At Sandvik, our 14,000 brilliant people are the foundation of our success. They’ve made us a market leader – and they are the ambassadors of our brand and culture. We’re now looking to the future, and we want you to be part of our journey. Leveraging more than 160 years of engineering excellence, we help our customers optimise their comminution and material handling operations for maximum performance, safety, and efficiency.

Position: Senior Buyer Job Location: Pune (Maharashtra)

Job Synopsis:
The Senior Buyer role supports the Category Lead in delivering procurement objectives across assigned categories, ensuring continuity of supply, cost competitiveness, and supplier performance. The role acts as the primary escalation point for operational purchasing issues, manages supplier quotations and sourcing activities for new product development (NPD), leads cost reduction initiatives, and maintains accurate pricing data within the ERP system.

Job Responsibilities:
Category & Supplier Management




• Support the Category Lead in the execution of category strategies and supplier management activities.
• Act as the escalation point for category-related issues raised by the Operational Buying team.
• Work closely with suppliers to resolve supply, quality, delivery, and commercial issues.
• Monitor supplier performance and support continuous improvement initiatives.

RFQ & Sourcing Activities
• Support the Category Lead in the preparation, issue, evaluation, and analysis of Requests for Quotation (RFQs).
• Analyse supplier quotations and make sourcing recommendations based on cost, quality, lead time, and risk considerations.
• Support negotiation activities to achieve best-value total cost of ownership outcomes.

Recent Product Introduction (NPI/NPD)
• Manage procurement activities associated with NPD projects.
• Ensure purchase orders for sample parts are placed on time with OP Buyers and delivered in line with project timelines.

Cost Reduction & Continuous Improvement
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📌 Senior Buyer (Pune)
🏢 Sandvik
📍 Pune