The roles are the following ones:

- Be the Purchasing Manager for local capital / capex purchase, manage the RFQs, lead negotiations, contract with suppliers and develop new vendors and manage their performance.

- Be the single point of contact to the plant managers / operations head, ensure the requirements are clearly understood technically and planning wise with clear understanding of the full production lines

- Deploy the Group purchasing strategy and contribute to the deployment of the contracts which are negotiated by the Category Managers.

- Monitor the financial purchasing performance of the plants and track the budgets of the lines and its cost escalation & savings.

- Propose and Manage regional or national purchasing synergies.

- Be the guarantor of the continuous improvement of the purchasing process.

- Understand production process and value add the lines by sourcing newer consumables to ensure either high productivity or cost savings.

- Work with project and operations team and ensure the availability of materials in time to meet the demand and schedule of projects and production.

- Oversee purchase department. Develop and implement procedures and policies for the department.

Requirements

- BE / B-TECH in Engineering

- Knowledge of inventory management and vendor management.

- Minimum of 10 years experience in purchasing, in industrial or /and laboratory purchase.

- Proven financial management business performance;

- Ability to promote best purchasing and procurement practices

- Proficiency with Ms-Excel & SAP

- Value for money, compliance enforcement, prompt and transparent financial reporting.

- Ability and willingness to understand the technical elements of the categories

- Good analytical and problem-solving ability.

- Strong negotiation and communication skills both internally and externally.

- Desire to work in an organization where there is a culture of urgency, personal accountability, and of striving - to perform- .

Languages : English, Hindi