Buyer - SSU TRIMS Plastic Parts
Mumbai A.O, MUM-KND-AFS(AD), IN
Responsibilities & Key Deliverables
Primary Purpose: -
• Commercial settlement of Plastic parts, systems & tooling
• Implement on sourcing strategies to de-risk AFS Businesses on Cost, Supply & Technology disruption
• Propose Strategic Supplier Basket and recommend MSP (Master Supplier Panel)/PSP (project supplier panel) for AFS projects
Objectives: -
• Cost Management
• Capacity Planning
• Support new product development
• Technology facilitation
• Supplier Risk Management
• Leverage sourcing synergies
• Optimize supplier base,
Key Result Areas: -
• Supplier management of Plastic parts family for AFS businesses
• Work to meet Org. Cost saving targets through various levers
• Facilitate Cost competitive Process /Product technology/ alternate source
• Containment of Raw Material increases.
• Vendor on Board for new project meeting Business needs of Time / Cost & Capex
• Tooling & related post molding FTG settlements
• Facilitate Capacity planning at supplier’s end to meet AFS Budget plan
• Identify & implement new Process Technology across Sectors
• Increase Common source across sectors
• Work on Process Improvement & DWM
• Implementation of Sustainability initiatives.
• Value Engineering initiatives to save cost
• RM cost increase/decrease, budgets preparation & provision, conversion increase/decrease
• Actualization (process, RM, assy., etc.) at supplier
Scope & Dimension of Job:-
• Improve internal customer and supplier experience
• Differential sourcing strategy of part Family
• Align Sourcing Strategies to meet Manufacturing strategy of the Business,
• Use unconventional levers like spend analytics, digitization etc. Total Cost of Acquisition & improve efficiency of Business.
• Interact with other Stake holders in the business-like Business Partnering, PD, SCM, CDMM to achieve Business goal.
• Planning, Organizing, Review & Control
• Meet Compliance requirements as per department policy
Preferred Industries
Education Qualification
Engineering Graduate (Plastics/ Mechanical/ Production) + MBA (preferred) |
General Experience
Minimum 5 years
Critical Experience
• Supplier Assessment & Evaluation on cost, quality, delivery parameters
• Suppliers Risk assessment on Finance, Safety & Labor relations
• Process knowledge (injection molding, blow molding, painting, post molding joining processes in plastic industry, FTG requirements) & Commercial acumen,
• Automotive Plastic Supplier Base (molding+FTG) & Networking with plastic part & RM suppliers
• Spend Analytics and digitization
System Generated Core Skills
System Generated Secondary Skills
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Engineer, Engineering, Automotive