Category Operational Buyer
Roles and Responsibilities :
- Support and lead Cost saving Initiatives for the plant
- Manage supplier relationship at the plant level
- Work with cross functional team to generate cost reduction opportunities
- Manage and improve supplier payables
- Engineering change management and execution
- Drive plant level localization
- Resolution of supplier issues
- Supplier commercial due diligence
- Ability to work with supplier senior management team
- Manufacturing process understanding of Plastics injection and extrusion, Rubber, Sheet Metal, Cables, Electrical and electronics component needed
- Should have exposure to harness industry or harness component related industry
- Good understanding on costing and various drivers of cost in manufacturing.
- Good team player and good interpersonal skills
- Result orientation is key to position
- Understanding of supplier finance risk assessment tools and techniques
Skills/ Qualification Requirement
BTech ( Mechanical / Production / Electrical)
10 - 13 year of experience in, cost modeling, supplier management, category
buying
Expertise level competence on Excel sheets
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