About this role
Responsibilities & Key Deliverables
Develop and implement sourcing strategies for Plastic Parts, Systems, and Tooling to achieve business objectives related to cost, supply continuity, technology, and risk management. Build a competitive and resilient supplier ecosystem through strategic partnerships, localization, and commercial optimization.
Key Result Areas
- Develop and execute commodity sourcing strategies for plastics.
- Manage and strengthen the supplier base, including alternate source development.
- Achieve cost reduction targets through negotiation, value engineering, localization, and benchmarking.
- Mitigate raw material price impact and supply chain risks.
- Identify and adopt competitive product and process technologies.
- Ensure timely supplier onboarding and readiness for new projects.
- Drive supplier capacity planning to support business growth.
- Improve sourcing efficiencies through process improvements, digitization, and DWM.
- Increase common sourcing opportunities across businesses.
- Drive sustainability, compliance, and responsible sourcing initiatives.
- Lead commodity budgeting, forecasting, and spend management.
- Leverage market intelligence and spend analytics to improve sourcing decisions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.
- Manage supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, capacity, and innovation parameters.
- Enhance internal customer and supplier experience through effective stakeholder management.
- Build a high-performing team through capability development and employee engagement.
- Act as the subject matter expert for plastics and advise on sourcing, localization, capacity expansion, and technology adoption
Preferred Industries
Automobile Farm Sector
## Education Qualification
Engineering Graduate (Plastics/ Mechanical/ Production) + MBA (preferred)
General Experience
4 to 7 yrs experience (for smaller commodity we do consider GET/GATs with 1 yrs exp
## Critical Experience
- Supplier Assessment & Evaluation on cost, quality, delivery parameters
- Suppliers Risk assessment on Finance, Safety & Labor relations
- Process knowledge & Commercial acumen,
- Automotive Plastic Supplier Base & Networking with plastic part & RM suppliers
- Spend Analytics and digitization
Skill Set
- Excellent Interpersonal Communication & networking skill with suppliers and internal customers
- Sound Decision Making, Execution excellence
- Leadership skills, People management, Negotiation, Cultural Sensitivity
- Relationship building with suppliers, internal customers
- Taking initiatives
System Generated Core Skills
Analytical Thinking Communication Skills Influencing Skills Project Planning & Execution Risk Analysis Supplier Selection Pricing Price Optimization Supplier Risk Management Sourcing Strategic Sourcing Benchmarking
## System Generated Secondary Skills
Negotiation Project Management Supplier Management