Buyer - SCM (AD)

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

• Release of schedules/schedule  revision to vendors.
• Updation of monthly schedule in SAP.
• Release of schedules for spares requirement.
• Assessment of stocks w.r.t. pull/manual shortage list.
• Material follow up with vendors/transport agencies.
• Supplier capacity enhancement with support of SSU
• Clearance for spares through SAP(issue of delivery no part wise-excise/non excise type allocation).
• Mail correspondence with vendors/transport agencies.
• Co-ordination between vendor and pricing cell for settlement of price increases/decreases.
• Vendor visits/short duration visits.
• Sorting out parts quality issues.
• Co-ordination between vendor and accounts department for release of payments/’C’ forms and old issues.
• Price negotiation for volume discounts.
• Implementation of ENs on minor changes.
• Inventory Management.
• Sorting out issues raised in VRTs/PVTs on quality of parts.
• Value engineering suggestions implementation.
• Material account reconciliation for vendor aid parts/correction and recoveries.
• Co-ordination with strategic sourcing teams for finalisation of vendor base ,Alternative source and for SOB
• Driving new initiatives Supplier rating ,Two Bin system,Cross docking initiation from Nsk, DBM Implementation, milk runs, re-circulation of packing material etc. Co ordination with MLL.

Preferred Industries

Education Qualification

BTech in Mechanical with MBA in Operations Management (Advantage)

General Experience

10+Years

Critical Experience

No line stoppages, optimized inventory, logistics cost reduction.

Procurement planning, inventory control, logistics optimization, vendor coordination

System Generated Core Skills

System Generated Secondary Skills