Assistant Manager – Pricing & Lead Time

Molex; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex is seeking an Assistant Manager – Pricing & Lead Time in Bengaluru to lead global pricing governance and lead-time initiatives. You will ensure SAP master data integrity (PIR) and collaborate with procurement teams, IT, and stakeholders to drive automation and analytics across the end-to-end process.

The role focuses on building a high-performing global Pricing & Leadtime Management team, delivering accurate pricing and lead times, and advancing data-driven decision-making to sustain

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, finance, or related discipline.
• 8–12 years of global procurement, quotation or pricing leadership experience.
• People management experience and ability to build high-performing teams.
• Strong expertise in pricing and lead-time governance and SAP knowledge.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and data analytics capability.
• Experience with SAP and business analytics.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a global Pricing & Leadtime Management team delivering consistent pricing and lead-time outcomes across regions and material groups.
• Foster PBM culture, developing accountable teams where leaders coach and mentor with a strong contribution mindset.
• Establish and govern global pricing and lead-time disciplines.
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver analytics and negotiation support.
• Lead and ensure complete and accurate maintenance of PIRs, lead times, and pricing within SAP.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable analytics and insights for decision-making.
• Establish dashboards, reports, and analytical models to drive procurement performance.
• Drive initiatives enabling enterprise-wide data frameworks.

Skills

Pricing governance

Lead-time governance

SAP

Business analytics

Cross-functional leadership

People management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, or finance

Tools

SAP

Job description

Assistant Manager – Pricing & Lead Time

Position within the QPM team is responsible for leading Molex's global commercial excellence initiatives in supplier pricing governance and lead time governance. The role ensures effective pricing discipline, lead time compliance, and high-quality SAP master data (PIR) to support business continuity and operational excellence. Working with a global scope from Bangalore, partners closely with Procurement, Global and Regional Category Teams, IT, and Business Stakeholders to drive transformation through automation, analytics, and process standardization across the end-to-end process. The role is accountable for delivering sustainable business value by strengthening cross functional collaboration, improving data governance, enabling informed decision-making, and delivering sustainable value.

Our Team

This role is part of the Global Procurement organization within Molex, operating as a core element of the Global Supply Chain Center of Excellence (CoE). The QPM team works at the intersection of sourcing, NPD, cost engineering, analytics, and digital platforms to support Molex’s global businesses with scalable, data-driven quotation and pricing capabilities.

What You Will Do

• Build and lead a global Pricing & Leadtime Management team that delivers consistent, Accurate pricing and lead-time outcomes across regions and material groups.
• Foster a Performance-Based Management (PBM) culture, developing accountable teams where leaders act as coaches and mentors with a strong contribution mindset.
• Establish and govern global pricing and lead-time disciplines.
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver analytics and negotiation support.
• Lead and ensure completeness & accurate maintenance and updates of Purchasing Info Records (PIRs), lead times, and pricing within SAP systems following supplier negotiations.
• Collaborate closely with Stakeholders to gather business requirements and translate them into actionable analytics and insights for strategic decision-making.
• Establish Business dashboards, reports, and analytical models to drive procurement performance and optimization.
• Drive initiatives enabling enterprise-wide data frameworks.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience 8-12 years in leading teams - global Procurement, quotation or pricing functions.
• People Management experience
• Proven ability to build and retain high-performing teams.
• Strong expertise in pricing & Lead-time governance
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership.
• SAP and Business Analytical Knowledge

What Will Put You Ahead

• Master’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, or related discipline.
• Experience in similar Procurement pricing in a global manufacturing company.
• Experience owning digital quotation or pricing platforms.
• Understanding of Principle-Based Management (PBM).
• Strong communication, analytical, and presentation skills, both verbal & written
• Self-Motivated and able to work autonomously
• Ability to lead and manage a team in a matrixed organization.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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