109 Buying jobs in India

Job Description:

1. Responsible for the growth of Fresh, Dairy and Frozen categories comprising of Fruits & Vegetables, Meat, Frozen items and Dairy products such as Butter/Curd/Ice Cream/Paneer/Dairy Whitener etc.
2. Supplier Management- On boarding of brands/suppliers, build relationships, negotiation of commercial terms and evaluate their performance.
3. Inventory Management – Managing stock levels to prevent stock outs as well as overstock.
4. Compliance Management – Ensuring quality and compliance of the goods procured as well as the procurement activity comply with legal and ethical standards.
5. Qualification : Graduate with 10+ years of work experience in procurement of Fresh, Dairy and Frozen categories in Retail/HORECA industry.

Educational Qualification:

• Diploma / Degree in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering
• 8-10 years of experience of working in Vendor Development / Procurement
• Communication :
• Proficient in English & Hindi languages
• Excellent communication and conflict management skills
• Firm believer in collaboration with relevant stakeholders including suppliers and customers.
• Trainings:
• Internal / Lead Auditor in ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 (Preferred)
• Trained in ISO 17025:2017 (Preferred)

Experience :

• Procurement of components needed to build Electromagnetic Flowmeters
• Procurement of commodities such as rubber, plastic, paint-resin-hardener, coils, small castings & machined parts.
• Supplier diversification by developing Tier based suppliers
• Rate Contract management with Suppliers
• Independently handle negotiations with suppliers
• Sourcing of polyster based components
• Use of data analytics for sourcing
• Experience in negotiating 'Production Equipment' (Preferred).

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Establish local supply chain for magnetic flow metering production by active supplier scouting, technical assessments / auditing and supplier development.
• Build the appropriate supply chain by making the right supplier selections, offshoring or onshoring decisions and applying make or buy.
• Prepare and conduct local sourcing decisions with cross-functional partners, aligned to global material field strategies.
• Conduct local supplier benchmarks und conduct supplier negotiations (e.g. price agreements, terms & conditions of supply, frame contracts)
• Identify local supply chain risks, opportunities and market forces to avoid potential damage/ exploit potential opportunities
• Ensure early Procurement involvement, compliant sourcing and Procurement processes
• Implement globally aligned Commodity strategies to ensure long-term, cost-efficient supply of materials.
• Actively contribute to the product development / manufacturing process as well as implement cost reduction measures.
• Establish transparency in cost and value of supplied components and contribute by improvement proposals to support PLM in Target Costing, R&D/Engineering in Design to Value or SCM in Supply Chain Resilience.
• Forward systematically all relevant Procurement related project information (e.g. updated contractual conditions, Supplier Management data) to keep all project participants up to date.
• Contribute with your expertise related to rubber, metal, flanges, copper and piping as key commodities for flow metering
• Independently handle vendor negotiations
• Development of Supply chain as per Just in time model
• Achieve cost reduction by encouraging suppliers to contribute towards innovation

Areas of Responsibilities :

1. Early Procurement Involvement

Be actively involved in the product development/manufacturing process as well as undertaking and pushing forward cost reduction measures (design to cost, target costing, standardization, key data, etc.) to achieve the target costs for materials and reduce the overall material costs by fulfilling the necessary functions. Closely align with R&D community in the BU and Procurement (Commodity Managers, Buyers)

2. Early Supplier Integration Include suppliers and conduct cost-benefit analysis workshops, innovation workshops and concept competitions with key suppliers in order to concentrate on the key functions of the components/projects.

3. Analysis Initiate market observation, conduct and provide market information/analyses on international technology and price trends in order to obtain new suppliers and new technologies in the supply chain.

4. Alignment of Technology Roadmaps Introduce and follow up given cross-functional Procurement strategies to ensure the linkage of commodity strategies and technological market trends.

5. Strategy alignment Support activities planned by the lines of business in order to harmonize and implement the technological line-of-business strategies with procurement strategies.

6. Strategy deployment Drive sourcing decisions with interface partners in order to incorporate technological knowhow and safeguard security strategies.

7. Business support Be involved in and provide corresponding support for projects in lines of business in order to provide optimum input for quotes, workshops, scope of material (BoM assessment) and realization of potential for savings in the project.

8. Supplier ManagementTechnology Assess and develop suppliers from the technological standpoint (if necessary, jointly with interface partners) in order to concentrate on the best suppliers.

9. Knowledge management Participate in workgroups and work in projects in order to stay informed and keep and others informed, and exert influence at an early stage.

SCM-Procurement Digi Skills Has profound knowledge and broad experience. Analyzes, interprets, structures, and presents extensive and/or complex data and information on the topic. Has application experience in complex environments (some interdependencies, variables, uncertainties). Successfully

executes ambitious tasks, independently choosing the optimal solution or method from different options. Finds solutions in complex environments and for broad organizational/professional issues and/or unpredictable problems.

Education- BE Electrical preferred

• He /She should have 5-8 years of relevant experience of Factory/Project procurement.
• Plan, coordinate, monitor and support procurement for business/projects/factory within framework of policies and guidelines of SL and SAG with the objective of achieving and exceeding the business goals and striving for customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for coordinating with internal/external partners, including Engg., Commercial, Sales, Project Mgt., counterparts from various locations of Siemens and external customers, suppliers/vendors, contractors.
• Sourcing and floating inquiries to approved vendors based on provided specifications, providing clarifications to/from vendors for offers received, and coordinating with Engineering department for techno-commercial evaluation.
• Offer assessment & negotiations, order placement, coordination with Engineering, and ensuring the techno-commercial evaluation of the offers received to identify possible deviations, compare/ negotiate technical, commercial and other issues with the vendor.
• To identify and develop vendors best in line with the target cost, quality and time schedules as per business requirement.
• Vendor Management: Monitor and follow-up on vendor activities, highlight potential delays. Ensure that corrective actions are taken to minimize/manage the delays/damages.
• Support sales department in making proposals at bid stage. Should aim at getting the best price from vendor within the required timeframe to bag the order.
• Improve supplier performance on the basis of feedback through periodical review on product, services & processes. To achieve improvement in cost, quality & time frame.