About the role
- Devise long term and short term sourcing strategies considering current and future business needs and Industry dynamics.
- Carrying out negotiations with suppliers for own commodity.
- Achieve cost saving targets by driving negotiations.
- Empanelling vendors as per the targets.
- Vendor on board by identifying suitable supplier panel, techno commercial synthesis and negotiations.
- Bringing in industry intelligence in own domain and keep up with the technology trends in own domain.
- Presenting key updates, issues to senior management and seek support for de bottlenecking wherever required.
- Anticipate business risk associated with own commodities and relevant industries and propose mitigation plan.
- Actively collaborating with multiple stakeholders - SSU Leadership, Accounts, Business Excellence, Plant Heads, Spares Sourcing Head, Strategic Vendors, Government Agencies to resolve/anticipate issues and ensure smooth operations.
- Participating in various SSU forums to project business indicators, concerns, highlights of performance and give inputs to stakeholders /decision making.
- Being a role model for Ethics and Integrity as well as demonstration of Sourcing behaviours.
- To be amiable, professional and approachable at all times.
MBA / Bachelor of Engineering
General Experience10-15 yrs experience, preferably in Strategic Sourcing
Critical Experience- Commodity buyer for Proprietary Commodities like Sunroof, Side Door Latches, Window Regulators, Power Operated Tailgate etc….
- Having Achieved cost saving targets by driving negotiations.
- 10+ Years of Experience, largely in Sourcing industry.
- Intelligence in own domain and keep up with the technology trends.
- Exposure to Carry out negotiations with suppliers for own commodity and facilitating own team