Purchase Scheduler

Job Purpose

Expedite, Manage & Control the overall process for Bought Out / System-Electrical / Hydraulic/Manufacturing Outsourcing / Manufacturing components and ensure the overall On Time Delivery in line with the Contractual requirement of the Purchase Order.

The position is based in Navi Mumbai (India)

Key Responsibilities

Under the direct responsibility of Procurement Scheduling Manager and in collaboration with all internal stakeholder & External Suppliers, schedulers are expected to perform a variety of specific tasks:

Schedulers:

• Provides guidance on any activity that affects capacity required to achieve the short term production volume, which would include making recommendation to the business unit manager on the need to run overtime to achieve the production requirements.
• Identify root causes to issues and recommend corrective actions affecting ability to run the short term production plan.
• Provide information as necessary to track I trend customer service, inventory and performance metrics.
• Ensure Fulfillment of Company KPI for On Time Delivery higher than 95%
• Interact with Supplier post order placement for.

1. Kick of Meeting / Schedules / Approval of Inspection Plan.
2. Status Review, Monitoring & Control of activities at supplier.
3. Resolve Technical Queries.
4. Initiate visit to suppliers on a periodic basis to verify the status of progress / review and initiate corrective / mitigating action.

• Coordinate with QA for arranging Inspection & initiate the shipment after QA clearance.
• Coordinate with Stores / Project Manager/Shipping and logistic team for collection / dispatch to locations.
• Preparate Reports for submission to All internal and external Stake holder on prescribed forms.
• Notify key stake holders in a timely manner if delivery of a critical equipment is going delayed.
• Participate in project meetings to provide manufacturing & delivery updates.
• Providing inputs for improving future material management in order to have better control plans and procedures.
• Assist in defining, implementing, maintaining, and developing continuous improvement initiatives to Improve QCD Quality Cost Delay
• Prepare REX for future improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience

• 5 to 10 years experience in Procurement Function for Bought Out from Related Industry / Original Equipment Manufacturer, Auto Industry etc.
• Bachelor of Engineering (Mech / Electrical) preferred.
• APICS, or a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential as a plus.

Background, Skills and Competencies

• Practical expertise in office systems such as Excel, word and ERP tools such as SAP.
• At ease in a matrix organization
• Analytical mindset, ability to formalize, structure and great rigor in work, particularly in terms of meeting deadlines.
• Attention to detail and comfort in analysis of situation at Vendors place.
• Highly developed positive critical sense: ability to assess the relevance of data and to cross-check/contextualize it with other information to verify its plausibility
• Ability to take initiative,
• Agility in a changing professional environment
• Diplomacy, good communication skills, both oral and written, and ease in dealing with all types of interlocutors
• Very good team spirit and willingness to contribute to the team,
• Reliability, integrity, honesty, discretion.
• Comfortable with an international environment and multicultural aspects
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Fluency in other languages is a plus