Job Description:

We are seeking a commercially robust Purchase Manager (Imports) to lead local procurement for projects, assembly and manufacturing. The role requires strong negotiation capability to improve price, payment terms and total cost, together with engineering procurement experience to develop alternate vendors. The person must communicate effectively across internal teams and suppliers while building a high-performance vendor ecosystem based on the philosophy that vendors are long-term business partners.

Key Responsibilities

1. Local Sourcing & Cost Improvement:

- Manage end-to-end local procurement for projects, assembly, bought-out items, fabrication, services and consumables

- Develop sourcing plans aligned with specifications, project schedules, budgets and quality requirements

- Deliver measurable cost reduction through competitive sourcing, benchmarking,

value analysis and supplier consolidation

2. Negotiation & Commercial Management:

- Negotiate price, credit, payment terms, delivery, freight and warranty to improve

total cost and Shavo's buying position

- Establish annual rate contracts, blanket orders and long-term agreements for

recurring items

- Maintain transparent purchase comparisons and savings trackers for price and

terms improvements

3.



Engineering Procurement & Vendor Development:

- Understand BOMs, drawings, P&IDs; and specifications for instrumentation,

fabricated items, panels, skids and bought-outs

- Identify, screen and develop alternate local vendors with engineering and quality

teams

- Drive value engineering and localization without compromising safety, quality,

performance or delivery

4. Project Coordination & Communication:

- Coordinate with engineering, projects, production, quality, stores and finance

from requisition through delivery

- Expedite critical materials, communicate status clearly and escalate supply

risks early

- Conduct local vendor meets and reviews aligned with Shavo's growth and

partnership philosophy

5. Vendor Performance, Systems & Governance:

- Use scorecards for quality, cost, delivery, responsiveness and service; lead

vendor improvement plans

- Ensure disciplined RFQ, comparison, PO, approval, documentation and ERP

processes

KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)

- On-time procurement completion (%)
- Cost savings achieved through negotiation
- Reduction in lead time and procurement cycle time
- Project delivery adherence

📌 Purchase Manager (Pune)
🏢 iQuest Management Consultants
📍 Pune