Sr Engineer /Assistant Manager Commodity

Manufacturing & Production · Production & Assembly · Manufacturing Engineering

In short

This role is responsible for identifying and developing new global commodity suppliers in India, focusing on cost savings, risk mitigation, and driving global supply chain matrices. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with 5-8 years of experience in supplier development and management, with strong negotiation and project management skills.

Responsibilities

Identify and develop new, key global casting and machining commodity suppliers in India.
Provide regionalization & risk mitigation, and sourcing input to ensure surety of material supplies.
Actively pursue cost savings via negotiation, consolidation & leverage, and E-sourcing tools.
Drive global supply chain matrices including quality, speed, cost.
Achieve supplier quality, delivery, lead time, and cost performance goals on key commodities.
Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to support business and operational requirements.
Drive supplier capability improvements in quality, delivery, capacity, and cost competitiveness.
Support in resolving supplier's supply chain related problems and improve supplier manufacturing and business processes.
Identify, research, and implement new materials and manufacturing technologies.
Lead supplier development and align with key internal/global stakeholders.
Participate in division/corporate programs including NMI, DPO, Best Cost Country sourcing, Direct Buy initiatives, Reverse Auctions, Corporate negotiations, Inflation Model, Parts Analysis & Contract management.
Support world area sites by providing pricing data, lead-times, samples, catalogues, new designs and market trends.
Confer with Quality Assurance, Development Engineering and Marketing to clarify specifications.
Establish and maintain rapport with critical suppliers to assure a high level of focus on total quality and cost effectiveness.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand business priorities and drive key improvement matrices.
Participate in key projects/initiatives to drive opportunities for improvement across the Supply Chain.
Plan and conduct regular business reviews with Key Suppliers.
Provide management with regular recommendations/updates on commodity matrices performance & related commodity strategies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
5-8 years of experience in supplier development & management.
Experience in commodities like castings, Forging Machining commodities.
Strong technical skills and good understanding of manufacturing processes of Casting, Machining, Forging, Metal Forming.
Familiarity with cost estimation.
Strong negotiation skills.
Comfortable functioning in a highly matrixed organization.
Excellent project management skills from strategic sourcing to operational execution.
Proficiency in spoken and written English.
Proficiency in MS office tools.

Benefits

Motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps diverse, multicultural teams drive innovation.
Contribute to solving the world's most complex problems.
Develop skills through award-winning employee development programs.
Welcome, trusted, celebrated, and empowered community.
Opportunity to make a positive impact as a proud corporate citizen.

Skills

Mechanical EngineeringSupplier DevelopmentSupplier ManagementCastingsForgingMachiningMetal FormingNegotiationProject ManagementMS Office

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