Roles & Responsbilities:
Develop alternate sources for critical materials.
Strengthen supplier relationships while maintaining commercial discipline
Negotiate prices, payment terms, lead times and other commercial conditions.
Drive year-on-year cost reduction initiatives.
Conduct price benchmarking and should-cost analysis where applicable.
Negotiate annual price agreements and productivity improvements
Control purchase price variance and identify cost-saving opportunities.
Ensure purchase decisions provide the best total cost, not merely the lowest price.
Coordinate closely with Production, PPC, Quality, Stores and Engineering.
Identify, evaluate and develop new suppliers.
Monitor supplier performance on Quality, Cost and Delivery (QCD).
Conduct regular supplier performance reviews.
Ensure suppliers adhere to committed delivery schedules.
Approve/review purchase orders as per the organization's authority matrix.
Ensure purchase orders are released on time.
Monitor open purchase orders and overdue supplies.




Follow up with suppliers for critical and shortage materials.
Ensure proper documentation and compliance with purchasing procedures.
Reduce inventory carrying cost.
Review supplier lead times, MOQ and batch sizes.
Work with SCM and Stores to improve inventory turns
Coordinate with Quality for supplier quality issues.
Ensure corrective actions are implemented by suppliers.
Support development and approval of recent suppliers.
Closely monitor quality of new and developing suppliers, particularly when production volumes are increasing.
Ensure purchasing priorities are aligned with the production plan and customer requirements.

Required Skills & Competencies
Robust negotiation and commercial skills
Good knowledge of manufacturing procurement
Solid analytical and problem-solving ability
Supplier relationship and supplier development skills
Knowledge of MRP/ERP systems
Good understanding of inventory manage

📌 Purchase Manager Talegaon Dhamdhere Pune
🏢 Shavish Group
📍 Pune