Deputy General Manager- Procurement & Supplier Management

Mercedes Benz Edmonton West; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Group in Bengaluru seeks a senior professional for L4 Procurement & Supplier Management to lead and strengthen MP India procurement, supplier quality, and governance in alignment with global MP strategy. The role emphasizes operational excellence, process/tool deployment, and talent development across the local team, with close collaboration with MP HQ in Germany.

You will drive local and global supplier strategies, enable early supplier know-how integration, and build a strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Management, or a related discipline (MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage)
• Proven experience in managing and leading teams and developing both an organization and people
• Proven experience in managing and leading negotiations with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong communication and influencing skills with an extroverted and persuasive personality
• Ability to demonstrate a professional business attitude and decision-making maturity
• Excellent command of English, mandatory at negotiation and stakeholder management level
• Prior experience in the automotive industry and/or in purchasing, sourcing or procurement functions will be considered an added advantage

Responsibilities

• Further develop a growing Procurement & Supplier Quality Team
• Strengthen and scale the MP buyer and supplier quality organization
• Define roles, responsibilities, and interfaces in line with MP governance
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and stabilization of the new team
• Establish effective collaboration models with HQ and cross-functional stakeholders
• Develop and implement local and global supplier strategies in alignment with MP objectives
• Promote concept competitions and supplier strategies to further develop the global supplier base
• Analyze procurement markets and derive sourcing strategies in coordination with project management
• Ensure early integration of supplier know-how into product development
• Nominate and align development suppliers for new scopes with all relevant stakeholders
• Suppliers, maturity level, sampling and complaint processing: supporting internal and external suppliers using preventive quality methods
• Ensuring the QM method and process capability at the supplier
• Planning, organizing and conducting supplier audits
• Requesting, controlling and creating a report on measures
• Identifying design concepts and new developments with regard to Q aspects and manufacturability
• Initiating and monitoring the creation of process requirement specifications and FMEAs
• Integrate Q requirements into the requirement specifications
• Check component requirement specifications with regard to the quality aspects and correct and release if necessary
• Ensure all measures for maturity level validation for the assigned parts scope
• Develop and implement fault remedy process in prevention and series production together with the supplier
• Check the effectiveness of the measures introduced and, if necessary, initiate suitable escalation measures in a timely manner
• Provide proactive information to Procurement regarding possible recourse topics
• Establish and develop procurement processes in line with global MP standards and policies
• Implement Operational Excellence frameworks and continuous improvement initiatives in Pune and Bangalore
• Ensure adherence to company policies, compliance standards and legal requirements
• Development of supplier- and commodity-specific regionalization strategies for all relevant foreign locations
• Holding strategy meetings with suppliers, creating target agreements with supply partners, and continuously optimizing supply relationships
• Coordinate the global strategy with the corresponding representatives of the foreign locations
• Joint supplier visits on site and escalation management
• Coordinate and manage FM cost target achievement together with Purchasing, Project, Development, Cost Planning and international plants
• Secure project quality gates and provide regular reporting on target achievement
• Apply defined MP procedures and methods to achieve cost and timing targets
• Track procurement-specific project goals and control FM target achievement
• Ensure FM cost target achievement through method development, alignment, and structured problem resolution
• Propose market environment assumptions as part of the goal-setting process
• Act as the interface between MP Hub India and MP Germany for tool- and process-related topics
• Act as the primary interface between the local procurement team and HQ
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (Engineering, Quality, Finance, Legal, Compliance)
• Support global projects, escalations, and strategic initiatives
• Build, coach and develop the local procurement/buyer/supplier quality team
• Ensure strong understanding of MP processes, governance and tool landscape
• Support training programs, onboarding, and knowledge transfer from HQ
• Develop and execute training concepts for buyers and procurement stakeholders
• Promote continuous learning and professional development within the team
• Ensure all procurement and supplier quality activities comply with Mercedes-Benz policies, legal requirements, and compliance standards
• Support risk mitigation, supply resilience, and sustainability objectives within MP
• Drive implementation and correct usage of the MP process and tool landscape
• Ensure data quality, process compliance, and end-to-end transparency
• Act as the key interface between MP Hub India and MP Germany for tool- and process-related topics

Skills

Leadership

Cultural adaptability

Communication

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Team development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Business/Management (MBA an added advantage)

Job description

Aufgaben

Job Description – L4 Procurement & Supplier Management - MP/EI

Job Purpose
As Procurement & Supplier Management L4 in MP India you will be responsible for establishing, developing and strengthening the MP (Mercedes-Benz Procurement & Supplier Management) procurement function within the MP India organization in alignment with the global MP strategy, governance as well as standards. The role focuses on operational excellence, MP process and tool deployment, the supplier landscape development in India, supplier quality management incl. local industrialization processes as well as capability building of the local buyer organization, while ensuring strong integration with MP headquarters in Germany.
In addition, you will ensure that all procurement & supplier quality management processes fully comply with company policies and legal requirements. Through your strategic and operational expertise, you will make a significant contribution to strengthening Mercedes-Benz’s global competitiveness and innovative capability.

Key Success Factors

Strong leadership presence and cultural adaptability

Development and empowerment of the local team

Ability to lead, train and develop junior leadership level

Strong network in the Indian automotive industry

Excellent knowhow of the cost structure of the Indian tier-1 industry landscape

Results-driven mindset with a focus on quality, compliance, and cost

Strong collaboration within the global team and local stakeholders to build and scale MP procurement functions in India.

Establish Operational Excellence and MP process/tool adoption

Train and develop the team in Pune

Expand and develop the Indian supplier landscape

Collaborate closely with MP Germany

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Further develop a growing Procurement & Supplier Quality Team

Strengthen and scale the MP buyer and supplier quality organization

Define roles, responsibilities, and interfaces in line with MP governance

Support recruitment, onboarding, and stabilization of the new team

Establish effective collaboration models with HQ and cross-functional stakeholders

Supplier Strategy & Supplier Management (Local & Global)

Develop and implement local and global supplier strategies in alignment with MP objectives

Promote concept competitions and supplier strategies to further develop the global supplier base

Analyze procurement markets and derive sourcing strategies in coordination with project management

Ensure early integration of supplier know-how into product development

Nominate and align development suppliers for new scopes with all relevant stakeholders

Supplier Management / Supplier Quality & Operational Excellence

Suppliers,maturity level, sampling and complaintprocessing:

Supportinginternaland external suppliers using preventive quality methods to ensure high parts quality and continuous improvement of supplierperformance.

Ensuring the QM method andprocesscapability at the supplier.

Planning, organizing and conducting supplieraudits.

Requesting,controllingand creating a report onmeasures.

Identifyingdesignconceptsand newdevelopmentswith regard to Q aspects and manufacturability.

Initiating andmonitoringthe creation ofprocessrequirement specificationsandFMEAs.

Integrate Qrequirementsinto therequirement specifications.

Checkcomponent requirement specificationswith regard to the quality aspects andcorrectandreleaseif necessary.

Ensure allmeasuresformaturity level validationfor the assigned parts scope.

Develop andimplementfaultremedyprocessin prevention and series production together with the supplier, check theeffectivenessof themeasuresintroduced and, if necessary, initiate suitable escalationmeasuresin a timely manner. Provide proactive information to Procurement regarding possible recourse topics.

Procurement & Operational Excellence

Establish and develop procurement processes in line with global MP standards and policies

Implement Operational Excellence frameworks and continuous improvement initiatives both in Pune and Bangalore

Ensure adherence to company policies, compliance standards and legal requirements

Global procurement and capacity management

Developmentof supplier-and commodity-specific regionalization strategies for all relevant foreign locations, taking into account the respectivelegal requirementsregardinglocal contentand the corresponding qualityrequirements.

Holding strategy meetings with suppliers, creating targetagreementswith supply partners, and continuously optimizing supply relationships.

Coordination of the global strategy with the correspondingrepresentativesof the foreign locations, including through regular f2f meetings.

Jointsupplier visits on site. Intervention and support in theeventof bottlenecks and/or quality problems through planning andcontrolof escalation cascades andimplementationof targetedmeasures.

FM Cost Target & Project Steering

Coordinate and manage FM cost target achievement together with Purchasing, Project, Development, Cost Planning and international plants

Secure project quality gates and provide regular reporting on target achievement

Apply defined MP procedures and methods to achieve cost and timing targets

Track procurement-specific project goals and control FM target achievement

Ensure FM cost target achievement through method development, alignment, and structured problem resolution

Propose market environment assumptions as part of the goal-setting process

Ensure on-time awards in accordance with the defined award roadmap

Stakeholder & Global Collaboration

Act as the primary interface between the local procurement team and HQ

Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (Engineering, Quality, Finance, Legal, Compliance)

Support global projects, escalations, and strategic initiatives

Team Development & Capability Building

Build, coach and develop the local procurement/buyer/supplier quality team

Ensure strong understanding of MP processes, governance and tool landscape

Support training programs, onboarding, and knowledge transfer from HQ

Develop and execute training concepts for buyers and procurement stakeholders

Promote continuous learning and professional development within the team

Compliance & Risk Management

Ensure all procurement and supplier quality activities comply with Mercedes-Benz policies, legal requirements, and compliance standards

Support risk mitigation, supply resilience, and sustainability objectives within MP

Drive implementation and correct usage of the MP process and tool landscape

Ensure data quality, process compliance, and end-to-end transparency
Act as the key interface between MP Hub India and MP Germany for tool- and process-related topics

Qualifikationen

Qualifications

Key requirements include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Management, or a related discipline (MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage)
• Proven experience in managing and leading teams and developing both an organization and people
• Proven experience in managing and leading negotiations with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong communication and influencing skills with an extroverted and persuasive personality
• Ability to demonstrate a professional business attitude and decision-making maturity
• Excellent command of English, mandatory at negotiation and stakeholder management level
• Prior experience in the automotive industry and/or in purchasing, sourcing or procurement functions will be considered an added advantage

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a purpose-driven organization that is shaping the future of mobility
• Work on cutting-edge technologies and global projects
• Thrive in a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive environment
• Access world-class infrastructure and continuous learning opportunities

Equal Opportunity Statement

At MBRDI, we are committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of gender, background, or ability.