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ProcurementJob Description:
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Role Definition
Looking for resource who is having hands on experience in Purchase, Commercial and exposure/experience to Casting and Fabrication.
Should have team handling experience with minimum of 7-10years
Overall 15+years of work experience is required.
Qualification :-
BE/B.Tech with relevant work experience is required.
Manages function and staff responsible for procurement of materials and services needed in the manufacturing process.
Responsibilities
• Defining and communicating rules for supplier bids and managing high-impact purchases. Evaluating the qualification of suppliers and negotiating prices.
• Managing daily activities associated with requesting quotes, issuing purchase orders, invoice/contract approval, grief resolution, job instruction, vendor contacts, supplier quality/delivery, record keeping and all other purchasing related activities.
• Assessing purchasing decisions through the analysis of historical and market information; recommending improvements.
• Managing the quality of purchased goods and services based on specified requirements. Solving major supplier related problems.
Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired
Skill Descriptors
Quality Management: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Interprets results of quantitative and statistical tools and explains results to others.
• Develops programs for motivating personnel to meet or exceed quality goals.
• Communicates key benefits of a quality management process.
• Conducts and directs quality reviews.
• Develops expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.
• Develops quality assurance processes based on Six Sigma, ISO 9000 or Baldrige principles.
Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.
Negotiating: Knowledge of successful negotiation concepts and techniques; ability to negotiate successfully across the organization and with external vendors and clients in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Works to achieve win-win in negotiations, rather than taking a win-lose approach.
• Focuses on issues rather than personalities.
• Uses active listening and probing techniques to surface problems, issues, and interests.
• Demonstrates a willingness to examine own position.
• Presents own position and listens attentively to position of others.
Audit and Compliance Function: Knowledge of major responsibilities and tasks of Audit and Compliance (A&C) function; ability to manage the operation of A&C function in various business environment.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Summarizes the mission, vision and objectives of the A&C function.
• Works with the major units and sub-functions of the A&C organization.
• Implements the basic A&C technology used within the organization.
• Participates in meetings regarding relevant regulatory considerations and agencies.
• Explains the major A&C programs, initiatives and issues currently being addressed.
Business Intelligence: Knowledge of business intelligence; ability to utilize business processes and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data that helps the organization make better business decisions.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Works on business intelligence projects in a limited environment.
• Follows relevant BI ethics codes, standards, policies and practices.
• Researches and reports on beneficial BI usage in different departments or environments.
• Uses BI tools to produce management reports.
• Assists in the application of BI to new business situations.
Category Management: Knowledge of category management within an organization's goods and services sector; ability to use this knowledge to analyze and improve the end-to-end procurement process and maximize business profitability.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Assists senior category professionals in creating categories based on spend analysis, market analysis, and other stages of the category management lifecycle.
• Follows established procedures, guidelines, and approval level requests to perform procurement activities.
• Identifies and documents challenges related to category management.
• Participates in defining goals, KPIs, and objectives of the assigned category.
• Utilizes basic tools and technologies to analyze procurement management data.
Supplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Follows procedures in carrying out routine supplier management tasks.
• Uses electronic systems or tools to record/retrieve supplier information and carry out transactions with suppliers.
• Resolves routine supplier issues; escalates non-routine issues up chain of command.
• Researches alternative vendors or suppliers; participates in supplier selection.
• Works with suppliers to ensure that purchases meet delivery date and quality specifications.
Purchasing Tasks and Activities: Knowledge of policies, regulations and processes of purchasing; ability to use practices and procedures for procurement of materials, components, equipment and services.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Works with the implementation of complex purchasing programs and tasks.
• Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex purchasing activity problems.
• Monitors the effectiveness of procurement policies and strategies in high cost purchases.
• Improves procurement processes to maximize products or services efficiency and effectiveness.
• Teaches others how to use advanced technologies and tools for purchasing activities.
• Evaluates issues and considerations for purchasing various goods and services.
This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Posting Dates:
February 4, 2025 - February 10, 2025Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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