Sr Manager Direct Procurement Sourcing Management

About the role

The role requires strong technical understanding of manufacturing processes, costing and close collaboration with engineering, quality, Industrial, Supply chain, and production teams to enable localized, cost-effective, high-quality supply.

What you'll do

• Localization & Strategic Sourcing Identify, qualify, and develop local suppliers to support Make-in-Region/Make-in-India initiatives
• Align with the category strategy, lead RFQs/RFPs, supplier selection, and commercial negotiations for plastics, metal stamping, rubber parts, machined parts, castings
• Drive supplier KPIs: OTD, PPM, cost savings, and responsiveness
• Monitor supplier risks and implement mitigation plans
• Strong vendor onboarding, persuasion, and relationship-building capability

What you need

• 7–12 yrs of experience
• Procurement
• Sourcing
• Supply chain
• Vendor management
• SAP
• Logistics
• B.Tech or B.E. or MBA

Good to have

• Power BI
• ERP
• PPAP
• APQP
• CNC operation
• GD&T