with a structured panel for the Indirect category.
- Support management of series crisis actions (supply of product, quality issues, etc.).
- Ensure the conformity/validity of purchasing data recorded in ERP and reported in iValua.
- Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Master's in Business and/or Engineering with emphasis or experience in Procurement or equivalent.
- Experience: 10-12 years of procurement experience in the Indirect category.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Must be ab

📌 Assistant Chief Manager/Chief Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 John Cockerill
📍 Mumbai