Job Description

Experienced Procurement professional. Executes processes, standards, and operational plans in support of Procurement goals, including RFPs, negotiations, cost accountability, Supplier consolidation, spend transition to CCC and/or program execution. Authorizes purchase orders, approve payments, and responds to client issues to ensure the procurement process goes smoothly.

Experience: 9 to 12 years

Manager will be responsible for the following activities:

• Awareness on SOX compliance and statutory norms.
• Awareness on Aerospace certifications and requirements
• Thorough knowledge on INCO terms 2020
• Executes processes, standards, and operational plans in support of Procurement goals, including RFPs, negotiations, cost accountability, and / or program execution.
• Approves and qualifies vendors to fulfill account needs.
• Supplier consolidation and spend transition to CCC region across all the commodities.
• Responds to client issues or problems.
• Authorizes purchase orders and approves payments to ensure the procurement process goes smoothly.
• Analyzes and reviews price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to provide input on reasonable prices.
• Prepares and reviews request for proposals (RFP) and bid packages.
• Analyzes and monitors contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
• Manage a category of suppliers and associated spend
• Interact with suppliers to communicate delivery expectations, forecasts, design changes, lead time management, and material expedites or delays to ensure suppliers meet Supplier On Time Delivery (OTD) goals.
• Drive cost reduction and cost avoidance opportunities.
• Involved with strategic sourcing team to align negotiations, new supplier selection, and Supply Chain strategy.
• Review purchase requisitions, place purchase orders, issue change notices, review exception messages to ensure delivery of materials or services as necessary to adhere to production schedules.
• Use MRP and EOQ skillset for buying appropriate quantities
• Maintain material master records for assigned materials; ensure accurate PIR records, source lists, and promptly reconcile supplier invoices for payment.
• Review part consumption characteristics to ensure appropriate planning parameters are maintained.
• Review and maintain internal/external vendor managed programs, direct ship programs, scheduling agreements and blanket orders.
• Provide root cause corrective action when needed.
• Participate and lead continuous improvement opportunities
• Proactively avoid material shortages
• Expedite part shortages
• Review and maintain purchase order date accuracy and maintain MRP accuracy/health
• Work cross functionally to resolve complaints and clear blocks; trouble-shoot
• Quote parts with suppliers
• Source parts with suppliers
• Coordinate with suppliers on return to vendor (RTV) parts
• Proactively drive root cause corrective action (RCCA) with the supply base
• Drive tail spend management strategies
• Provide real time status on key parts shortages and/or expedites

Minimum requirements:

• Education requirements: Bachelor’s Degree
• Job description: Tactical & Strategic Deputy Manager.
• Required skills: Communication, Negotiations, familiarity with ERP MRP systems (preferably SAP & Macola)
• Preferred experience: Advanced Excel Skills (Macros) SAP ERP system experience; 5 or more years of previous site buyer experience; metals/machining category experience

Skills Required

• SAP
• ERP