To manage end-to-end procurement of engineering materials, bought-out components, manufacturing consumables, and subcontracted services for the manufacture of shell-and-tube heat exchangers, pressure vessels, and reactors.

Ensure that all purchases meet approved technical specifications, quality requirements, project schedules, and commercial targets. The role requires the ability to understand engineering drawings, bills of materials (BOMs), material specifications, inspection requirements, and applicable customer and statutory standards.

Responsibilities

A. Technical Procurement

- Procure pressure-vessel plates, pipes, tubes, forgings, flanges, fittings, gaskets, fasteners, welding consumables, and other engineering materials.
- Interpret approved drawings, BOMs, material requisitions, technical specifications, and customer purchase requirements.
- Verify material grade, dimensions, thickness, schedule, quantity, tolerances, and applicable material standards before releasing purchase orders.
- Ensure procurement is aligned with design documents, drawings, Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs).
- Coordinate with Design, Projects, Production, Quality, and Stores to resolve technical clarifications before purchase.

B. Supplier Development and Management

- Identify, evaluate, qualify, and develop suppliers for carbon steel, stainless steel, alloy steel, non-ferrous alloys, forgings,



and engineering components.
- Maintain an approved supplier base aligned with DAPL's supplier qualification and governance requirements.
- Evaluate suppliers based on technical capability, quality performance, certifications, delivery reliability, cost competitiveness, and capacity.
- Conduct supplier assessments and coordinate technical evaluations with Quality and Engineering.
- Develop alternate sources for critical materials and long-lead items.
- Monitor supplier non-conformances, corrective actions, and repeat quality or delivery issues.

C. Commercial and Cost Management

- Prepare & issue RFQs using approved technical specifications and commercial terms.
- Conduct bid comparisons, ensuring that quotations are evaluated on a like-for-like basis.
- Negotiate pricing, payment terms, delivery schedules, freight, taxes, inspection charges
- Analyse material price trends, wastage allowances, minimum order quantities, and lead times.
- Support project costing, budget control, cost-saving initiatives, and purchase variance analysis.
- Ensure POs have approved specification, qty, delivery schedule, inspection requirements

Qualifications

- Strong negotiation skills
- Min 8+ years' of purchasing experience (heat exchangers, vessels based industry)
- Solid written and verbal communication skills

📌 Purchase Manager - Heat Exchanger, Boilers, Vessels & Tanks (Chennai)
🏢 DYNATHERM ALLOYS PRIVATE LIMITED - India
📍 Chennai