Role & responsibilities

The position is accountable for:

To ensure timely availability of engineering spares, effective inventory control, and cost optimization while supporting uninterrupted plant operations.

Procurement & PR Management

- Create Purchase Requisitions (PR) within 2 days from receipt of approved mail/request.
- Ensure smooth conversion from PR to PO with continuous follow-up with procurement
- Coordinate with CFT (Procurement & Finance) to resolve any ambiguity related to payment etc

Purchase order tracking

- Track all POs from release until material receipt in stores, coordinate with vendors, purchase team, and internal stakeholders to avoid delays.
- Share weekly PO status reports highlighting:

1. Pending PRs

2. Open POs

3. Delayed supplies

Inventory Control (ROL/ROQ Management)

- Maintain ROL (Reorder Level) / ROQ (Reorder Quantity) compliance

- Ensure critical spares availability for key lines:

Share:

- Weekly availability status for critical lines

- Monthly inventory report for other lines

- Slow moving spares to be identified and write off proposal for Inventory variance reduction.





Budget Monitoring & Control

- Monitor M&R; (Maintenance & Repair) budget consumption.

- Track monthly spend vs budget and highlight deviations.

- Share monthly budget tracking report with corrective actions

SAP & Documentation

- Ensure accurate and timely transactions in SAP:
- PR creation
- GRN posting
- Stock updates

- Maintain proper documentation for audit compliance.

Cost Optimization

- Identify high consumption spares and analyse usage trends.
- Initiate cost-saving projects through:
- Alternate sourcing
- Standardization
- Repair vs replacement decisions

- Track and report savings monthly.

Stores Management & 5S

- Implement and sustain 5S practices in engineering stores:
- Proper binning, labelling, and identification
- Clean and organized storage system

- Ensure easy traceability and quick retrieval of spares
- E waste and waste oil management.

Preferred candidate profile

B.E/ B.Tech preferably Mechanical Engineering

📌 Executive - Engineering Store (Chennai)
🏢 Perfetti Van Melle
📍 Chennai