Purchase Manager in Faridabad, भारत

About the position

The Purchase Manager has responsibility for management and sourcing of an assigned category / sub-category, for a defined scope (global/regional) for categories and projects controlled by the Kongsberg Automotive Indirect Material and Services (IDM&S) team.

Responsibilities

Category Buyer

• In co-operation with stakeholders, map future needs and leverage KA spend to maximize benefit for KA.
• Develop and propose Category Strategy for assigned (sub-)category and region
• Establish a base of preferred suppliers, and secure that suppliers from low cost regions are identified where possible.
• Supplier relationship management
• Capture savings
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies for the categories
• Lead purchasing activities cross Plants, BA:s and Regions to optimize the spend
• Establish good contracting and acceptance practices

• Perform procurement according to KA plans and defined strategies and frameworks

• Review purchase requisitions and identify sources of supply
• Define supplier selection criteria to meet the project requirements
• Evaluate RFI’s/RFQ’s
• Develop negotiation strategy and lead supplier negotiations and selection
• Negotiate commercial terms and select suppliers in accordance with defined process and strategy.
• Advice internal stakeholders on procurement issues, providing support and guidance at all stages of the procurement cycle.
• Advise stakeholders of potential modifications from original requests (if alternative, more cost efficient, or otherwise beneficial alternatives exist)

• Monitor strategy implementation and contract compliance
• Ensure suppliers comply and adhere to commercial agreements and terms of purchase.
• Monitor performance of suppliers and the compliance with guidelines
• Monitor supplier capacity
• Maintain supplier/category and contractual computer records as needed.
• Drive best practices
• Uphold internal and external policies, regulations and laws
• Lead purchasing activities and certain decisions as defined in the purchasing process
• Manage knowledge and processes, and ensure project team members are applying best practice and work according to defined processes.
• Apply and transfer knowledge and experience to other team members in order to maximize team performance.
• Improve service levels.
• Support other purchasing or corporate related activities

Category Buyer – CAPEX

• Same as Category Buyer and
• In project phase:

• Act upon changes/problems (spec., time schedule, quality etc.) where commercial support is needed.
• Directly solve operational issues with suppliers

Category Manager:

• Same as Category Buyer, but with a global scope and
• Lead the Category Council (CC):
  • Plan and perform regular meetings with the CC
  • Co-ordinate/align Category Strategy in CC, and communicate to all stakeholders
• Mentor Buyers and/or stakeholders
• Lead an improvement workstream, or part of a workstream, as defined by the management team

Requirements

Candidate must have -

Qualification -

1. MBA or https://jobeax.com/link/zv0MVOOsquGofNlH in technical filed 
2. Minimum 15+ work expereince in automobile sector, or manufacutring industries 
3. minimum 5+ year experence of leadership role 
4. Good communication skill 

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Application / Contact

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