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Roles and Responsibilities : Responsible for Sourcing & Vendor Management of Tooling, Consumables & Capital Equipment. Identify, evaluate, and onboard high-quality suppliers for procuring CNC cutting tools (end mills, drills, inserts, taps), tool holders, Boring Bars, vices, chucks and specialized raw materials, consumables & Capital equipment. Collaborating with Manufacturing Team to interpret technical drawings and bills of materials (BOMs). Ensure that the tooling specifications exactly match production requirements. Manage procurement and release of purchase orders for tooling, consumables, capital goods - mother machine and its accessories and OEM supplier as per company SOPs. Responsible for supplier development, negotiations on warranty claims management with back-to-back warranty arrangements. Oversee tooling inventory levels. Implement or optimize automated tooling management systems to prevent stockouts while reducing carrying costs. Ensuring the uninterrupted flow of materials & other services required to produce Machine & Mold as per production plan. Negotiate pricing, lead times, payment terms and volume discounts with major tooling manufacturers and local distributors. Manage annual blanket purchase orders for high-use tooling & consumables. Identify cost-saving opportunities through alternate sourcing, process improvements, or vendor consolidation. Stay updated on global commodity prices, currency fluctuations, and trade regulations To provide the necessary techno commercial expertise, advice, information for Vendor Development for existing as well as current projects/business. Developing and maintaining valuable buyer-seller relationships with all stakeholders. Vendor support & development & indigenization of components as per requirements. Job Requirements : Qualification Diploma / Degree - Engineering (Mechanical / Production / Tool & Die Making / Production) Experience & Skills Up to 15 years of core in End-to-End PR-to-PO procurement process of toolings, consumable, capital goods etc. Exposure in tool room/ machine building industry workplace. Knowledge of Machining processes would be added advantage. Knowledge of SAP S4 HANA would be added advantage. .