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 (RD , Logistics ,Quality and related functions)

- Scout for new potential suppliers and bring them on board with handholding

- Explore new 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, Workplace 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 RD 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

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Role: Procurement / Sourcing Head,

Industry Type: Automobile,

Department: Procurement & Supply Chain,

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role Category: Procurement & Purchase

Education

UG: Any Graduate

PG: Any Postgraduate

Key Skills auditsbuyercost reductionforexglobal sourcinginformation securitylegallogisticsmanufacturingmanufacturing processesprice negotiationpurchase orderpurchasingraw materialsettlementssupplier identification

📌 Buyer- Metal Commodity (Pune)
🏢 Skoda
📍 Pune