Job Purpose :

- Responsible for fulfilling the tasks linked to the strategic sourcing process and any commercial issue during the validity period of the agreements within the specific categories. 

- The SM is responsible for the suppliers, the agreements, the portfolio and the total cost of the agreements (Material Price Index, part price, logistics cost etc.)

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities :

1. Category management :

- Establishes and drives team of key stakeholders (Sourcing Account Manager, major consumers, technical resources)

- Knows the supplier market, technologies, product trends, Price trends and the existing as well as future opportunities in the market

- Decides if a specification has to be met by existing supplier or put into the market

- Decides supplier and negotiates price/cost related to D&E projects

- Secure that Grundfos continuously develop the supply base

- Prepare the annual investment budget (tooling) for relevant categories

- Secures that the suppliers are established in SAP and that the information linked to the suppliers and category are kept updated

2. Sourcing management :

- Uses the segmentation tool to categorize current and future market

- Based on the segmentation external market information and internal business plans a long term sourcing strategy is developed and approved/committed by the category council (Purchase management and relevant GMs)

- Responsible for tendering process RFI/RFQ

- Responsible for preparing negotiation strategy and running the negotiation process with the involvement of relevant stakeholders.

- Secures that the negotiation is closed by signing a Grundfos framework agreement (FWA) and that the contract coverage for the category is according to target

3. Cost management

- Prepares the MPI budget for the category, secures optimized total cost and follows up on the MPI (monthly) as well as realized savings according to the agreements

- Participates in cost optimization projects like Supplier Focused Initiatives, should cost projects, Lean projects etc.

- Drive cost optimization through Strategic Sourcing projects, 3rd Party 3P etc.

4. Supplier portfolio management

- Participates in supplier classification (K/C/T) in cooperation with the SAM

- Based on input from the local units and SAM, the SM sets performance targets for the suppliers.

- Continuously optimizes the composition of the supplier portfolio taking risk, cost, requirements (ethics, environment, quality etc), and competences into account

- Works with key suppliers on business development sharing strategies, technology road maps and future cooperation

- Works with auditors to pre-approve suppliers, run audits and follow-up on audit results

- Works closely together with the relevant SAMs to follow initiated supplier development activities

Key Collaboration Partners/Stakeholders : Purchase management, Functional Managers, SAMs, technical responsible (PTRs) and internal purchase staff

Job Specifications : Educational Qualification Bachelor/Master's Degree or equivalent work experience

Experience Preferred : Has 10-12 years experience in a similar job/area position

Key Competencies and Skills :

Personal Attributes :

- Strong communicator towards both internal and external stakeholders.

- Experienced in strategy creation and strategic sourcing processes.

- Strong and experienced negotiator at all levels

- Able to take decisions

- Willing to travel

Personal Attributes :

- Good analytical Skills

- Efficient Team Player

Interested candidates can apply here

R. Mahesh Kumar,
Global Professional Services
Chennai
Mob: +91 9884491187

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