Manager Direct Sourcing (Commodity Operations) Location Bangalore, India

Job Summary

Lead a team supporting Direct Commodity sourcing activities, improve process effectiveness, drive stakeholder satisfaction, and enable scalable CoE support for global sourcing organizations.

Lead daily operations, review sourcing support requests, manage team workload, engage stakeholders, track KPI performance, support NPI and Should Cost initiatives, drive process improvements, and participate in governance reviews.

Roles and Responsibilities
Lead and develop a team of sourcing and procurement analysts
Support Direct Commodity sourcing operations and strategic initiatives
Coordinate RFQ activities, supplier communications, and sourcing events
Support NPI sourcing activities and stakeholder requirements
Support Should Cost analysis and sourcing analytics
Manage stakeholder escalations and service delivery performance
Drive SLA/KPI management and reporting
Identify automation and process improvement prospects
Collaborate with global teams across multiple regions and time zones
Support governance reviews, audits, and compliance requirements

Basic Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Procurement,



or related field.
Minimum 10 - 15 years of experience in procurement, sourcing operations, supply chain, or shared services.
Minimum 3 years of people leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications
Direct Commodity sourcing experience, NPI exposure, Should Cost methodology exposure, global shared services experience, Lean/Six Sigma certification, and experience supporting manufacturing organizations.

Systems Tools
SAP, Oracle, Ariba, Coupa, JDE, Power BI, Excel, and other procurement and ERP platforms.

Key Skills Competencies
Team Leadership
Stakeholder Management
Direct Commodity Procurement
Strategic Sourcing Support
Supplier Management
NPI Process
Should Cost Analysis
Continuous Improvement
Analytics

Working Conditions
Support EU time zone 11:00 AM IST 08:00PM IST
Global coordination, standard business hours, high-volume transactional setting

Success Measures
Stakeholder Satisfaction
SLA Achievement
Productivity Improvements
Quality Compliance Metrics
Team Development
Standardization Initiatives
Automation Adoption
CoE Value Delivery

📌 Manager Direct Sourcing Commodity Operations Bengaluru
🏢 Wabtec
📍 Bengaluru