Buyer- Metal Commodity

Škoda Auto Volkswagen India Private Limited; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Škoda Auto Volkswagen India Private Limited is seeking a procurement professional to source production materials, estimate costs, plan capacity, and release contracts and purchase orders. The role involves guiding buyers, negotiating prices, and ensuring compliance with group purchasing processes.

The ideal candidate will manage supplier relationships, explore new suppliers, and support R&D, logistics, and quality for cost-effective sourcing.

Qualifications

• Experience in sourcing production materials for strategic workgroups.
• Cost estimation and capacity planning knowledge.
• Releasing contracts and purchase orders.
• Guide buyers in business topics.
• Familiarity with group purchasing processes.
• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Understanding of MS Office and basic procurement tools.
• QMS/EMS knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Source and manage production materials for strategic workgroups.
• Plan capacity and align with the group for material allocation.
• Negotiate yearly cost reductions and manage contracts.
• Issue annual PO releases and contracts with suppliers.
• Support supplier escalations (R&D, Logistics, Quality).
• Scout new suppliers and onboard with handholding.
• Conduct cost analyses and price negotiations with vendors.
• Coordinate technical reviews, audits, and quality checks.
• Gather market data for benchmarking of parts.

Skills

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Supply chain management

Communication

Assertiveness

MS Office

Tools

MS Office

Job description

• This position is responsible for sourcing of production materials for strategic workgroups , cost estimation , capacity planning, evaluate change request , release of contracts , releasing Purchase orders (Tooling &
• Components) , part development and tracking , support and guide the buyers in business topics.
• Ensure execution of activities as per group purchasing processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

Series activities

• Ensure capacity planning in order to achieve production targets for respective responsible
• parts , alignment with group for allocation of common parts including imported child parts
• Yearly price negotiations to achieve cost reduction targets as per agreed Business Plan.
• Annual purchase order release / contracts
• Facilitate supplier related escalations topics (R&D , Logistics ,Quality and related functions)
• Scout for new potential suppliers and bring them on board with handholding
• Explore new technologies, alternate raw material , Value Engg. proposals for cost reduction (FMK , Q –gene , P-gene , complexity reduction )
• Do global sourcing and evaluate saving potentials for material cost reduction
• Monitor raw material & Forex trends
• Annual asset verification for tooling at suppliers end
• QMS / EMS : Provide necessary support for the implementation / sustenance of Quality,
• Energy, Environment and Information Security Management Systems within the Commodity.
• Representation in material group meetings for regional sourcing strategies for high value parts

Sourcing Activities

• Supplier identification and preparation of bidder list
• Registration of suppliers on Group purchase platform
• Gather inputs for releasing enquiry , Create and Release RFQs in system
• Follow-up offers from bidder, check completeness of offers (CBD’s )
• Request for Targets for part price and investments.
• Do a plausibility check of offers based on cost estimation
• Price negotiation and get final offers from suppliers.
• Facilitate and ensure technical review , QTR , quality and R&D audits
• Preparation of cost comparison based on agreed technical proposals
• Gather Market information / Group benchmark overview for the parts under sourcing

Required Skills:

• Critical, Technical & Behavioral Skills (As required for the role)
• Knowledge of supplier base , material price trends & manufacturing processes , product technical information.
• Knowledge for purchasing processes and systems , commercial-legal terms and their implication , QMS , EnMS.
• Communication ,Negotiation ,Analytical , Assertiveness skills ,Knowledge of MS office