Team Member - Sriperumbudur, India - SAINT GOBAIN INDIA PVT LTD - GLASS & GLASS SOLUTIONS BUSINESS

Description

About us:

Saint-Gobain's Glass business in India manufactures a wide variety of flat glass products and solutions for architectural and automotive requirements.

It started operations in the year 2000 with the commissioning of its first float glass plant in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.

Since then, it has rapidly expanded, invested close to INR 5000 Crs and deepened its presence in the Indian flat glass market.

Today, Saint-Gobain is considered as a strong Technology and Market Leader shaping the industry with wide range of advanced products and solutions with a unique pan-India manufacturing footprint with plants in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu (started in May 2000), Jhagadia, Gujarat (acquisition in May 2011) & Bhiwadi, Rajasthan (greenfield investment started in March 2014).Saint-Gobain has pioneered several Product, Marketing, Manufacturing, Application and Human Resources innovations that helped in the emergence of product differentiation, segmentation and knowledge / skill development in what was seen as a commodity industry.

For over 350 years, Saint-Gobain has consistently demonstrated its ability to develop offerings that improve people's Wellbeing.

We believe that Talent is infinite and if you believe that it is opportunity to invest in future, you are most welcome to be part of this exciting journey.

To more about the company please visit us at

Currently we are looking for experienced purchase professionals with experience in Capex purchase working in middle to large manufacturing organizations (Women candidates preferred).

The position will be responsible for

Implement supplier partnership programs that provides competitive advantage while ensuring premium quality supply and a reduction of total cost of ownershipSupervising operational procurement & service contracts for appropriate strategy and T&C's development.

Vendor pre -qualification, evaluation, award, kick -off, variation mitigation, supplier performance management, material release, shipping and close out.
Optimizing sourcing globally, regionally, and locally while building talent and capabilities in (procurement professionals, focused on delivering significant economic value creation, innovation, on time execution and lean supply chains in support of strategic business plans.
Building strategic relationships with key suppliers, achieving aggressive targets in terms of cost, quality and delivery.
Identifying and driving localization project; developing a capable supplier base.

Conducting buying/market analysis, including material supply chain, value analysis to drive cost down/localization projects with the supports from Lead Buyer, Supplier Development Team and Engineering team.

Managing the import operations and maintaining various documents for the same.

Coordinating for customs clearance, export / import matters & liaising with various authorities, shipping companies and other external agencies for various clearances / approvals.

Tracking & monitoring market activities for raw material prices / key element prices and providing inputs to management for strategic buyingCoordinating with project team on the budgeting part during closure of project.

Coordinating with project Manager to achieve the project financial forecast for each month/year.

Administering day -to-day progress of material ordered and co ordinating for ensuring on -time deliveries while meeting service, cost and quality norms.

Collaborating with the Engineering and QAC teams internally for value engineering, studying benchmarking practices and developing new solutions in buying.

Vendor registration in the system, Indent/ PR processing, ensuring on -time payment to supplier.
Submitting handing over slip to projects & finance enable them to process Invoice of suppliers.


Qualification and Experience required:
Engineering Degree from good academic institute. Post Graduation in Supply Chain Management/Business Management will be an added advantage.

Overall experience of 3-6 Years in which relevant experience in purchase function of minimum 3 Years having handled Capex purchase in Engineering and Project procurement as core role in any middle to manufacturing companies with more than 500 Crores turnover.

Job related Skills requiredSAP KnowledgeGood negotiation skills

Strategic Sourcing:
Techno Commercial Costing of product lifecycle and their turnover.
Planning & ExecutionBuilding relationshipsWell versed with Office tools (M S office)Business ethics and transparency

Desired personal attributes

Interpersonal & Communication skillsAdaptive to work/social environmentIntegrity & Strong work EthicTeam PlayerPresentation skillsAnalytical approach and ExplorerAgility

Interested purchase professionals can mail their updated resume tovignesh.-