Job Description

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables
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.
Preferred Industries
Automobile
Farm Sector
Education Qualification
MBA; Bachelor of Engineering
General Experience
5-7 yrs experience in Strategic Sourcing
Critical Experience
Having Achieved cost saving targets by driving negotiations.
5+ 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
System Generated Core Skills
Analytical Thinking
Communication Skills
Influencing Skills
Project Planning & Execution
Risk Analysis
Supplier Selection
Pricing
Price Optimization
Supplier Risk Management
Sourcing
Strategic Sourcing
Benchmarking
System Generated Secondary Skills
Negotiation
Project Management
Supplier Management

Skills Required