Dy. General Manager Purchase - Plastics commodity

Experience:

• B.E.(Mech) / B.E. (Auto) and Post-Graduation Diploma or Degree in Purchase / Finance
• Experience : 15+ years in the Strategic Sourcing and Purchasing
• Preference of person having experience in Auto Industry and have exposure to Plastic Commodity

Required Competencies: Knowledge and Skills (Functional Only)

• Personality Agile and Adaptive, Good interpersonal, analytical, Negotiation and Communication skills.
• Should be Innovative and Strategic in approach.
• Good Understanding of Automotive industry
• Experience in handling of Plastic Raw Material and Plastic Moulding components, Injection Moulds / tools and Trim parts
• Good knowledge of:

1. Plastic Injection Moulding, Blow Moulding and Rubber parts, Injection Moulding tooling, part painting and plating manufacturing process
2. Part costing, Cost drivers, Commodity trends and Knowledge of Cost reduction levers
3. Domestic and Global Supplier base specific to above commodities
4. Supplier assessment and Supplier onboarding process
5. Excel and other analytic tools and PowerPoint presentations

• Techno commercial knowledge of Plastic commodity
• Hands on experience of supply chain, capacity planning and volume ramp up.

Position Description and Key Responsibilities:

Candidate will be :

• Handling approx.400 Cr of Annual spend, which is forecasted to reach 2000 Cr in next 4 years

• Have complete Ownership of Plastic commodity like Cost reduction Targets, Supplier Strategy etc.

• Working Closely with the Business Unit CFTs (Purchase and relevant technical Teams) for various Purchasing initiatives: Cost Reduction, Supplier Negotiation, Consolidation etc

• Responsible for Cost Benchmarking for Plastic Commodity

• Driving Cost reduction initiatives across Tata Autocomp Group

• Preparing Sourcing strategy for Plastic Commodity to have sustainable supplier base, keeping in mind present and future technologies

• Responsible for Make and Buy Analysis

• Responsible for Long term contracts with Strategic suppliers

• Providing periodic updates to the Senior management about the progress on set targets, market and industry commodity trends etc

• Leading Supplier Optimization / Consolidation in terms of Grow Fix and Exit Strategy

• Reasonable for Sourcing decision on Plastic Tooling, supplier strategy etc

• Travelling locally within Pune and cross India for BU Plant Locations, Suppliers locations etc