DGM - Purchase

About SKF

SKF started its operations in India in 1923. Today, SKF provides industry leading automotive and industrial engineered solutions through its five technology-centric platforms: bearings and units, seals, mechatronics, lubrication solutions and services. Over the years the company has evolved from being a pioneer ball bearing manufacturing company to a knowledge-driven engineering company helping customers achieve sustainable and competitive business excellence.

SKF's solutions provide sustainable ways for companies across the automotive and industrial sectors to achieve breakthroughs in friction reduction, energy efficiency, and equipment longevity and reliability. With a strong commitment to research-based innovation, SKF India offers customized value-added solutions that integrate all its five technology platforms.

To know more, please visit: www.skf.com/in

At SKF we are continuously looking to deliver competitive advantages for our customers. By building strong partnerships we better understand the needs of mechanics and end customers, this helps us engineer the right support and solutions around them.

SKF Purpose Statement

Together, we re-imagine rotation for a better tomorrow.

By creating intelligent and clean solutions for people and the planet

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title:         DGM Purchase

Reports To:             Factory Manager

Role Type:               People Manager role

Location:                  Mysore

Purpose of the role

Execute operational purchasing of DM/IDM&S to support country/factories. Support the implementation of strategic sourcing results in the country/factories and promote operational efficiency in the countries. Work closely with the internal stakeholders and execute local purchasing activities. Implement contracts, agreements, and new processes. Participate in and develop efficient standardized P2P processes.

Manage supplier development activities in SKF globally on demand. Manage the supplier development resources and deploy them to run supplier development projects at prioritized suppliers. Manage projects related to quality system development.

Carry out local operational purchasing activities, such as issuing purchase orders and following up on orders and invoices. Enter and maintain purchasing data in purchasing data warehouses, purchasing databases, e-procurement and purchasing systems. 

Responsibilities-

Manager – Factory Purchase

Perform local purchasing according to defined strategy and frameworks:

• • Negotiate and sign local agreements up to a regionally defined and agreed upon value,
  • Review purchase requisitions and identify sources of supply for spot buys,
  • Advice internal stakeholders on procurement issues, providing support and guidance at all stages of the procurement cycle,
  • Advise customers on modifications from original requests (if alternative, more cost efficient, or otherwise beneficial alternatives exist),
  • Select contract/supplier to fill requisitions in accordance with defined strategy and agreements.

Participate as required in global and regional strategic sourcing Projects:

• • Provide local market data and information to global strategic sourcing teams,
  • Validate completeness and relevance of RFI/RFP,
  • Participate in the evaluation and selection of suppliers,
  • Work in close collaboration with Global Category Managers, as well as end users, to ensure local acceptance and implementation of sourcing strategy,
  • Actively participate in the validation of the sourcing strategy implementation approach,
  • Actively participate in the implementation of new contracts,
  • Track key performance indicators on supplier and internal customer contract compliance,
  • Define and take corrective actions to improve contracts compliance.

Drive local sourcing initiatives:

• • Perform local sourcing activities for relatively low spend,
  • Perform local market analysis, and define appropriate sourcing strategy,
  • Screening, short list and select potential suppliers through a Request for Information (RFI) & Request for Proposal (RFP) process,
  • Develop negotiation strategy and lead supplier negotiations,
  • Work with end user and supplier in order to resolve issues,
  • Continuously track supplier performance according to defined QCDIM,
  • Initiate and conduct supplier evaluations and supplier audits.
  • Support implementation of new processes and systems, QCDIM, CSR & sustainability requirements.
  • Run their operations according to the SKF Code of Conduct, Environment Health & Safety (EHS), and Quality Policies, and work according to the SKF Quality Management System. If the operation is EHS certified, work according to the SKF EHS Management System.

Purchasing Administration Activities:

• • Perform local purchasing according to defined strategies and frameworks.
  • Handle invoice price deviations.
  • Release POs from special requests.
  • Upload new suppliers in vendor master.
  • Generate purchasing orders form approved requisitions.
  • Process purchase orders not transacted electronically.
  • Provide feedback to requestors if incorrectness occurs.
  • Work with suppliers to resolve issues related to invoices, damaged/returned goods, and delivery performance.
  • File and update agreements and relevant documentation in designated repositories, update prices and supplier information in databases etc
  • Chase suppliers if price lists are not updated as per contractual agreements (mainly for direct material).
  • Check all price lists received from suppliers are in line with agreements.
  • Distribute price lists to Global Category Managers after checking for validation.
  • Once validated, distribute them to Suppliers lists as agreed with Global Category Managers.
  • Support to develop and implement purchasing processes and systems.
  • Group Reporting (MMRO)
  • KPI Updating
  • Ariba/ Star Ariba Database updation

Supplier Development Activities:

• • Oversee developing, implementing and ensuring consistency of best practice processes for Supplier Development. The process includes making an assessment at a supplier site of lean management practices, production efficiency, quality management processes, delivery management, etc. and to define key performance gaps. Then, work with the supplier to define an improvement program to close the gaps and provide support during the execution of the program.
  • Drive supplier development work based on input from the sourcing teams and PL/BU’s; guide, support, coach, train the Supplier Development engineers.

SQA Activities:

Can flexibly act as SQA to support Category or BU specific needs as per Global SQA directions

Key Interfaces / Interactions In the Job:

• • Suppliers
  • Customers
  • Engineering Function
  • Manufacturing  
  • Group Purchasing
  • Project Management
  • Quality Assurance

Competencies

• • Good Technical Knowledge about engineering drawing, Manufacturing processes.
  • Good Project Management skills.
  • Team Management
  • Quality system knowledge.
  • APQP /PPAP/IATF and other quality system requirements.
  • Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
  • Problem-solving and analytical thinking
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills

Candidate Profile:

• • 12-15 years in supplier development, Product development, Project Management, Purchase and supply chain management.
  • BE Mechanical (Mechanical, Industrial, Production or equivalent) (Full time).
  • MBA, PMP and other certifications should be Preferable.