Buyer

**What you’ll do**:
The key responsibility of this position includes:
Buying and Planning
- Overseas suppliers (Interco and Non-Interco)
- Build Strong Relations Overseas suppliers (Interco and Non-Interco) for Parts Purchase, Sharing short term/Long Term forecast.
- Order/Expediate/De-Expediate Supply from Interco/Non-Interco(Domestic, Resolve queries on Payments/Forecast.
- Co-ordinate with Logistics team for shipment Inbound
- Craft purchase order and inventory reports for management, Solve supply chain problems.
- Work within the management team to ensure that all deliveries satisfy the assigned orders.
- ensure their deliveries are on time, complete, free of damage, and within budget
- Recovery from Suppliers for Rejections/Damage shipments
- Manage inventory, including current stock and new deliveries
- Establishing long-term business relationships with suppliers and fostering mutual trust, respect, and cooperation

Production Planning
- Monitoring Sales demand and align Interco supplies.
- Ensures plan Vs. Actual, Interaction with Sales & Planning Team for assuring customer line coverage & anticipating fluctuation in customer plan.
- Review Demand Vs Supply on Daily/weekly/Monthly/Long term Horizon basis
- Review daily progress of production & sales to Management & highlights the threats by daily, weekly, and monthly MIS reports (Past due, OTD, Ops Review).
- Sales Inventory Operations Planning
- Liaising with the SIOP Process to optimize sales and to meet the targets with respect to business plan and capacity booking. (Suppor SIOP Meeting - Demand Review, Alignment, Final (LT) SIOP), Interco Trade business Order management.
- Balancing customer requirements (Intercompany, OEMs & distribution), operational stability and financial impacts for better business results.
- Analyzing Customer requirements vs. Interco Trade orders and Plan as per the demand.
- Monitor Plan Vs Actual, Plant absorption, Risk & Opportunities, Mitigation plan
- Participating as active member in resolving the bottleneck issues to achieve the plan vs. actual, Risk & Opportunities for Encore plan
- Active involvement in decision making, problem solving and working with cross functional teams. To ensure performance on KPIs Past dues, OTD, Flex productivity& Inventory, ERP health score, R&O.
- Materials Management
- Responsible for MMA activities viz. Min-Max, ABCQ, E&O, MRB, PFEP, KANBAN Active Inactive part review
- Releasing Interco orders & Ensure parts availability in line with due dates
- Zero-line stoppage
- Monitor monthly inventory inward plan to ensure inventory targets on track
- E&O Liquidation
- Review shortages of materials and ensure action steps for fulfilment of shortages, Timely availability of Parts, spares & raw materials, by efficiently coordinating & planning with the Suppliers.

**Qualifications**:

- 6-8 years of experience in Planning & procurement in Engg. Company preferably in Auto Component Sound Technical Knowledge of Benchmark Store functions
- Knowledge on applicable statutory requirement.
- Educational Qualification
- Diploma/Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering.

**Skills**:

- Thorough understanding of manufacturing processes as well material planning, Inventory management, Buying role Specialist
- Excellent communication skills in English (written & verbal)
- Strong relationship with suppliers as well as customers - Internal and External
- Cross functions team working skills due to matrix organization reporting
- Order management experience

**Skills**:ERP, Customs Laws and Process, standard operating procedures, Receipt-Issues and Purchase Process, Stores, Purchase, inventory, store planning, material management, spares management, communication skills, Interpersonal skills, Motivation, Organization and delegation, Forward planning and strategic thinking, Problem solving and decision-making, Commercial awareness, Mentoring, Team work, Knowledge sharing and learning, Industry 4.0 mind set,

Key success factors: Passionate, analytical, detail oriented and data driven approach, result driven, passion for excellence, Ability to perform under stress, communicate effectively with people from other cultures.