Role & responsibilities

18-20 years of professional experience in Supplier Management (Preferably in a Multinational Company with Global sourcing experience for min 5-8 years)

20-22 years professional experience in Purchasing , Working experience in European MNC ( must ) with Global sourcing leadership role for 3- 5 years. Mindset , understanding and experience in managing EU/ USA/Asian customer's expectaions.

- Global Sourcing from SEA & India within cost reduction targets
- All Global parts localisation projects timeline adherence
- GSO expense control , monthly Business Case and MIS update.
- Training & Development of the Team
- Implementing standard operating procedures
- seeking Global support and providing support to team
- Quality focus for Recall avoidance

Preferred candidate profile

Strategic planning

Evaluation & selection of vendors as per KB Global guidelines

Driving Global Sourcing New Part Development to complete as per time line

Ensuring supply to different global locations as per projections to meet target of Annual Purchase/savings Value.

Team building, Team development and personalised coaching by identifying the gaps

Negotiation, Commercial Settlement, Long Term Contracts with suppliers.

Supplier Relation Improvement, support in suppliers quality and delivery performance improvement

Completion of PPAP for New Part Development

Strategic Planning and supplier upgradation

Align and take support from Global category and GSO coordinator in Europe/Asia/USA MATERIAL COST WITHIN Target To monitor price,



Product costing,To put forward new ideas to reduce cost NEW PART DEVELOPMENT To select suppliers,To negotiate price, To monitor project timeline, To monitor project costs, To meet time deadlines for product development, IN ORDER TO develop recent products for exports with current suppliers ensure RAMP UP PART PRODUCTION AT SUPPLIER END TO AVOID SHORTAGES GLOBALLY. Align/with Local CVS Purchasing team for such cases To ensure supplier capacity as per requirement,To communicate to suppliers on KB long term planning. INTERDEPARTMENT & GLOBAL TEAM COORDINATION To interact with various departments locally and Globally for ensuring timely product development, Testing & Validation and logistics for timely exports as per the schedules.

Closely coordinate with the GSO support Managers at Europe/Asia/USA ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT To define the and number of people required based on the growth plans To select people based on interview and recommendation with Global support To assess skill gap of team members & impart training and counselling To review their performance and give feedback and prepare development plan To foster a culture of team working across functions To communicate to team on long term business plans of the company

Leadership- and Change Management-Skills Assertiveness, Time & resources management Teambuilding Skills Communication-/ Inspiration- and Motivation skills Intercultural and Interpersonal Competence

Positive attitude , highly energetic and passionate negotiator Task master with appropriate leadership style High commitment level Srtuctured working style Strong Relations Management with suppliers

📌 Global Sourcing Head - SEA and India (Pune)
🏢 Ad Astra Consultants
📍 Pune