Job Description:

Position: Procurement Head

Location: Vapi

Experience: 20 - 26 Years

Industries: Engineering

Responsibilities:
- Regional Purchasing Strategy
- Develop and implement procurement strategies aligned with global business objectives, growth plans, and cost benchmarks.
- Translate category strategies into executable roadmaps while ensuring alignment with global corporate governance.
- Lead procurement support for Recent Product Introduction (NPI) and platform products across regions.
- Category & Commodity Management
- Oversee sourcing of direct materials such as sheet metal, plastics, electronics, motors, wiring harnesses, and critical bought-out components.
- Ensure harmonization of specifications, supplier platforms, and sourcing synergies.
- Drive global leverage while balancing regional localization requirements.
- Cost Leadership & Value Engineering
- Deliver YOY cost reduction targets through strategic sourcing, should-cost modelling, VA/VE, and driving design-to-cost initiatives.
- Actively manage exposure to raw material, FX,



and logistics volatility in coordination with global teams.
- Build robust cost transparency and benchmarking mechanisms.
- Supplier Management & Risk Mitigation
- Build and manage a resilient global supplier ecosystem ensuring quality, capacity, compliance, and business continuity.
- Lead supplier development programs in emerging and low-cost countries.
- Proactively identify and mitigate geopolitical, supply chain, and operational risks.
- Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with global category leaders, regional procurement heads, manufacturing plants, engineering centres, and finance teams.
- Represent regional procurement interests in global governance forums and decision bodies.
- Influence without direct authority on other departments for better decisions
- Compliance, Ethics & ESG
- Ensure adherence to global procurement policies, ethical standards, trade compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Drive ESG goals

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