Engineer (Sourcing)

Texmo; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 850,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote Working

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Uniform

Paid Holiday

Subsidised Healthy Meals

Annual Health Check-ups

Work-Life Balance

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Coimbatore is looking for a Sourcing Engineer responsible for sourcing and managing suppliers for fabrication parts, machined components, and injection moulded parts. The role requires developing sourcing strategies aligned with company goals and assessing potential suppliers. Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree in engineering and 5-7 years of experience in sourcing or procurement. This is an office-based role with necessary travel to supplier locations.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in sourcing or procurement (manufacturing preferred).
• Good understanding of technical drawings and manufacturing processes.
• Experience in handling commodities like fabrication parts, machined components, injection moulded (plastic) parts.

Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing strategies aligned with company objectives and market changes.
• Assess potential suppliers to ensure they meet organization standards.
• Manage the full sourcing process: RFQ/RFI/RFP issuance and supplier selection.
• Monitor market trends to negotiate favorable pricing and terms.

Skills

Technical and commercial expertise in the commodity

Good communication and coordination skills

Project management abilities

Proficiency in MS Office and ERP systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical / Electrical or related field)

Job description

Overview

The Sourcing Engineer is responsible for sourcing and managing suppliers for commodities such as fabrication parts, machined components, and injection moulded (plastic) parts. The role focuses on ensuring the cost-effective procurement while building a reliable and sustainable supply base.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing strategies aligned with company objectives and market changes.
• Assess potential suppliers based on quality, cost, and delivery performance to ensure they meet the organization's standards.
• Evaluate suppliers’ technical capabilities through audits and assessments.
• Manage the full sourcing process: RFQ/RFI/RFP issuance and supplier selection.
• Validate cost breakdowns, lead technical and commercial evaluations, and recommend suppliers.
• Monitor market trends to negotiate favorable pricing, contracts, and terms.
• Maintain detailed records of supplier contracts, pricing, part development, and procurement activities.
• Track project timelines and ensure sourcing activities are completed on schedule.
• Work closely with product development, engineering, production, and logistics teams to understand their needs and ensure timely delivery of materials.
• Align supplier capabilities with internal requirements for smooth operations.
• Support new product development and ongoing projects by ensuring timely sourcing.
• Identify potential risks such as capacity constraints or supplier financial issues and develop backup plans to address these challenges proactively.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical / Electrical or related field).
• 5–7 years of experience in sourcing or procurement (manufacturing preferred).
• Good understanding of technical drawings and manufacturing processes.
• Experience in handling commodities like fabrication parts, machined components, injection moulded (plastic) parts, etc.

Skills Required

• Technical and commercial expertise in the commodity.
• Good communication and coordination skills.
• Project management abilities.
• Proficiency in MS Office and ERP systems.

Working Conditions

• Office-based role with travel to supplier locations as needed.

More Information

Palani Selvaraj
Recruiter & Professional Consultant

• Strategic leader offering over 14+ years of multicultural experience in spearheading entire functions of HR Operations, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Staffing, HR Consulting, Assessment, Training, and Operations & maintaining relations with different parties including govt. parties and others.
• Experienced in representing Company before Govt. Authorities like the Factory Inspectorate, Addl. Labor Commissioner, Govt. Labor Officer, PF & ESIC Authorities, LWF Authorities, District Magistrates, and Police Department. Affiliated with National HRD Network (NHRD), ISTD, NIPM, SHRM, CII & EFSI.
• Recognized as a key resource with strong operations & business skills with excellence in developing tools for recruitment and assessment for analyzing competencies and profiling; acquired business-aligned HR/ER acumen to meet the deliverables of the organization with a workforce of more than 1000.
• Drove entire functions of talent acquisition, training & development, coordinating with the HR & development team; introduced numerous employee engagements activities and implemented strategies like restructuring pay package, and HR care, and improving the employee retention rate also reduced apprentice attrition level by 60% through introducing innovative employee benefits & incentives (flex time & onsite day-care).
• Successfully managed direct & indirect teams simultaneously; set inspirational goals for the team, defined KPIs & metrics for the HR & Administration Team and ensured the achievement of the goals; collaborated with the senior level management team in the decision-making process; added value to the overall efforts of the organization in driving organizational objectives.
• An In-house Talent Acquisition professional with 1+ Yrs. of experience in Post recruitment.
• Experience in handling new joining onboarding processes and Personal File Management.
• Supporting the recruitment team in hiring entry-level openings.
• Multilingual and trained to source in the Job portals.
• Interested to explore the complete Recruitment Life Cycle.
• Senior HR with 8+ years of experience in end-to-end recruitment, specializing in sourcing and hiring highly skilled white-collar professionals across industrial, engineering, manufacturing, and IT functions.
• Experienced in strategic talent sourcing, candidate screening, and stakeholder management, with a strong track record in high-volume and niche skill hiring using advanced sourcing techniques and CRM/ATS platforms.
• Skilled in collaborating with hiring managers, driving workforce planning, and managing the complete hiring lifecycle including offer negotiation, onboarding, and talent retention to support organizational growth.

Bhuvaneswar V
Recruiter & Professional Consultant

• Senior HR with 8+ years of experience in end-to-end recruitment, specializing in sourcing and hiring highly skilled white-collar professionals across industrial, engineering, manufacturing, and IT functions.
• Experienced in strategic talent sourcing, candidate screening, and stakeholder management, with a strong track record in high-volume and niche skill hiring using advanced sourcing techniques and CRM/ATS platforms.
• Skilled in collaborating with hiring managers, driving workforce planning, and managing the complete hiring lifecycle including offer negotiation, onboarding, and talent retention to support organizational growth.
• A career ladder system, which defines the career progression path for employees based on their skills, experience, and length of service.
• Integrated career progression framework with other processes in the organization as performance reviews, goals and OKRs, and promotion management.
• Internal Hiring – Advertising posts and promotion opportunities within the organization.
• Providing employee development that readies workers for progression, such as training, coaching, mentoring, or involvement in special projects.
• Regular Training Opportunities to develop skills at all levels.
• Mentoring and Coaching schemes that give the individual’s the attention they need.

Remote Working

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Family Support and Care

Uniform

Paid Holiday

Subsidised Healthy Meals

Work-Life Balance

Annual Health Check-ups

Teamwork

Safety and Working for the Community

Open and Transparent Culture

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Resume screening

Send in your resume with all the information required. We usually take 10 working days to look over the applications and arrive at a decision – we promise to let you know either way. If your resume is cleared, you move to the next stage in the recruitment process.

Preliminary meeting

This preliminary meeting gives us the chance to get to know you more and to clear you for the next round of assessment.

Assessment round

In this round, you will go through a technical or a functional assessment depending on the role that you have applied for. There is also a DiSC assessment round for candidates who apply to us for key roles.

Final interview

If you have made it this far then you get to meet the team leaders or top management of our company – depending on the job that you have applied for. The final interview helps us understand you even more before we hire you for the job.

Coimbatore is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is surrounded by the Western Ghats mountain range to the west and the north, with reserve forests of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve on the northern side.

Coimbatore was rated as one of the safest cities in India for women, and a major hub for manufacturing, education and healthcare. It is also referred to as “the Pump City” as it supplies nearly 50% of India’s requirements of motors and pumps.