Function Leader - Procurement (Purchase)

Ahmedabad, INDIA | Position Code: 1214AF

About the Role:
We are looking for a Function Leader - Procurement (Purchase), who thrives in a high performance and fast paced technical environment. Being a key member of the organisational leadership team, you will be responsible for delivering Procurement function goals & objectives aligned to organisation strategy.
What you'll deliver:

- Align function's spend and output to organization's financial goals

- Develop plans for all teams to ensure on-time delivery, within budget

- Evaluate functional work progress against the plan and make required course corrections

- Organise teams through different work shifts & support customers across time zones

- Compliance to company code of conduct in all purchase & store activities and immediately report non-compliance

- Develop and Implement Purchase and store processes for consumable, capital goods and services

- Develop and Implement "Request for Quotation" "Request for Proposal" documentation

- Develop and Implement supplier selection, competitive bidding & offer evaluation process

- Develop and Implement supply continuity risk mitigation framework

- Develop and Implement goods receipt, store and inventory management framework

- Develop and Implement Supplier compliance with statutory and customer requirements

- Optimise inventory and spend with demand forecast

- Develop and Implement, Purchase orders, purchase agreements and rate contracts frameworks

- Work with Supply Chain and Finance function to fulfil organisation needs and swift payments

- Lead swift resolution of non-conformance to minimise impact on project objectives





- Nurture quality mindset in your teams to deliver 'right first time' & 'on time in full'

- Define function goals, objectives & budget aligned to organisation strategy

- Develop, improve and implement standard operating procedures (SOP) and best practices

- Design and develop function's performance and improvement processes

- Embed lean & 5S visual work environment principles in processes

- Develop KPI structure to accurately measure function goals and objectives

- Conduct internal audit regularly, evaluate KPI trend and implement required corrections

- Recruit, induct, nurture & grow teams aligned to organisation development roadmap

- Develop learning material & organise discussion forums

- Organise structured learning programs and conduct skills & knowledge & competency assessments

- Propel higher performance and economic growth of your teams

What you'll need:

- Passion for our Vision: Transform Manufacturing

- 10+ years of total working experience in related domain, of which 2+ years in leadership

- In-depth domain knowledge & competency gained at an education institution or self-learnt

- Development Knowledge & Competency of purchase & store organisation with P&L; responsibilities

- Development Knowledge & Competency of purchase terms and conditions, bidding process & contracts





- Excellent analytical and negotiation skills in order to get the best price and value products and services

- In depth Understanding & Competency of application taxes, customs duty & statutory compliances

- Development Knowledge & Competency of high verity low volume store & inventory management

- Deep understanding & competency of quality management systems and ISO9001/AS9100 standards

- Development knowledge & competency of lean & six sigma principles

- Deep understanding & competency of engineering fundamentals and development of emerging technologies

- Deep understanding & competency of risk identification, risk management and the design of mitigation actions

- Flexibility to go beyond normal work hours in time of need and support other functions

Must have:

- Exemplary conduct to earn trust and positively engage with cross functional teams

- Respectful behaviour and willingness to adapt company code of conduct

- Leadership quality to create positive environment for teams to do their best work and grow

- Initiative and courage to explore recent ideas and learn from the mistakes

- Perfectionist approach and meticulous to the finest detail in everything that you do

- Clear and concise written & verbal English language communication as well as presentation skills

- Prompt and on-time communication of operational matters

- High proficiency in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams of other MS Office software

- Readiness work in different shifts as well as support customers in different time zone

Nice to have:

- Experience in Engineering Purchase and Supply chain

- Experience of working with leading ERP software like - Epicor / SAP / NetSuite

- Great sense of humour

📌 Function Leader-Procurement_Purchase (Ahmedabad)
🏢 jaivel
📍 Ahmedabad