Global Category Buyer -M/PUR83.2 - Deputy Manager

In India, Bosch is a leading supplier of technology and services in the areas of Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. Additionally, Bosch has in India the largest development center outside Germany, for end to end engineering and technology solutions. The Bosch Group operates in India through twelve companies. Bosch set-up its manufacturing operation in 1951, which has grown over the years to include 18 manufacturing sites, and seven development and application centers. Bosch Group in India employs over 31,000 associates and generated consolidated revenue of about ₨.21,450 crores* (2.66 billion euros) in 2018 of which ₨. 15,824 crores*(1.96 billion euros) from third party. The Group in India has close to 18,000 research and development associates.

In India, Bosch Limited is the flagship company of the Bosch Group. It earned revenue of over ₨. 12,460 crores (1.54 billion euros) in 2018. Additional information can be accessed at www.bosch.in .

• Responsible Global Category buyer for Casting, Stamping, Metal sub assembly commodities.
• Mentorship of assigned suppliers, Support for localization activity
• Conducting market research for benchmarking
• Supplier selection and Business awarding
• Leading Negotiation (Yearly price negotiation, cost benchmarking knowledge)
• Defining and Execution of Supplier and Material field strategy
• Continuous improvement mindset to bring in better process and solutions

• Responsible for capacity planning and contracting at suppliers
• Alignment with Project Purchasing and Logistics team for capacity planning

• Supplier mentorship (Single point of contact for all commercial related topics
• Monitoring of Supplier performance (Nego results, NPD , Quality and delivery metrices)
• Monitoring of monthly KPIs, Data analytics and Management info sharing
• Support internal stakeholders and develop supplier / Material field strategy accordingly

Engineering (B.E. / B-Tech in Mechanical / Industrial), or MBA

• Overall Purchasing performance (Negotiation, RPP, Supplier Quality)
• Defining and execution of Supplier and Material field strategy

• Experience between 5 to 8 years in strategic purchasing along with Machined, Casting, Stamping Sub assembly parts process know-how.
• SAP (MM Module) knowledge
• Experience in dealing with Technical documents like BOMs, Drawings and Norms

• Negotiation skills
• Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player