Assistant Manager- SCM (Water Heater Division)

Role & responsibilities

Leading the Team of Sourcing for Import & Local Procurement

• To ensure procurement planning and availability of Import items (93) from 19 suppliers & locally (525) purchased items from 40 suppliers with the help of Sourcing Team of 4 Senior Engineers.
• To review a schedule prepared by sourcing team and ensure each supplier will be received it with D+7 basis for 37 Local commodities & T+3 basis for 16 Import Commodities.
• To Coordinate with PPC for Fixing the OPSI Plan.
• To Review tactical buying process (Import) - RFQs, RFIs and RFPs.
• To Review Rolling plan prepared by Sourcing Team. Guide them for corrections if required.
• To review Supplier's RM requirement. Initiate the corrective actions (if required) by collaborating with sourcing buyers and suppliers.
• Import Freight & Item Landed cost analysis & negotiation (if required).
• Ensure RFQ to PO Management process. Analyze and resolve Supply Chain issues.
• Visit the vendors site / plants to ensure the Mold conditions, machine status, quality assurance & capacity.
• To monitor material availability, material dispatches as per schedules and on-time deliveries.
• To prepare & monitor Procurement Budget (LC) & proceed for Online Approval (OAS).
• Ensure to Follow-up with sourcing team for PI and share LC to Tata, JSW and Import Suppliers etc. to regularize the supply chain process.
• To review with sourcing team for the compliance to the production plan and avoid line loss. Arrange to prepare action plan with effectiveness matrix in case of line loss.
• Ensure the supplier performance matrix evaluation and improvement.
• Arrange to execute Quarterly Cost Revision in GSOP with Sourcing Team.
• Coordinate with QA, Store & Supplier to clear rejections. Counter action against production loss due to supplier.
• To ensure timely completion of Suppliers/ Vendors reconciliation as per the frequency (Generally once in 6 months) by Sourcing Team.
• Plan, Execute & Review the Cost Innovation Projects.
• Review & prepare the inventory control initiatives.
• Ensure the on time payment to suppliers as per defined payment term
• To Monitor & Control - Inventory level (RM), RM Ageing.
• IMS Audit readiness
• Identify and Develop new Suppliers as per Business need.
• Training & Development to the Team for Sourcing Skill Enhancement
• Develop skilled Supply Chain Executives & Junior Line of Management

Preferred candidate profile

• Team Leading & Management •
• Material Management (Import & Local)
• • Supply Chain Operations Management
• Cost Innovation Project Execution
• Supplier Management
• Problem Analysis
• Risk Analysis
• • Rout Cause Analysis
• Why-Why analysis
• Brainstorming
• Decision Making