Lead Buyer (Procurement & Contracts)- AGM/DGM

Role & responsibilities

• Identify and develop potential vendors for the right sourcing, achieving cost effective purchases & Contracts of Engineering materials, Service contracts & reduction in lead time.
• Planning, organizing and controlling all requisite activities to perform such as Sourcing, Ordering, Inspection, Reporting, Logistic and Delivery, Spares Parts Control, etc.
• Follow-up with vendors for Engineering deliverables, timely deliveries, and quality checks & ensuring timely payments
• Strategic Sourcing of Capital Items, Consumable and Spares for Power Plant & Mines
• Timely procurement of operational spares & developing alternative suppliers for proprietary items
• Setting, review and monitoring the savings through negotiations, planning, and alternate potential vendor development.
• Reviewing the lead time and monitoring parameters PR- RFQ, PR-PO, Closure of Contracts & PO.
• Source Selection of Suppliers from Indian and International Market for alternate source of Material.
• Plan & review of indigenous & alternate development of imported Items.
• Planning and monitoring of Reverse Engineering for development of Imported Items.
• Prepare and issue expression of interest and bid Documents, Technical evaluation of bids, Costing, Techno-Commercial Negotiation and recommend award.
• Monitoring items requirement and ensuring timely procurement.
• Ability to manageMaterials Management including supervision of inventory levels, stock management and liaising with vendors for timely procurement of various items.
• Effective Team Leader skilled in leading & guiding the team members during the project phase; ability to work accurately and pay attention to details

Core / Technical Competencies

1. Experience in Power / Metal / Mining / Infrastructure Sector.

2. Working experience in Project / O&M stage of plants.

3.Commercial competence for handling wide range of service contracts

Essential Qualification

BE/B Tech - Electrical/Instrumentation/Mechanical with Min 15 Yrs Exp in Procurement