The Procurement Manager is responsible for developing and executing procurement strategies that ensure the timely, costÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂeffective, and quality-focused acquisition of goods and services. This role oversees supplier management, contract negotiation, cost optimization, and compliance while supporting organizational objectives and operational continuity.
Key Deliverables
Manage all aspects of non-commodity procurement, from sourcing to delivery. These include:
Strategic Sourcing: Developing sourcing strategies, negotiating contracts, and identifying alternative sources to achieve productivity gains and cost savings
Supplier Management: Evaluating and selecting suppliers based on quality, cost, and capability
Directly handling big global cooperatives and suppliers
Operational oversight: Overseeing contract implementation, resolving operational issues and managing budgets and forecasts.
Pricing ideas - Adopt to market practices and ensure cost-effective buying.
Compliance: Ensuring all procurement policies and regulations are followed.
Able to plan and manage the required logistics and other supportive functions.
Plan and expand the operating geographies and suppliers.
Competition information - Arrivals, Pricing, offers etc.
Cost: Manage the direct cost of operations within the allotted budget.
Quality: Ensure optimum quality of engineering spares is procured.
Sustainability: Anchor and lead the sustainability initiatives.
Strategic Effectiveness
You will be responsible for the optimal utilization of resources
Support implementation of required infrastructure as per the business plan and derive maximum capacity efficiencies by eliminating controllable losses
Be responsible for all Engineering Spares & Services.
Ability to build teams - hiring, training, and developing team members.
Collaborate with key stakeholders involving formal business reviews and ongoing continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
Good communication skills.
Team player, with team management skills.
Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team-building skills.
Ability to leverage modern procurement tools and ERP systems to automate sourcing, vendor management and procurement analytics for improved efficiency and transparency.
Establish structured supplier performance reviews (KPIs, SLAs) to drive continuous improvement, strengthen long-tern partnerships and ensure alignment with organizational quality and cost objectives.
Risk Mitigation (planning)- Ability to identify and mitigate supply chain risks by developing contingency sourcing strategies.
ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂàBe able to drive value in cost benchmarking through structured negotiations, should-cost analysis and continuous monitoring of cost drivers to ensure optimal procurement decisions.