Engineer - Purchase

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. in Chennai seeks a procurement professional to manage end-to-end tooling, dies, and related equipment, collaborating with engineering and manufacturing to meet project timelines.

You will review drawings, negotiate with suppliers, track orders, ensure compliance, and drive cost reductions while coordinating with finance and operations on budgets. Knowledge of PO processes and handling local and import suppliers, plus inventory analysis, completes the scope of

Qualifications

• End-to-end procurement experience for tooling, dies, and related equipment.
• Ability to review drawings and specifications with engineering teams.
• Strong supplier evaluation and negotiation skills.
• Experience with inventory analysis and JIT inventory control.
• Knowledge of PO processes and import supplier management.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and issue RFQs, analyze quotations, and lead negotiations.
• Track tooling orders and resolve delivery or quality issues.
• Ensure tooling meets technical, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate tooling trials and first article reviews.
• Maintain supplier documentation and procurement records.
• Collaborate with finance and operations on budgets and cost reporting.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies and safety standards.

Skills

End-to-end procurement

Supplier evaluation

Negotiation

Inventory analysis

Budget coordination

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description:

• Manage end-to-end procurement of tooling, dies, and related manufacturing equipment.
• Review technical drawings, specifications, and tooling requirements in collaboration with engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Identify, evaluate, and develop tooling suppliers based on cost, quality, capacity, and delivery performance.
• Prepare and issue RFQs, analyze quotations, and lead commercial negotiations with suppliers.
• Ensure purchased tooling meets technical, quality, and compliance requirements.
• Track tooling orders, monitor supplier progress, and resolve delivery or quality issues proactively.
• Support new product introduction by ensuring tooling readiness aligns with project timelines.
• Drive cost reduction, supplier consolidation, and value engineering initiatives.
• Maintain procurement records, contracts, tooling databases, and supplier documentation.
• Coordinate tooling trials, first article reviews, and supplier corrective actions where needed.
• Partner with finance and operations to manage budgets, and cost reporting.
• Ensure adherence to company procurement policies, safety standards, and applicable regulations.
• Knowledge in PO process
• Handling local as well as import suppliers
• Ensure Schedules to supplier
• Knowledge in SAP
• Knowledge in inventory analysis and inventory control

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks

You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:

We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

Requirements: