Purchase Engineer, Savli, Vadodara (India)

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Purchase castings, bought-out items, machining parts, and plastic parts: Purchase materials, components, and services from suppliers, ensuring timely delivery, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
• Analyze and resolve purchasing issues: Analyze and resolve purchasing issues, including supplier disputes, quality problems, and delivery delays.
• Ensure compliance with purchasing policies: Ensure compliance with purchasing policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.

• Build and maintain supplier relationships: Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure timely delivery, quality, and cost-effectiveness of purchased materials.
• Negotiate contracts: Negotiate contracts with suppliers to achieve favorable terms and conditions, including pricing, delivery, and quality.
• Manage supplier performance: Monitor and evaluate supplier performance to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and internal expectations.

• Provide technical expertise: Provide technical expertise to the procurement team and internal stakeholders on purchased materials, including castings, bought-out items, machining parts, and plastic parts.
• Ensure quality and specification compliance: Ensure that purchased materials meet quality and specification requirements, including industry standards and internal specifications.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders: Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including engineering, quality, and manufacturing, to ensure alignment with business objectives and internal requirements.

• Identify opportunities for cost savings: Identify opportunities for cost savings and implement initiatives to achieve targets.
• Implement quality management processes: Implement quality management processes to ensure that purchased materials meet quality and specification requirements.
• Monitor and report key performance indicators (KPIs): Monitor and report KPIs, including cost savings, quality, and delivery performance.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Excellent negotiation, communication, and project management skills.
• Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make informed decisions.
• Proficient in ERP systems, such as SAP or Oracle
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience in managing cross-functional teams.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience: 5 – 7 years of experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management, preferably in a submersible pump manufacturing company.
• Hands-on Experience: Experience in purchasing castings, bought-out items, machining parts, and plastic parts.

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