Buyer - Indirect Procurement (Packaging)

Mahindra And Mahindra Limited; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Mahindra And Mahindra Limited is seeking a Buyer in Indirect Procurement focused on packaging materials across automotive, spare parts and allied business units. The role requires 5–7 years in packaging procurement, a strong background in negotiating with large suppliers, and the ability to drive cost reductions while ensuring quality and timely delivery.

The candidate should have packaging specialization or PGDP and experience with SOWs, SLAs, and RFQs to build a robust supplier base and

Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience in packaging development or procurement.
• Experience in Automobile, FMCG, E-Commerce packaging preferred.
• Graduate with Packaging specialization or PGDP from IIP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Understand requirements (SOW and SLAs) from user departments relating to packaging across plants.
• Decide the vendor panel and float RFQs wherever necessary.
• Receive and analyse quotes and decide target price.
• Conduct negotiations and achieve target price as decided by senior management.
• Display domain knowledge on packaging commodities and purchasing processes; focus on costing and negotiations for packaging cost settlement.
• Packaging commodity wise vendor paneling and decide procurement and supply strategy.
• Market intelligence and forecasting of raw material prices; track commodity price trends.

Skills

Effective communication

Negotiation

Costing & cost drivers

Vendor management

Education

Packaging specialization graduate

PGDP from IIP

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Buyer - Indirect Procurement Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

• Understand the requirements (Scope of Work and SLAs) from various user departments relating to Packaging ( Corrugation, Steel, Polymer, wood, returnable) across all the plants of AFS ( Auto - Farm Sector), Spare Parts and Allied Business Understanding the requirements (Scope of Work) from various user departments
• Decide the vendor panel and Float RFQs wherever necessary
• Receive and Analyse quotes and Decide Target Price
• Conduct Negotiations and Achieve Target Price as jointly decided by senior management
• Domain knowledge on Packaging commodities and purchasing processes. Should be costing and negotiations for packaging cost settlement.
• Commercial contract settlement for Packaging activities:
  • Supplier assessment & Price settlement for packaging commodities like corrugation, polybags, VCI, Pine wood, rubber wood, Steel crates/ Skids, returnable packaging, etc
  • Should be costing and negotiations for packaging cost settlement.
  • Identify competent supplier base and develop along with user.
  • Market intelligence and forecasting of Raw material prices - Commodity price trend tracking and benchmarking.
  • Differential Sourcing Strategy - Benchmarking of Technology and Prices in Industry, innovative packaging solutions, adapting best practices in other industries.
  • Value Engineering / Cost Reductions - Ability to generate new ideas of bringing Material cost either by selection of material, alternate Source or by optimization of design / process cost.
  • Packaging Commodity Wise Vendor Panneling and Decide Procurement and supply strategy.

Qualifications

• Experience 5-7 years experience in packaging development / procurement preferred.
• Experience in Automobile, FMCG, E-Commerce packaging preferred.
• Industry Preferred Qualifications Any graduate with specialisation in Packaging or Post Graduate Diploma in Packaging (PGDP) from IIP preferred.

General Requirements

• 1) Effective written and spoken communication
• 2) Understanding Costing, Should be costing, Cost drivers and levers
• 3) Ability to Negotiate with large and reputed agencies and close deals
• 4) Experience of MS office tools

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