Strategic Buyer

**Job Description**:
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Global strategic sourcing of Electrical goods and services
- Develop, evaluate, and manage supplier relationships to accomplish material cost, availability and inventory goals
- Negotiate pricing, terms and long-term contracts with strategic suppliers
- Supplier cost analysis and creating reports / dashboards for management decisions
- Closely co-ordinate with global commodity manager to implement Global strategy for Electrical commodity
- Work with Sales and Project Management to strategically secure capacity for the business
- Manage capacity and delivery schedule of the 3rd party products
- Analyze supplier cost / pricing information and benchmark the competition
- Troubleshoot/analyse continuous/reoccurring quality problems and work with supplier to resolve them, in a commitment for continuous improvement
- Organize and facilitate product teams for problem solving or issue resolution
- Maintain supplier quality and delivery through assessment, evaluation and ongoing monitoring. Review and analyse MRP to procure purchased components to assure timely delivery of production line requirements
- Support engineering, sales and production by providing supplier delivery and open order data in order to assist in the most cost-effective utilization of materials
- Maintain Supplier data, Part data and PO data with integrity
- Ensure Supplier compliance
- Assertively resolve all pricing, invoicing and contract related issues with suppliers
- Work/Communicate/collaborate with order management, sales, engineering, production,
- accounting, and quality department on any part related issues/questions
- Maintain inventory levels that allow efficient production while attaining inventory and cost savings goals
- Responsible for following safety and environmental procedures. Procedures can be found on our company intranet
- Perform special projects as required
- Other tasks as assigned by manager
- Supplier Evaluation and Tracking - Ensure that supplier is prepared for production, including all needed system updates
- Stakeholder management, Agile way of working, ensure on-time, on-budget, quality deliveries.

**Minimum Qualifications**

**Education: B.E/B. Tech (Electrical / Electronics) with MBA/PGDM in Supply**

**Chain/Business Management.**

**Experience**:
**Preferred**:
13 to 15 Years of experience with at least 5 years in supply chain management experience of sourcing Electrical commodity. Manufacturing and Power generation experience preferred.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**
- Strong negotiation skills and Professional approach.
- Strong interpersonal skills, communication and the ability to work efficiently with others
- Deep knowledge of Metal, Forex, Labor Index and other parameters driving the cost of Electrical goods and services
- Working knowledge of purchasing policies, processes and procedures
- Broad understanding of Electrical drawings, SLDs, Wiring Diagrams, Test & certification Requirements
- Complete knowledge of warehouse and inventory control policies and procedures
- Extensive knowledge and ability to negotiate best vendor terms, pricing and delivery based on specific budget and schedule requirements
- Experience in receiving, quality engineering methods, inventory and material flow
- Ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels within the organization, along with external contacts
- Manage a commodity on a global basis across several MTU locations
- Solid problem solving, decision making and analytical capabilities.
- Ability to travel on a limited basis and learn commodity processes at supplier locations
- Supplier Networking

**Work Conditions**:
Daily work is performed in an office environment. This position has a Monday through Friday work schedule, as business requires.

While performing duties of this position, the employee is occasionally required to stand, reach, and / or grasp. Next, an employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to manipulate small items such as a keyboard or mouse. Finally, an employee is also frequently required to walk within the work environment.

Specific vision requirements for this position include close vision, and the employee must have the ability to adjust focus.

**Job Category**:
Procurement

**Posting Date**:
04 Dec 2024; 00:12