Job Description – Corporate Purchase HeadRole Overview

We are seeking an experienced Corporate Purchase Head to lead group-level procurement across all business verticals and entities. The role will oversee an annual procurement of raw materials and Capex, along with indirect procurement requirements.

The primary mandate is to drive cost reduction across all business units, standardise purchasing processes, and strengthen procurement governance across the group. The incumbent will work closely with plant purchase heads, business leadership, and cross-functional teams to deliver measurable savings, improve supplier performance, and establish consistent procurement practices across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities1. Corporate Procurement Strategy

- Develop and implement a group-wide procurement strategy covering direct materials, indirect purchases, and capital expenditure.

- Oversee procurement activities across all group entities and business verticals, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

- Identify opportunities for centralised sourcing, supplier consolidation, volume leverage, and standardisation across business units.

- Establish procurement priorities and cost-saving targets in coordination with senior management.

2. Cost Reduction & Value Engineering

- Drive sustainable cost reduction across all business units through strategic sourcing, commercial negotiations, benchmarking, and supplier development.

- Identify opportunities for VA/VE, material-cost optimisation, alternate sourcing, localisation, and process improvements.

- Monitor commodity price movements and market trends to identify cost-saving opportunities.

- Develop and track cost-reduction initiatives, ensuring measurable savings and timely execution across plants.

- Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance teams to improve the total cost of ownership.

3. Procurement Standardisation & Governance

- Standardise purchasing policies, processes, procedures, and approval mechanisms across all group entities.

- Establish common procurement practices for sourcing, supplier selection, commercial negotiations, purchase approvals,



and performance monitoring.

- Drive compliance, transparency, and commercial discipline across plant-level purchasing operations.

- Develop group-level procurement dashboards and MIS to track savings, spend, supplier performance, and key procurement risks.

- Identify opportunities to improve procurement efficiency through process optimisation and digitalisation.

4. Supplier Management & Strategic Sourcing

- Lead strategic supplier selection, development, negotiations, and long-term commercial agreements.

- Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers to improve cost competitiveness, quality, and delivery performance.

- Develop alternate sources and mitigate supplier concentration, capacity, pricing, and supply-continuity risks.

- Conduct supplier performance reviews and drive corrective actions in coordination with plant teams.

- Support sourcing decisions for recent projects, product launches, capacity expansions, and localisation initiatives.

5. Capex & Indirect Procurement

- Oversee sourcing and commercial negotiations for capital expenditure, equipment, machinery, and other indirect procurement categories.

- Drive competitive bidding, vendor evaluation, commercial benchmarking, and total-cost analysis.

- Partner with Plant Operations, Engineering, Finance, and other stakeholders to ensure cost-effective purchasing decisions.

- Strengthen procurement controls and standardise Capex purchasing practices across group entities.

6. Leadership & Stakeholder Management

- Lead a corporate purchasing team of approximately five direct reportees.

- Provide functional guidance and oversight to plant purchase heads, who will have dotted-line reporting to this role.





- Align plant-level procurement priorities with the overall corporate sourcing strategy.

- Review plant-wise performance, savings initiatives, supplier issues, and execution of standardised processes.

- Build accountability and procurement capability across the group through regular reviews, guidance, and best-practice sharing.

Candidate Profile

- 20+ years of experience in procurement, purchasing, and strategic sourcing, preferably within Tier 1 automotive or automotive component manufacturing organisations.

- Demonstrated experience managing large procurement spends across multiple plants, business units, or entities.

- Strong exposure to direct materials/raw materials, indirect procurement, and Capex sourcing.

- Proven track record of driving cost reduction, delivering measurable savings, and improving procurement effectiveness.

- Experience in implementing group-level procurement strategies, standardising purchasing processes, and strengthening governance.

- Strong expertise in strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, supplier development, commodity management, and commercial analysis.

- Experience leading corporate procurement teams and influencing plant-level purchasing teams through functional or dotted-line reporting.

- Excellent commercial acumen, analytical capabilities, leadership skills, and cross-functional stakeholder management.

- Ability to work closely with senior management and drive organisation-wide procurement transformation.

Key Performance Indicators

- Achievement of annual cost-reduction and procurement savings targets across business units.

- Improved purchasing-process standardisation and compliance across group entities.

- Enhanced leverage through centralised sourcing, supplier consolidation, and group-wide negotiations.

- Improved supplier quality, delivery, competitiveness, and supply continuity.

- Effective control and optimisation of direct-material, indirect, and Capex expenditure.

- Timely implementation of procurement initiatives across plants.

- Improved visibility of procurement spend, savings, and supplier performance through structured MIS.

📌 Corporate Purchase Head - Tier 1 Automotive (India)
🏢 Antal International
📍 India