Category Head - Polymer (Corporate SCM)

JOB PURPOSE

Responsible to formulate and drive a consistent approach towards all sourcing, purchasing and tendering activity within the Polymer Manufacturing Category ensuring value add through cost savings. Inculcate the culture of developing Long Term Suppliers to help cater to Varroc's commercial interests

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Category annual planning

Proactively participate in the annual business planning meetings of the concerned Manufacturing Clusters to understand plans and derive material requirements

Determine capacity basis the derived material need; devise a strategy to ensure timely and cost-effective fulfillment of the capacity requirement

Work with the CSCO (Chief Supply Chain Officer) to finalize cost savings targets for the category aligned with business requirements

Develop the category annual plan basis capacity and cost targets ensuring its timely implementation by working closely with Category Managers

Design appropriate reporting and monitoring mechanisms that clearly highlight cost savings achieved by category

2. Strategy formulation and process development

Formulate the category procurement, negotiation and capacity planning strategies to provide cost effective and timely service to concerned businesses; ensure alignment of the formulated strategy with that of other categories

Develop/modify the procurement and capacity planning processes basis experience, observations from periodic reviews and work with the concerned stakeholders to drive their implementation. Monitor compliance to set processes through regular reviews on supplier selection, budget adherence, documentation completion, timely updates on SAP, capacity scheduling etc.

Formulate the costing strategy for projects and proactively work with the BD and BU teams to negotiate contractual arrangements with suppliers to ensure that value for money and excellent service levels is maintained

3. Supplier Management

Build and maintain critical supplier relationships by ensuring that all concerns raised by the supplier are addressed promptly and more opportunities are created for the supplier to expand its business with Varroc

Develop a suitable contract database and protocol for ongoing supplier management including the ongoing creation, rationalization and management of suppliers along with a clear contractor overview highlighting key contracted information

Meet with key suppliers every month for capacity scheduling aligned with formulated capacity planning strategies; influence to accept plans/scenarios

Discuss required investment commitments from the supplier and support (if any) to be offered by Varroc

Work closely to manage spikes or reduction in production basis changing customer requirements

Monitor and track progress of suppliers performance in line with KPIs, contractual obligations and service level agreements

Resolve conflicts and disputes between user teams and supplier in a timely manner to prevent any lag in delivery of materials

4. Team development

Participate in recruitment process to identify the right talent across positions within the function

Establish individual performance expectations and regularly review individual performance of the team

Identify and create development opportunities for team members to enhance functional knowledge

QUALIFICATION

Minimum Qualification required - Bachelor's degree in engineering (MANDATORY)

Qualifications preferred - MBA / PG in SCM

WORK EXPERIENCE

Minimum 15-20 years of Auto-Component SCM / Purchase / Procurement experience (Especially in Polymer / Plastics Automotive Interior / Exterior Components - MANDATORY )

Knowledge of the automotive industry & understanding of automotive components and manufacturing processes (Especially - Polymer / Plastics Automotive Interior / Exterior Components)

Knowledge of automotive industry supplier base

Knowledge of procurement ERP systems / platforms & analysis tools