Buyer- Metal Commodity (Pune)

Company: KODA AUTO Volkswagen India Private
Job Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Employment Type: Full time

Position Description

This position is responsible for sourcing of production materials for strategic workgroups , cost estimation , capacity planning, evaluate change request , release of contracts , releasing Purchase orders (Tooling &
Components) , part development and tracking , support and guide the buyers in business topics.
Ensure execution of activities as per group purchasing processes.

Primary Responsibilities

Series activities

Ensure capacity planning in order to achieve production targets for respective responsible
parts , alignment with group for allocation of common parts including imported child parts
Series price settlements / claim settlements / Force-majeure
Yearly price negotiations to achieve cost reduction targets as per agreed Business Plan.
Annual purchase order release / contracts
Facilitate supplier related escalations topics (R , Logistics ,Quality and related functions)
Scout for new potential suppliers and bring them on board with handholding
Explore current technologies, alternate raw material , Value Engg. proposals for cost reduction (FMK , Q gene , P-gene , complexity reduction )
Do global sourcing and evaluate saving potentials for material cost reduction
Monitor raw material & Forex trends




Annual asset verification for tooling at suppliers end
QMS / EMS : Provide necessary support for the implementation / sustenance of Quality,
Energy, Environment and Information Security Management Systems within the Commodity.
Representation in material group meetings for regional sourcing strategies for high value parts

Sourcing Activities

Supplier identification and preparation of bidder list
Registration of suppliers on Group purchase platform
Gather inputs for releasing enquiry , Create and Release RFQs in system
Follow-up offers from bidder, check completeness of offers (CBDs )
Request for Targets for part price and investments.
Do a plausibility check of offers based on cost estimation
Price negotiation and get final offers from suppliers.
Facilitate and ensure technical review , QTR , quality and R audits
Preparation of cost comparison based on agreed technical proposals
Gather Market information / Group benchmark overview for the parts under sourcing

Required Skills

Critical, Technical & Behavioral Skills (As required for the role)
Knowledge of supplier base , material price trends & manufacturing processes , product technical information.
Knowledge for purchasing processes and systems , commercial-legal terms and their implication , QMS , EnMS.
Communication ,Negotiation ,Analytical , Assertiveness skills ,Knowledge of MS office .

📌 Buyer- Metal Commodity (Pune)
🏢 ŠKODA AUTO Volkswagen India Private
📍 Pune