Strategic Sourcing Manager

Position Title : Manager Strategic Sourcing, ACG Group (Boughtouts sub-department)

Department: Strategic Sourcing, Corporate Commercial

Base Location: Shirwal Pune

Reports to: DGM Strategic Sourcing

About Us:

ACG is the world's only integrated pharma manufacturing solutions company. We are headquartered in Mumbai , India. ACG has a presence in over 100 countries with its products and services that strive to provide world-class technology across multiple domains. We offer a complete range of solutions beginning with empty capsules; granulation and tablet coating; capsule filling; tabletting; packaging films; blister packing and carton packing to the end-of-line solutions and track and trace systems.

We have an opportunity in ACG Corporate of a Manager Manager Strategic Sourcing.

Job Objective:

• Drive sourcing strategy
• Driving cost reduction thru various initiatives.
• De-risking (alternate source developments / new technology supplier inclusion)
• Commercial settlements & Rate contracts (synergy suppliers and high value parts)
• Vendor Assessment (addition of new vendors)
• Drive digital initiatives / other new initiatives (Analytics / SRM / Me11 & Me12 dev. / MRO Outsourcing / Out-Sourcing etc.)
• Communization of vendor base across Engg companies to increase leverage and derive synergy.
• Vendor evaluation

Primary responsibilities:

Strategic and Planning

• Boughtouts Budget for Engineering & ACGi
• Drive long term strategy
• Business continuity
• Business Rules (review on compliance and drive)
• Inventory Management (Monitor/review & get the actions to reduce free and non-moving)

Functional

(for fulfilling the responsibilities and meeting customer expectations).

• Spend Analysis to understand the major spend part families and identify cost reduction opportunities.
• Identify vendor strengths/weaknesses of existing supplier viz a viz of current business requirement. Plan for addressing the same.
• Scanning of market for identifying suppliers meeting QCD.
• Manage the
• Monitoring new and existing products of various companies which can be adopted by our companies.
• Process orientation and strong in identifying gaps and establishing process in order to bridge the same.
• Awareness of products, functions, manufacturers and their application to our machines. (B/O parts like HMI, PLC, servo, switch gears, motors, geared motors, IPC, Drives, Pneumatics, sensors, bearings etc.)
• Knowledge of SAP MM Module is required to drive various important projects.
• SRM, Online Auctions, etc.

Key Result Areas:

• Drive cost reduction thru various initiatives.
• Identify Cost Savings avenues by the various ways like, Renegotiation, Value Engineering, etc.
• Drive De-risking (alternate source developments / new technology supplier inclusion)
• Commercial settlements & Rate contracts (synergy suppliers and high value parts)
• Vendor Assessment (addition of new vendors)
• Drive new digital initiatives example Sourcing Analytics / SRM / Online Auctions / Online Price revision system, etc.
• Communization of vendor base across Engg companies to increase leverage and derive synergy.
• De-Risking Vendor base by alternate development.
• Communization of vendor base across Engg companies to increase leverage and derive synergy.
• Commercial settlements as per determined authority matrix.
• Identify vendor strengths/weaknesses of existing supplier viz a viz of current business requirement. Plan for addressing the same.
• Monitoring new and existing products of various companies which can be adopted by our companies.
• Lead CFT for various projects

Key Interfaces:

• Internal Interfaces : All ACG Group companies. (ACG Engineering, ACG Insp., ACPL, Packaging).
• External Interfaces : Supplier Partners and Consultants

Desired Competencies:

• ACG Product Knowledge
• Listening
• Purchase Planning
• Strategic Thinking
• Technical Knowledge Bought outs
• Timely Decision Making
• Sourcing Strategy
• Cross Cultural Skill
• Total Cost of Ownership
• Team and People Development
• Vendor Management
• Customer Focus
• Inventory Management
• Delivering Consistent Results

Educational Requirements:

Mandatory BE in Mechanical or Production

Experience Requirements:

• Minimum 12 years experience in procurement / Sourcing function and
• Atleast 5yrs in a similar responsibility /position in strategic sourcing
• Must have worked in Machine manufacturing company
• Exposure/ experience and contacts with suppliers in the similar industry

Basic requirement:

• Experience of working in Machine manufacturing company
• Awareness of products, functions, manufacturers and their application to machines.
• Candidates must have handled Boughtout parts like HMI, IPC, PLC, servos, VFD, Pneumatics, sensors, AHU, Scrubber, De-dusters, ADU, motors, etc)
• Awareness about different vendor sources and brands for the above mentioned parts
• Drive De-risking (alternate source developments / new technology supplier inclusion)
• Lead CFT for various projects.
• Knowledge of SAP MM Module
• Experience of planning and driving the strategic initiatives
• Direct buying experience from OEM / Manufacturers
• Experience of Boughtout Vendor Audit/Evaluation
• Experience of Value Engineering/Cost Reduction projects for Boughtout parts