Head of Procurement | Electrical & Industrial Products

About the role

Strengthen coordination between local procurement teams and global strategic purchasing, ensuring alignment with global sourcing strategies and governance. The ideal candidate will hold an engineering degree, with 15-24 years of experience in procurement within industrial manufacturing, including significant people leadership experience.

What you'll do

• Lead the India procurement organization, overseeing operational purchasing for direct and indirect materials across manufacturing operations
• Assess the existing procurement structure, establish clear roles and responsibilities, and drive organizational effectiveness and accountability
• Identify opportunities to develop Indian suppliers for both domestic and global requirements, supporting diversification of the global supplier base
• Improve procurement processes, standardization and governance while driving cost optimization and procurement efficiency
• Lead procurement digitalization initiatives, improve SAP utilization and identify opportunities for process automation

What you need

• 15–24 yrs of experience
• Procurement
• SAP
• Performance management
• Lean
• B.Tech or B.E.