Procurement Executive

Description

• Identify, drive, and deliver VA/VE projects in collaboration with function and team leaders.
• Promote a strong 5S culture and facilitate Lean training programs, Kaizen events, and other related continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the development of detailed action plans to realize savings in collaboration with leaders and plant associates and prepare monthly costing sheets to monitor spend accuracy.
• Assist in developing the procurement continuous improvement plan and help define approaches to measure the CI capabilities.
• Collaborate with the NPD and Product Marketing teams to identify and act on opportunities for ongoing reduction of standard costs.
• Continuously identify and eliminate non-value-adding processes or business steps; create Value Stream Maps to enhance process and information flow efficiency.

Requirements

• Industrial background in Automobiles, Packaging, Pharma or Consumer Durables is highly preferred.
• Solid understanding of engineering change management, technology evaluation, and CAPEX procurement.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a procurement role, with hands-on involvement in CAPEX /Projects Procurement.
• Understanding of legal terms, Incoterms, and commercial impact of current affairs and geopolitical scenarios.
• Strong skills in technical analysis, cost estimation, and value engineering.
• High proficiency in SAP, Ariba, MS Excel, and PowerPoint.
• In-depth knowledge of procurement processes, transportation management, and contract execution (including ARC, AMC, CMC for spare parts, consumables, and MHE).
• Proven ability in developing commodity and supplier strategies, managing the end-to-end RFQ process (from bidding list preparation to on-time sourcing), and conducting price estimation and settlement.
• Excellent negotiation skills, coupled with experience in budgeting, financial planning.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance