Supply Chain Management

• Developing and sustaining long-standing relationships with company-approved vendors.

• Meeting with suitable vendors to assess their products, inquire about their services, negotiate pricing, and communicate any product or service-related concerns.

• Conducting research on available vendors to determine which vendors offer the best pricing and product quality.

• Continually monitoring sales trends to determine which products are more popular than others.

• Implementing vendor selection programs to ensure that the best vendors are secured.

• Conducting interviews with new vendors and informing approved vendors of their responsibilities and obligations.

• Establishing standards by which to assess the performance of approved vendors.

• Evaluating current vendor management programs and identifying ways to improve them.

• Drive continuous improvement of suppliers quality, cycle, and delivery performance through quality tools

• Plan & implement document creation, retention, format & meeting with all stake holders on regulatory (e.g. ISO) & quality requirements

• Establish and maintain supplier performance metrics (cost, delivery, service, quality, innovation, social responsibility,) together with the sourcing team

• Need to adhere key process indicator (KPI) structure, and the effective use of measurement data/results to drive alignment

• Lead improvement projects across the organization to align business processes, ensure common process for customers, drive QMS efficiency, and to product consistent predictable results for Customers

• Establish plans of record and capability roadmaps, providing the risk mitigation direction on operationally possibilities

• Carry out new supplier validation audits, with supplier support and supplier Advanced Product Quality Planning

• Work with Engineering (Design and Manufacturing Engineers) team to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements

• Provide technical expertise to customers in solving technical problems associated with product supply and test

• Conduct benchmarking studies to determine best practices/designs and future trends

Experience Required-

Min 5 Yrs or more

Qualification

B.Tech (Mechanical) only