Experience: 10–15 Years Designation: Sr.

Manager (Direct Procurement) Role Overview Looking for an experienced Direct Procurement professional to manage strategic sourcing of mechanical commodities, with end-to-end ownership of annual procurement spend, supplier strategy, cost optimization, localization, and supply continuity.

Key Responsibilities Manage significant annual procurement spend across mechanical commodities, ensuring cost competitiveness, savings delivery, and effective spend management.

Lead sourcing for Sheet Metal, Castings, Forgings, Machined Components, Fabrication, Plastics, Enclosures and Mechanical Assemblies.

Develop and execute commodity and sourcing strategies, including supplier consolidation, localization and alternate/dual sourcing.

Drive commercial negotiations, long-term agreements, cost reduction and productivity initiatives.

Strong focus on should-costing, zero-based costing, TCO, VA/VE and raw-material price analysis.





Identify, evaluate and develop suppliers based on cost, quality, capacity, technology and delivery performance.

Support NPD/NPI projects, supplier nomination, tooling development and production readiness.

Monitor supplier performance, spend, savings, risks and supply continuity.

Candidate Profile B.E./B.

Tech in Mechanical / Production / Industrial Engineering; MBA preferred. 10–15 years of Direct Procurement / Strategic Sourcing experience in industrial or manufacturing organizations.

Robust hands-on experience in mechanical commodity sourcing and high-value spend management.

Strong techno-commercial negotiation, costing, supplier development and stakeholder management skills.

Experience with SAP/ERP and global/BCR sourcing preferre

📌 Sr. Manager Direct Procurement Sourcing Management (India)
🏢 Schneider Electric
📍 India