Assistant Manager - Mechanical Commodity

Job Summary To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add an Assistant Manager - Mechanical Commodity in Chennai, India. What a typical day looks like: Meet business and individual objectives, including material cost downs, payment terms improvement, best value country sourcing objectives, inventory management as well as others. Collaborate with Global Commodity Managers and drive the cost reductions. Manage all supplier relationships within assigned commodities, including globally. Understands Global & Regional Mechanical commodity also its supplier base thoroughly. Work closely with Engineering to influence technical design decisions to meet technical capabilities, cost, and business objectives. Develop a commodity / Supplier Strategy's technology roadmaps, aligning business requirements with supplier capabilities. Ensure a competitive sourcing environment leading to continuous improvement in quality, cost, service and technology. Regular BOM and Component Cost reviews. Sets category strategies, goals and KPIs to optimize spend, reduce risk and improve supplier performance and influences business partner strategy and decision making through market intel and data insights Ability to work under pressure and in a complex global environment balancing a broad spectrum of stakeholder requirements Ensure timely updation of all Commodity influenced databases to support financial/product cost tracking and analytics Like Item Master, Pricing Database, LTs , MOQs, NCNR terms and conditions influencing total cost. Execute strategic sourcing partnerships to deliver on cost reduction, spend consolidation, improved DPO, Inventory and improved quality Able to pull reports from MicroStrategy and Kinaxis to work on multiple spend related data to identify opportunities to improve PPV and CR. Passion for continuous improvement in process. The experience we're looking to add to our team: BE in Mechanical (or) related Engineering. MBA in supply chain/operations management is an advantage. Strong knowledge about mechanical commodities Experience working in Auto/Manufacturing industry. Expert in English Communication and presentation skills. Good Knowledge on MS Office tools, MicroStrategy, Kinaxis preferred. Strong analytical skills and logical thinking Expertise to work on should cost Model, PCB Gerber evaluation and other cost models.