Key Responsibilities
1. Category Management & Strategic Sourcing
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Lead end-to-end category management and strategic procurement for capital equipment (Greenfield & Rebuild projects), MRO, and spare parts categories.
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Own the complete equipment build cycle: source individual parts, sub-assemblies, and heavy components from a global and domestic supplier base, coordinate inbound logistics, and support in-house assembly and trial runs.
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Prepare component-level budgets for recent products, conduct comprehensive market and industry research to inform category strategies, and collaborate with business area stakeholders for project estimation and cost modelling.
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Establish and maintain framework agreements, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), price benchmarking tools, and should-cost models for diverse equipment and spare parts.
2. Supplier Development, De-risking & Cost Optimization
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Identify, evaluate, and onboard strategic suppliers; assess and enhance existing supplier capacities across Quality, Delivery, and Cost (QDC) parameters.
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Drive cost-saving initiatives through competitive tendering, strategic bundling, group purchasing volumes, and alternative supplier development (e.g., building robust local/national models to mitigate foreign supply chain dependencies).
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Perform sub-assembly level risk assessments before ordering, develop secondary/alternative sources to de-risks supply chains, and maintain production continuity.
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Act as the primary commercial point of contact for key partners, managing supplier performance evaluations and sharing insights transparently across internal engineering, production, and quality teams.
3. Cross-functional Collaboration & Quality Compliance
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Partner closely with design, production, and quality assurance teams during assembly and trial phases to resolve part deviations, manage supplier claims, and ensure strict technical conformity.
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Ensure full compliance with corporate sourcing policies, internal approval workflow
📌 Manager Purchase (Kolkata)
🏢 Fives
📍 Kolkata