Job Responsibilities:

1. Overall Responsibility:

- Overall responsibility for Purchasing and Cost Estimating activities across the business.
- Create and implement best practice purchasing vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve business performance.
- Ensure purchasing strategies align with business objectives, operational needs, and market competitiveness.
- Manage supplier selection and evaluation processes, including terms and conditions, supplier rationalization, and supply chain solutions.
- Mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities through proactive evaluation of business challenges.
- Contribute to the overall business strategy and annual budget process.
- Take ownership of purchasing policy, guidelines, and associated documents.
- Initiate and innovate procurement processes, including eProcurement.

Purchasing and Supply Chain Strategy:

- Develop and implement procurement and supply chain strategies, policies, and procedures.
- Focus on direct materials categories (Stamping, Forging, Machining, Sheet Metal) at a corporate level.
- Negotiate and manage strategic contracts and supplier relationships effectively.
- Drive initiatives to enhance procurement efficiency, effectiveness, and user experience.
- Manage day-to-day procurement operations and resources to execute the Procurement Strategy.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to achieve cost savings and budget targets.




- Ensure compliance with financial and purchasing regulations.
- Collaborate across the supplier network to optimize value for money.
- Champion sustainable procurement practices aligned with the company's strategic goals.

Competencies:

Technical

- Have considerable knowledge of commodity purchasing, methods of analyzing suppliers & material, contract language, compliance requirements, and financial risk.
- Can develop & execute business continuity/strategic plans to provide direction toward the achievement of financial targets
- Have a track record of exceptional collaborative relationships with suppliers, contractors and colleagues.

Behavioral

- Exposure to various experiences (different companies, different positions, international experience) is very much appreciated
- Leadership Ability
- Competence in conflict and crisis management
- Open minded, creative, transparent
- Able to foresee problems & raise alarm to management in case schedule is getting extended due to unforeseen circumstances.
- Able to articulate the problems and solutions across to team members.
- Self-motivated, agile, team leader
- Result oriented, effective and efficient
- Can withstand stress and high workload
- Negotiation and Influencing Abilities
- Risk management.
- Communications skills.
- Commercial acumen
- Contracting Skills
- Analytical & problem-solving skills.

📌 Procurement Manager (Kolkata)
🏢 Texmaco Nymwag Rail u0026 Components Private
📍 Kolkata