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Role Requirement: Strategic Sourcing & Procurement: - Develop and implement the company's strategic sourcing roadmap aligned with business growth plans. - Establish category management strategies for direct and indirect procurement. - Develop long-term sourcing strategies for critical commodities and technologies. - Lead strategic negotiations for pricing, commercial terms, contracts, and supply agreements. - Drive global sourcing initiatives to optimize cost, quality, technology access, and supply resilience. - Build a diversified supplier ecosystem to reduce dependency on single-source suppliers. - Develop sourcing strategies supporting localization and import substitution. Supply Chain Management (SCM): - Develop an integrated supply chain strategy supporting manufacturing, R&D, and customer delivery. - Optimize inventory while ensuring high material availability. - Improve supplier responsiveness and manufacturing flexibility. - Drive Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) alignment with procurement, PPC and PMO. - Strengthen demand planning and material planning processes. - Improve supply chain visibility using digital tools and analytics. - Establish risk management frameworks for critical supply chains. Purchase Operations: - Lead procurement planning and execution for production and non-production materials. - Ensure timely procurement of critical components. - Standardize procurement policies and governance. - Monitor procurement KPIs including supplier performance, delivery adherence, quality, and cost. - Improve procurement cycle time through automation and process optimization. Global Logistics (Export & Import): - Develop efficient logistics strategies for domestic and international operations. Manage: 1. Import logistics 2. Export logistics 3. Customs clearance 4. Freight optimization 5. Warehousing 6. Distribution - Optimize shipping costs while maintaining delivery commitments. - Ensure compliance with DGFT, Customs, GST, Foreign Trade Policy, FEMA, and applicable export control regulations. - Develop relationships with logistics partners, freight forwarders, and customs brokers. Key Skills: - 25+ years of experience in SCM / Purchase in Automobile / auto component company. - EV manufacturer will be an added advantage. Strong working knowledge of SAP HANA (implementation experience of SAP HANA will be an added advantage). - Should have handled material resource planning, procurement, ancillary / vendor development, product costing, export/import logistics. - Should have driven sustainability in supply chain (Green SCM). - High process orientation, ability to learn and adapt to organizational cultures, should have worked in at least 3 organizations, should have managed a large, multi-layered team. .