Lead end-to-end Supply Chain Management operations ensuring customer commitments, engineering projects, and systems businesses are supported through timely procurement, reliable suppliers, accurate information, and strong commercial decision-making. Develop vendors as long-term strategic partners to improve competitiveness and execution reliability.

Key Responsibilities

1. Team Leadership & Customer Focus

· Define responsibilities, priorities, and service standards for SCM team members.

· Coach, motivate, and address performance gaps through regular feedback.

· Conduct daily exception reviews and weekly SCM performance reviews.

· Assign ownership, actions, and closure timelines for material issues.

· Build a solution-oriented culture focused on accountability and collaboration.

· Ensure proactive communication with customers and internal stakeholders regarding commitments, delays, recovery plans, and escalations.

2. Import Purchase & Fulfilment Operations

· Manage overseas supplier ordering, confirmations, expediting, freight, customs clearance coordination, and delivery planning.

· Coordinate import documentation and payment requirements with Finance.

· Lead order management from customer PO review through dispatch and invoicing.

· Support collections follow-up with Sales and Finance.

· Control overdue orders, shortages, inventory availability, and excess stock.

· Balance customer service, working capital, freight costs, and delivery risks. [MRF - Head...ercial.pdf | PDF]

3. Local Purchase & Commercial Negotiation

· Lead procurement for systems, manufacturing, assemblies, bought-out items,



and services.

· Align sourcing priorities with engineering and project schedules.

· Personally handle critical negotiations involving:

o Pricing

o Credit terms

o Advance payments

o Delivery schedules

o Freight

o Warranty

o Contractual terms

· Establish rate agreements and drive measurable procurement savings.

4. Vendor Development & Process Discipline

· Develop and qualify recent and alternate vendors.

· Maintain oversight on supplier qualification, capacity, performance, and risk.

· Implement:

o Vendor repository

o Supplier scorecards

o Approved vendor controls

o Standard RFQ and evaluation processes

· Define approval matrices, escalation triggers, and operating procedures.

· Ensure ethical procurement practices and traceable approvals.

Candidate Profile

· Diploma/Bachelor's in Mechanical, Instrumentation, Production, or Industrial Engineering.

· 18+ years in industrial/engineering SCM.

· Robust experience in:

o Import Purchase

o Local Purchase

o Vendor Development

o Customer Support / Order Management

o Logistics

o Project Coordination

· Proven leadership in engineering supply chains covering procurement, order fulfilment, and vendor development.

· Strong commercial acumen with a track record of improving:

o Total cost

o Payment terms

o Lead times

o Supplier commitments

· Excellent English communication skills.

· Ability to resolve cross-functional issues and build scalable processes.

Strong ERP, procurement systems, Excel, supplier evaluation, reporting, and working-capital management skills.

📌 Manager Head Supply Chain and Commercial (Pune)
🏢 iQuest Management Consultants Private
📍 Pune