Roles & Responsibilities:
Procurement Manager cum SCMT extile Machinery Manufacturing

CompanyPosition Summary

The Procurement Manager cum SCM is responsible for end-to-end supply chain management — from strategic sourcing and procurement planning to vendor development, inventory control, and logistics — covering sheet metal, pneumatics, electrical drives, and consumables required for textile machine manufacturing. The role ensures material availability aligned with production schedules while driving cost optimization, supplier quality, and process efficiency across the supply chain.

Key Roles & Responsibilities
1. Procurement Planning & Strategy
- Develop annual/quarterly procurement plans aligned with production schedules, sales forecasts, and current machine development timelines.
- Analyze BOM (Bill of Materials) requirements across machine models to plan category-wise sourcing strategy.
- Define make-vs-buy decisions in coordination with production and design/engineering teams.
- Set procurement budgets and monitor spend against targets across all material categories.




- Build a rolling material requirement plan (MRP) to avoid production stoppages and excess inventory.

2. Category-Wise Procurement

Sheet Metal & Fabrication
- Source MS/SS sheets, coils, plates, tubes, pipes, and solid rods of required grades and thickness.
- Manage vendor network for laser cutting, bending, welding, and fabrication job work.
- Track steel/metal market price trends to plan procurement timing (spot buy vs. forward contracts).
- Coordinate quality checks and dimensional accuracy with QA for fabricated parts.

Pneumatics
- Procure pneumatic cylinders, solenoid valves, FRL units, fittings, tubing, and accessories from OEMs (Festo, SMC, Janatics, etc.) or approved equivalents.
- Ensure technical compatibility with machine design specifications and standardize components where possible to reduce variety and cost.
- Maintain relationships with authorized distributors for faster lead time

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