Head Supply Chain Management & Procurement (Multiple plants)

Reporting To: Director

Function: Corporate Supply Chain & Procurement

Scope: All manufacturing plants

1. Role Purpose

Lead end-to-end supply chain and procurement operations across all manufacturing plants, ensuring competitive sourcing, uninterrupted material availability, optimal inventory, productive logistics, and timely customer deliveries. The role will drive centralised procurement, working capital optimisation, supplier development and standardised supply-chain processes to support business growth and profitability.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Strategic Procurement & Cost Optimisation

- Develop and implement centralised procurement strategies across all plants, leveraging consolidated purchasing volumes and supplier negotiations.
- Drive sustainable cost reductions through strategic sourcing, competitive bidding, value engineering, supplier rationalisation and long-term rate contracts.
- Lead commercial negotiations covering pricing, payment terms, lead times and other contractual conditions.
- Establish procurement budgets, category-wise sourcing strategies and cost-saving targets.
- Monitor commodity prices and market trends to mitigate cost volatility and supply risks.
- Ensure procurement governance, commercial compliance and adherence to approval processes.

B. Supply Chain Planning & Material Management

- Lead demand planning, material requirement planning (MRP), procurement scheduling and replenishment across all plants.
- Align customer forecasts, production plans, supplier commitments and inventory requirements.
- Ensure uninterrupted material availability and proactively address shortages and supply disruptions.
- Drive coordination among procurement, production, sales, quality, engineering and finance teams.
- Standardise planning processes and improve responsiveness to changing customer requirements.

C. Inventory & Working Capital Management

- Optimise raw material,



bought-out component, work-in-progress and finished-goods inventory across plants.
- Establish inventory norms based on demand patterns, supplier lead times and material criticality.
- Reduce excess, slow-moving and obsolete inventory while maintaining required service levels.
- Improve inventory accuracy, stock reconciliation and working capital efficiency.

D. Supplier Development & Risk Management

- Develop and maintain a competitive, reliable supplier base.
- Monitor supplier performance on cost, quality, delivery, capacity and responsiveness.
- Drive supplier development, corrective actions and continuous improvement.
- Identify critical and single-source dependencies and develop alternate sourcing options where feasible.
- Validate supplier capacity and readiness for new programmes and increased business volumes.

E. Logistics & Warehousing

- Oversee inbound and outbound logistics, transportation, warehousing and material movement across plants.
- Optimise freight costs through route planning, load consolidation and transporter negotiations.
- Improve warehouse utilisation, material traceability and inventory control.
- Reduce premium freight, avoidable handling costs and logistics inefficiencies.

F. Customer Service & New Programme Readiness

- Ensure adherence to customer delivery schedules and agreed service-level requirements.
- Coordinate supply-chain readiness for new customer programmes, product launches and volume ramp-ups.
- Validate supplier capacity, tooling readiness, material availability and logistics arrangements before launch.




- Establish effective escalation mechanisms to address delivery risks and customer requirements.

G. Leadership, Systems & Governance

- Establish common procurement policies, SOPs, performance dashboards and review mechanisms across all plants.
- Monitor plant-wise procurement costs, inventory, material shortages, supplier performance and logistics expenses.
- Strengthen ERP/MRP utilisation, reporting accuracy and data-driven decision-making.
- Lead and develop procurement, planning, materials, warehousing and logistics teams.
- Report performance, cost savings, risks and improvement initiatives to the Director through periodic reviews.

3. Key Result Areas (KRAs)

KRA

Weight

Strategic procurement and cost optimisation

25%

Customer delivery and material availability

20%

Inventory and working capital optimisation

15%

Supplier performance and risk management

15%

New programme and business ramp-up readiness

15%

Systems, governance and team development

10%

Total

100%

Performance will be measured against agreed targets for procurement savings, on-time delivery, material availability, inventory days, supplier performance, logistics costs and programme readiness.

4. Candidate Profile

Education

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Production or Industrial Engineering.

Experience

- Approximately 15–22 years of relevant experience in supply chain and procurement within automotive components or a comparable manufacturing industry.

5. Key Competencies

- Strategic sourcing and commercial negotiation.
- Cost optimisation and financial acumen.
- Supply-chain planning and inventory control.
- Supplier relationship and risk management.
- Multi-plant coordination and cross-functional leadership.
- ERP/MRP proficiency and analytical decision-making.
- Team leadership, execution discipline and continuous improvement.

📌 Head Supply Chain Management n Procurement (Manesar)
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