Position Description:

- Manage daily sourcing routines at supplier place (new order clarification, scheduling and PO follow up)

- Expediting and ensuring on time delivery from suppliers

- Driving supplier improvement projects to achieve benchmark quality and delivery targets

- Develop reliable steel casting and machining process and suppliers with respect to required lead time, delivery, quality, price, customer service and capabilities

- Developing supplier(s) in India to achieve strategy and operating plan

- Ability to analyze complex internal and external data to drive process and product improvement

- Auditing and accessing new potential suppliers

- To work on RFQ, Quote analysis, price negotiation, price list update, etc.-

- Monitor and Report key performance indicators on a weekly and monthly basis

- Maintain effective relations with peers, colleagues and management; serve as the primary liaison between sites/commodity team and suppliers

- Participating intra-region and global conference calls per required

- To demonstrate excellent command over suppliers

Position Requirements

- Travelling to supplier locations minimum 50% of the time

- Mechanical or equivalent engineering graduate

- Minimum 5-7 years of working experience in sourcing / purchasing / expediting of castings

- Should have experience in working with Steel & Iron casting and machining suppliers

- Candidates from Valve industry preferred

- Able to read / review drawing requirements and technical specifications

- Knowledge of casting prices and cost parameters

- Should have knowhow of quality processes, different material grades, NDT & other testing

- Demonstrated ability to work independently & in a matrix organization

- Should have very good communication, negotiation & analytical skills

- Good written and verbal skills in English

- Assertive, yet diplomatic when dealing with people

- A confident and independent person with high level of integrity and trust

- Has good energy level and acts pro-actively

- Good problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task

- Innovative mindset and ability to suggest, lead and implement changes