Assistant Manager - Productivity Buyer - M/F/D

valeo; Pune District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo, a global automotive supplier, is looking for a Productivity Buyer to drive purchasing productivity across sites in India. You will define and implement technical, re-sourcing, and logistics actions, working with site managers to stay within budget and improve efficiency.

You will monitor supplier relationships, push for value creation, and ensure adherence to global standards. This role offers a challenging, multicultural environment with opportunities for career growth at Valeo.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement and supplier relationship management.
• Knowledge of purchasing tools and information systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement technical, re-sourcing, and logistics productivity initiatives.
• Monitor supplier relationships for key accounts and ensure budget alignment.
• Develop site purchasing plans and collaborate with segment leaders to meet targets.
• Ensure adherence to purchasing standards and internal processes.

Skills

Procurement

Supplier management

Negotiation

Logistics coordination

Job description

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

• Defines and implements technical/re-sourcing/logistics/VPS materials productivities and reservoir in line with budget requirements, in collaboration with the segment organization
• Supports the commodity organization (Segment Leaders) to reach the site negotiation objectives
• Drives in front of the MSC material productivity actions and brings suppliers in, in line with budget timing
• Monitors Supplier Relationship wherever assigned the Role of Key Account Purchasing (KAP) for a given supplier, when not covered by Group Commodity organisation
• Implements PG/PL Worldwide materials standards in the site (s)
• Build up the site (s) budget together with the site Purchasing manager and in liaison with the Segment Leaders
• Implement mitigation action plan at site level
• Ensure coverage of logistics protocols for all bought out parts
• Strictly apply the V5000 Supplier Integration axis Standards (internal referential, certifications, procedures, purchasing tools, information systems)

KPIs :

• - Shared
• Purchasing index
• - Specific
• Purchasing Index for commodity under his scope for technical/re-sourcing/logistics/VPS levers in his site (s)
• Supplier rationalization indicator
• Productivity Reservoir
• Quality incidents

Job:

Productivity Buyer Organization:

Productivity Purchasing Schedule:

Full time Employee Status:

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Permanent contract Job Posting Date:

2026-08-27

Being part of our team, you will join:

• - one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• - a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• - more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• - a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com